33 Facts About Josh Berry

Josh Berry competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Wood Brothers Racing.

Josh Berry ditched a planned CARS schedule and instead focused on the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, winning 24 races en route to a national championship.

Josh Berry started tenth and finished twelfth, finishing on the lead lap.

Josh Berry returned to the 5 car for the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, again logging a lead-lap finish in 25th.

Josh Berry returned to JR Motorsports for one race in 2015, finishing seventh at Richmond International Raceway.

Josh Berry returned to that car in the first race of the Xfinity Series Playoffs, at Kentucky Speedway and ended up finishing 13th.

Josh Berry made one start for Obaika Racing, finishing 27th at Darlington Raceway.

Josh Berry debuted in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2016 season, driving the No 71 Contreras Motorsports truck to a 13th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.

In 2017, Josh Berry made his first Xfinity Series start of the season, attempting the Kansas race for newly-formed NextGen Motorsports, driving their No 55 Toyota.

In 2018, Josh Berry made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series, driving for Chad Bryant Racing in their No 22 Ford at Salem Speedway in April of that year, finishing 4th.

On October 22,2020, JR Motorsports announced that it had scheduled Josh Berry to drive its No 8 car for 12 races in the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

At Phoenix Raceway, Josh Berry was turned by Santino Ferrucci, prompting him to give Ferrucci double middle fingers as he drove by.

Josh Berry recorded his first Xfinity win at Martinsville upon passing Ty Gibbs for the lead with 28 laps remaining; Berry was the fifth driver to win his maiden race in the series at Martinsville alongside Sam Ard, Brett Bodine, Brad Teague and Jeff Burton.

In March, Josh Berry returned to the Truck Series for the first time since 2016.

Josh Berry substituted for Kris Wright in the No 02 for Young's Motorsports after Wright tested positive for COVID-19.

Josh Berry drove in his second ARCA Menards Series East race that weekend in the No 41 for Cook-Finley Racing, which meant that he did triple duty that weekend at Dover.

Josh Berry began the 2022 season with a 16th place finish at Daytona.

Josh Berry scored wins at Dover and Charlotte to make the playoffs.

Josh Berry was eliminated at the conclusion of the Charlotte Roval race.

Josh Berry finished 10th the following week in the Cup Series race at Phoenix, and filled in for the next three oval races until Elliott recovered to return at Martinsville.

Josh Berry finished second at Richmond, his career best in the Cup Series.

Josh Berry would go on to finish 34th after being involved in a crash while running sixteenth.

Josh Berry started the season with a 25th place finish at the 2024 Daytona 500.

Josh Berry scored a season-best third-place finish at Darlington and New Hampshire.

Cindric and Josh Berry both spun towards the inside as a multi-car incident ensued behind.

Josh Berry's car lifted off the ground, overturned, and slid on its roof at high speed for several seconds.

On July 3,2024, Josh Berry signed a multi-year deal with Wood Brothers Racing to drive the No 21 car, replacing Harrison Burton.

Josh Berry started the 2025 season with a 37th place DNF at the 2025 Daytona 500.

The next week, Josh Berry scored his first career Cup Series win at Las Vegas after passing and pulling away from Daniel Suarez.

Josh Berry worked as a bank teller before his racing career provided a steady income.

Josh Berry is a graduate of Volunteer State Community College.

Josh Berry is a former classmate of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden in the 7th and 8th grades.

Josh Berry attended the same high school at the same time as Taylor Swift.