Josh Berry‘s first NASCAR Xfinity Series start came in 2014, where he recorded a solid, but innocuous top-15 result in his debut at Iowa Speedway.
Flash forward eight years: he’s a three-time race winner and Xfinity’s most recent victor, scoring a triumph at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday (April 30) while leading 55 laps and holding off JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier.
The late model veteran and occasional Xfinity starter made his biggest stock car splash yet in 2021, winning a pair of races in very different circumstances. His maiden NXS win came in his regular part-time No. 8 JRM ride at Martinsville Speedway in April, where he had tons of laps logged in late models. The second was at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in September, when he filled in for an injured Michael Annett and won in the team’s No. 1 machine.
Frontstretch caught up with Berry at Richmond Raceway in early April about working his way up through the ranks of NASCAR and securing a full-time ride with JRM in 2022.
Adam Cheek, Frontstretch: Your third career Xfinity start was at Richmond, and you finished seventh with JR Motorsports. What was that first time in a NASCAR race at Richmond like, and how was it running that well your first time out?
Josh Berry: I remember that night really well. We had a really good car and raced really well and really should have finished better than we did. I think, ever since then, [I’ve] really been excited to come back here with JRM, and glad I finally got to do it.
Cheek: You bounced around teams a bit: JR Motorsports, Obaika Racing, NextGen Motorsports, Jordan Anderson Racing. You’re back full time with Dale Earnhardt Jr., so how did that relationship between you and Junior begin and evolve?
Berry: I’ve been with JR Motorsports that whole time, obviously, with their late model program and then just took the right opportunity to get me back here. Really, really thankful for Dale and Kelley [Earnhardt Miller], everybody back at JRM for…
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