Josh Berry Substitutes for Annett to Win at Las Vegas

Josh Berry celebrates his win

(LAS VEGAS, NV – SEP 25, 2021 – RIS) Josh Berry took advantage of driving as a sub for Michael Annett to capture his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series race, sweeping around Justin Allgaier after late green flag pit stops to win the first Xfinity playoffs race by over four seconds. Berry's car headed a JR Motorsports sweep of the top three positions, followed by Justin Allgaier and Noah Gragson. Reigning 2020 champion Austin Cindric came home in fourth position, with Daniel Hemric finishing fifth.

Austin Cindric led to the competition caution on lap 25. At the restart from the caution, a 12-car crash eliminated several playoff drivers. Riley Herbst explaining: "just kind of old tires and a slick track. Everybody kind of spun their tires a little bit. I know the 2 behind me got a better run than I did into Turn 1 so I tried to shade down and give him the room he deserved because he got to the restart box better than I did. I jumped to the outside and try to block a little bit and then gave it back to him. Four-wide, five-wide into Turn 1 doesn't usually work out here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway."

AJ Allmendinger took the first stage with Justin Allgaier taking the second. Following late race green flag pit stops, Josh Berry drove away from the field to take his second career win and lead a JR Motorsports top three sweep. "I just tried to stay disciplined," he said.

Cindric continues to head driver points, followed by 

Unofficial Results: 4th Annual Alsco Uniforms 302, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 1.5 Mile Paved, September 25, 2021

Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 15, Josh Berry #, No. 1 PFJ Thank A Trucker Chevrolet, 201, 9, 6, 2, 38, 5, 47, Running
2) 3, Justin Allgaier (P), No. 7 BRANDT Chevrolet, 201, , 1, 5, 90, 1, 45, Running
3) 9, Noah Gragson (P), No. 9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, 201, 5, 4, 1, 1, , 47, Running
4) 1, Austin Cindric (P), No. 22 Odyssey Battery Ford, 201, 3, 3, 2, 33, , 49, Running
5) 7, Daniel Hemric (P), No. 18 Poppy Bank Toyota, 201, 2, 5, , , , 47, Running
6) 8, Brandon Jones (P), No. 19 Menards/Jeld-Wen Toyota, 201, 8, , , , , 34, Running
7) 2, AJ Allmendinger (P), No. 16 Hyperice Chevrolet, 201, 1, 9, 2, 20, 1, 42, Running
8) 28, Ty Dillon, No. 31 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet, 201, , 2, 1, 17, , 38, Running
9) 4, Justin Haley (P), No. 11 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet, 201, , 10, 1, 2, , 29, Running
10) 5, Harrison Burton (P), No. 20 DEX Imaging Toyota, 201, 6, , , , , 32, Running
11) 6, Ty Gibbs #, No. 54 Interstate Batteries Toyota, 200, 4, 7, , , , 37, Running
12) 27, Brett Moffitt, No. 02 Our Motorsports Chevrolet, 200, 10, 8, , , , 29, Running
13) 36, Bayley Currey(i), No. 15 TeamJDMotorsports.com Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 0, Running
14) 19, Tommy Joe Martins, No. 44 Market Rebellion Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 12, Myatt Snider (P), No. 2 Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 37, Landon Cassill, No. 4 Voyager Chevrolet, 200, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 20, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 CMR Construction and Roofing/A-Game Ford, 199, 7, , , , , 24, Running
18) 26, Kyle Weatherman, No. 47 PORAC Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 19, Running
19) 31, Ryan Vargas #, No. 6 KSDT Chevrolet, 199, , , , , , 18, Running
20) 24, Blaine Perkins, No. 23 Raceline Chevrolet, 198, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 38, David Starr, No. 61 Angry Crab Shack Toyota, 197, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 16, Brandon Brown, No. 68 TradeTheChain.com Chevrolet, 197, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 30, Mason Massey, No. 78 Gerber Collision & Glass Toyota, 197, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 18, Josh Williams, No. 92 Silverton Hotel & Casino Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 13, Running
25) 32, Spencer Boyd(i), No. 90 MiniDoge Chevrolet, 196, , , , , , 0, Running
26) 23, Jade Buford #, No. 48 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet, 195, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 34, Matt Jaskol, No. 66 Autoparts4less.com Toyota, 195, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 29, Matt Mills, No. 5 J.F. Electric Chevrolet, 194, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 22, Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 0 K9Grass by ForeverLawn Chevrolet, 194, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 39, BJ McLeod(i), No. 99 BJ McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet, 193, , , , , , 0, Running
31) 35, Carson Ware, No. 52 KeepItSecure.net Toyota, 113, , , , , , 6, Electrical
32) 40, CJ McLaughlin, No. 74 SciAps Chevrolet, 100, , , , , , 5, Overheating
33) 10, Riley Herbst (P), No. 98 South Point Ford, 31, , , , , , 4, Accident
34) 11, Sam Mayer #, No. 8 Big Machine/Carly Pearce Chevrolet, 31, , , , , , 3, Accident
35) 25, Dylan Lupton(i), No. 26 Marques General Engineering Toyota, 31, , , , , , 0, Accident
36) 14, Jeb Burton (P), No. 10 Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet, 30, , , , , , 1, Accident
37) 33, JJ Yeley, No. 17 Parler Chevrolet, 30, , , , , , 1, Accident
38) 17, Alex Labbe, No. 36 Larue Industrial Snowblowers Chevrolet, 30, , , , , , 1, Accident
39) 13, Jeremy Clements (P), No. 51 First Pacific Funding Chevrolet, 30, , , , , , 1, Accident
40) 21, Joe Graf Jr., No. 07 Bucked Up Energy Chevrolet, 30, , , , , , 1, Accident
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie, (P) Playoffs

Time: 2 Hrs, 26 Mins, 28 Secs.
Distance: 201 Laps, 301.5 Miles
Average Speed: 123.509 MPH
Margin of Victory: 4.398 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 16, 18, 22, 54, 9, 20, 39, 19, 1, 02

Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 31, 22, 9, 18, 1, 54, 02, 16, 11

Comments: Josh Berry won the Alsco Uniforms 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.

Failed to Qualify: (1) No. 13 Timmy Hill(i).

Caution Flags: 6 for 32 laps;
Laps: 27-30 (Competition Caution [6]);
32-40 (No. 98, 31, 10, 26, 99, 17, 68, 07, 36, 8, 51, 15 Incident Turn 1 [23]);
47-51 (Stage 1 Conclusion [61]);
55-59 (No. 39, 48 Incident Turn 2 [5]);
92-96 (Stage 2 Conclusion [6]);
122-125 (No. 02, 11 Incident Turn 3 [61]).

Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers;
A. Cindric (P) 1-29;
A. Allmendinger (P) 30-48;
T. Dillon 49-65;
J. Allgaier (P) 66-92;
N. Gragson (P) 93;
J. Allgaier (P) 94-121;
A. Allmendinger (P) 122;
J. Allgaier (P) 123-133;
A. Cindric (P) 134-137;
J. Allgaier (P) 138-159;
J. Berry # 160-180;
J. Haley (P) 181-182;
J. Allgaier (P) 183-184;
J. Berry # 185-201.

Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Josh Berry, No. 1 
Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Josh Berry, No. 1

Leaders (7)
#) Driver, Times, Laps
1Justin Allgaier (P), 5, 90
2Josh Berry #, 2, 38
3Austin Cindric (P), 2, 33
4AJ Allmendinger (P), 2, 20
5Ty Dillon, 1, 17
6Justin Haley (P), 1, 2
7Noah Gragson (P), 1, 1

Driver Points:
Rank, Driver, Car, Starts, GL, Points, Ldr, Nxt, Race Wins, Stage Wins, Playoff Pts
1) Austin Cindric (P), No. 22, 27, 0, 2093, 0, 0, 5, 9, 44
2) AJ Allmendinger (P), No. 16, 27, 0, 2086, -7, 7, 4, 10, 45
3) Justin Allgaier (P), No. 7, 27, 0, 2065, -28, 21, 2, 3, 21
4) Noah Gragson (P), No. 9, 27, 0, 2064, -29, 1, 2, 3, 17
5) Daniel Hemric (P), No. 18, 27, 1, 2061, -32, 3, 0, 7, 14
6) Justin Haley (P), No. 11, 26, -1, 2044, -49, 17, 1, 5, 15
7) Harrison Burton (P), No. 20, 27, 1, 2040, -53, 4, 0, 2, 8
8) Brandon Jones (P), No. 19, 27, 2, 2037, -56, 3, 0, 1, 3
9) Myatt Snider (P), No. 2, 27, 0, 2027, -66, 10, 1, 0, 5
10) Jeb Burton (P), No. 10, 27, -3, 2010, -83, 17, 1, 1, 9
11) Riley Herbst (P), No. 98, 27, 0, 2005, -88, 5, 0, 0, 1
12) Jeremy Clements (P), No. 51, 27, 0, 2001, -92, 4, 0, 0, 0
13) Ty Gibbs #, No. 54, 15, 0, 563, -1530, 1438, 3, 3, 0
14) Ryan Sieg, No. 39, 27, 2, 526, -1567, 37, 0, 0, 0
15) Michael Annett, --, 21, -1, 524, -1569, 2, 0, 0, 0
16) Brandon Brown, No. 68, 27, -1, 519, -1574, 5, 0, 0, 0
17) Josh Berry #, No. 1, 20, 0, 497, -1596, 22, 2, 1, 0
18) Tommy Joe Martins, No. 44, 27, 2, 427, -1666, 70, 0, 0, 0
19) Josh Williams, No. 92, 26, 0, 422, -1671, 5, 0, 0, 0
20) Alex Labbe, No. 36, 27, -2, 410, -1683, 12, 0, 0, 0

John Davison

Long-time RIS staffer, beginning in the mid-80s. Charlotte, NC area local contact.

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