Josh Berry has been very quick currently 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 is not 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.
Berry does not know what he’ll be doing subsequent yr, however his latest scorching streak may go a protracted approach to getting him observed by NASCAR crew house owners. He is additionally racing with a bit extra aggression, and understandably so.
“It is like I’ve stated the previous couple of weeks, I am not doing something completely different,” Berry stated in response to Motorsport.com when requested about proving he belongs. “I imply, possibly I used to be a bit of rougher as we speak 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 feel they — most of them have loads of respect for me. So, I feel they perceive and it is not one thing — knocking all people out of the way in which as quickly as you get to them — it is not one thing that is sustainable over the course of a Cup season. However I feel on this state of affairs, it is simply preventing for every little thing you may.”
Josh Berry, Wooden Brothers Racing
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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 stated, I am not doing something completely different,” Berry continued. “I am not prepping any completely different. I am not finding out any completely different. I am not doing the identical issues I’ve all the time carried out. And we have simply had higher automobiles and truthfully higher luck. And it feels good to capitalize on it. I’ve 4 prime tens in a row, actually can be 5 if it wasn’t for getting wrecked at Wilkesboro.”
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 prime 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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