NASCAR CUP SERIES: DOLLAR TREE 301

August 23, 2026

Josh Berry

Pit Lane Interview

Q. What was lacking at the end?

JOSH BERRY: I slid a little long in the last stop. Pit stop was a little slower, too. Gave up too much track position early.

Fought hard to get back through there, man. That was everything I had. Everything I could do today. It was pretty good, I'll say that, too.

No, it was a lot of fun. Just great job by these guys. The car was really solid. Managed the rain, drying track, all the different conditions we had to stay up front like we did was a good day.

Q. When your crew chief tells you you have time, it will be close. Do you do the math in your head or just bear down and go for it?

JOSH BERRY: Well, I don't know if he knows this or not, but I was driving my ass off every lap. It didn't get much more out of me. Made me overdrive it a couple times. Yeah, I don't know. Did everything I could, for sure.

I was a little rougher than I wanted to be today, but it just comes down to, I mean, everybody knows the situation I'm in right now. All these guys I'm racing with right now have a lot of respect for me. I think they understand the situation that I'm in.

Yeah, I mean, just time to go. If you do it long enough, it comes back around. I think in this scenario, they'll understand.