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NASCAR Cup Series Fans Respond To Josh Berry Earning Pennzoil 400 Presented by Jiffy Lube Win At Las Vegas

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Published16 Mar 2025

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cup josh berry celebrates win at las vegas winter (1)

With 13 laps remaining Sunday, NASCAR Cup Series driver Josh Berry created the decisive move. Battling Daniel Suarez for the lead along Turn 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

In his fifth start for Wood Brothers Racing, Berry cleared Suarez, earning the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube title. It marked Berry’s first Cup win.   

“It was our day,” Berry told Fox Sports. “I can’t believe it.” 

X (Twitter) users responded to Berry, a short-track specialist, winning at the 1.5-mile intermediate track … 

Denny Hamlin, who entered Sunday without a win in 29 consecutive Cup outings, won big before the Las Vegas event started … 

NASCAR prospect Corey Day, who earned the pole for the Truck Series race at Las Vegas, earned the High Limit Racing season-opening win Saturday night after Daryn Pittman ran out of gas with seven laps to go. Co-founders and brothers-in-law Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet placed on the podium … 

A soaring Sunday spectacle … 

Acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman fired things up Sunday … 

Michael McDowell and Joey Logano raced side-by-side for most of the opening lap until the reigning circuit champ cleared the pole-sitter … 

With Kyle Busch in the lead after a series of pit stops, Chase Briscoe’s No. 19 Toyota machine lost a vital part of the machine. The team received a two-lap penalty … 

Through 68 rotations, Austin Cindric led 31 laps, topping the number of total times he led at an intermediate track. Cindric’s Stage 1 win marked the ninth different driver this season … 

 Eight laps after Larson overtook Bubba Wallace for the lead, Shane van Gisbergen, running P28, suffered a cut tire along Turn 2 and spun out … 

With Wallace in the lead, Busch lost his right-rear wheel off a Lap 113 restart. Six laps later, the No. 8 Chevrolet reported mechanical problems and entered the garage area in last place.  

Larson became the first repeat stage winner this seson, claiming the second stage, followed by teammate William Byron … 

After Noah Gragson experienced right-front tire trouble, the No. 24 Ford hit the Turn 1 wall, bringing out a caution with 22 laps to go. The lead pack pitted and Suarez was the first to make it off pit row, followed by Berry … 

 Suarez, benefitting from a push by Ross Chastain, claimed the lead off the restart, but got loose along Turn 2 three laps later. The mishap allowed Berry to get inside position. Over the next three miles, Berry cleared Suarez off Turn 4. He cruised from there …