Josh Berry has been very quick recently within the No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford, rising with the remainder of Workforce Penske, whom they’re carefully aligned with.
However for Berry, it isn’t nearly ending his 2026 season on a excessive word. The 35-year-old is racing for his future within the sport, because the Wooden Brothers will exchange him with Jesse Love in 2027.
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Berry does not know what he’ll be doing subsequent 12 months, however his latest sizzling streak may go a protracted method to getting him seen by NASCAR crew house owners. He is additionally racing with a bit extra aggression, and understandably so.
“It is like I’ve mentioned the previous couple of weeks, I am not doing something completely different,” Berry mentioned in response to Motorsport.com when requested about proving he belongs. “I imply, perhaps I used to be a little bit rougher right this moment than regular.
“I do not — I do not essentially like racing like that. However I imply, these guys know what I am up in opposition to proper now. I believe they — most of them have loads of respect for me. So, I believe they perceive and it isn’t one thing — knocking all people out of the best way as quickly as you get to them — it isn’t one thing that is sustainable over the course of a Cup season. However I believe on this situation, it is simply preventing for every thing you’ll be able to.”
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Josh Berry, Wooden Brothers Racing
Josh Berry, Wooden Brothers Racing
At one level, Berry put the bumper to Wallace within the battle for the race lead, who gave it proper again as they battled for the highest spot earlier than the ultimate spherical of pit stops. Berry led 73 laps at New Hampshire, which is probably the most he is ever led in a single Cup race.
“Like I mentioned, I am not doing something completely different,” Berry continued. “I am not prepping any completely different. I am not learning any completely different. I am not doing the identical issues I’ve at all times achieved. And we have simply had higher automobiles and actually higher luck. And it feels good to capitalize on it. I’ve 4 high tens in a row, actually could be 5 if it wasn’t for getting wrecked at Wilkesboro.”
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Berry began second and completed third at New Hampshire, which follows an eighth-place end at Richmond, fourth at Iowa, and seventh within the Brickyard 400.
He’s additionally the primary Wooden Brothers Racing driver to string collectively 4 consecutive high ten finishes since Morgan Shepherd did it in 1994 — 32 years in the past. That is a stat Berry ought to he definitely add to his resume in his ongoing job search.
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