NASCAR Las Vegas race winners and losers: Josh Berry earns 1st career win, Ryan Blaney crashes
Hendersonville's Josh Berry stole the show at the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR Las Vegas race on Sunday.
Berry earned his first career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
"Vegas has been so good to me," Berry said to FOX Sports pit reporter Jamie Little after the win. "I've had so many great moments here. Just struggled in the NextGen car. This whole 21 team, everybody at Wood Brothers Racing, they gave me a great car today."
HOW IT HAPPENED: NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas: Live updates, highlights, live leaderboard of Pennzoil 400
Berry is the first Nashville area winner in the NASCAR Cup Series since Sterling Marlin won at Darlington Raceway on March 17, 2002.
Here are the winners and losers from the NASCAR Las Vegas race.
NASCAR LAS VEGAS RESULTS: Who won NASCAR Las Vegas race? Winner is Josh Berry, plus full results
Josh Berry earned one of the biggest victories of his life so far in Sunday's NASCAR Las Vegas race. It came in his 53rd start. He made a pass on Daniel Suarez late in the going after racing close with Joey Logano before the final pit stop.
Berry will be in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs for the first time in just his second season.
Ryan Preece was quiet in Sunday's race, but he tied his career best finish with a third-place showing on Sunday. His previous third-place finish came in 2019 at Talladega. Preece's top five at Las Vegas was his first since last year's race at Nashville Superspeedway when he finished fourth.
Briscoe lost a wheel early in Sunday's race and lost two laps in the process. At one point Briscoe was four laps down, but was able to drive his car back to the lead lap and end the day with a 17th-place finish.
Busch also had a loose wheel at Las Vegas, but his incident included a brake line issue. Busch's right rear tire flew off the car after the rim was cut down and essentially ripped the tire off the rim. Busch was able to get back on the track but hit the wall with 25 laps to go.
Ryan Blaney had a strong run going despite having to drop to the back following a practice crash on Saturday. Blaney had a strong run going until he was wrecked in a four-wide situation on lap 195.
Daniel Suarez was so close to earning the win at Las Vegas battling both Tyler Reddick and Josh Berry late in the race, even making contact with Berry trying to side draft. However, Berry was too strong in the final stretch of the race.
Follow sports writer Austin Chastain on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @ChastainAJ or reach him via email at achastain@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR Las Vegas race: Winners and losers from 2025 Pennzoil 400
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