It was the third victory of Berry’s career, crossing the finish line six tenths clear of his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier.
“I think if you watch that back, you’ll think that I look like a weapon at the beginning,” Berry told FS1 after the race.
“I struggled a lot on the bottom on the restarts. Just kept trying to work and get better. It’s just such a credit to these guys … The pit crew did a phenomenal job today. They executed when we needed it and we were there when it counted.
“Both times I’ve raced here, I went toe-to-toe with Justin (Allgaier) the whole time. He is so freaking good here. I thought he was kind of out of it after that pit stop, and then he’s right back up to second. I’m like here we go again.”
Berry held the lead through the final restart, which came with 34 laps to go. Allgaier, who lost a few spots on pit road, quickly moved back up into the runner-up position. However, he was not able to run down Berry.
Ty Gibbs finished third with Noah Gragson taking the Dash 4 Cash bonus and fourth-place. Sam Mayer, AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, Riley Herbst, and Ryan Sieg rounded out the top-ten.
Stage 1
Jones led the race from pole position, holding off all challengers at the start.
Jeremy Clements and David Starr tangled on the frontstretch, bringing out the first caution of the race.
With about 15 laps to go in the stage, Jones finally lost the lead as Mayer made his way by. He went on to take the stage win ahead of Allgaier, Berry, Jones, John-Hunter-Nemechek, Gibbs, Allmendinger, Gragson, Herbst, and Creed.
Stage 2
The excitement from winning the opening stage did not last for Mayer, who left pit road with loose lug nuts and lost the left-rear wheel before he could make his way back in. That will result in a penalty from NASCAR next week.
On the restart, Jones was back in command. Behind him, the eventual 1-2 finishers nearly wrecked as Bery got loose under Allgaier.
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