NASCAR winners and losers as Josh Berry emerges | Sports News

Josh Berry took an surprising first profession win in a dramatic Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

On Sunday, the newest spherical of the NASCAR Cup Series delivered in Sin City as Berry clinched an unbelievable debut win. It was a banner day for Wood Brothers, whose rebuild was anticipated to take considerably longer – however Berry comfortably held off challenges from Daniel Suarez and Ryan Preece in type.

Austin Cindric received the opening stage in dominant fashion, earlier than Kyle Larson edged out Ross Chastain to take Stage 2. However, neither man might maintain a problem in Stage 3 as Berry sensationally took the flag.

The race was riddled with stoppages and cautions as many drivers struggled with tire points that can go away crews across the pit lane trying to find solutions going ahead. The race set a new monitor report for many lead adjustments (32) in a Cup Series occasion at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, however Berry and Wood Brothers Racing did enough on a memorable day for the motive force and his group.

Here, Express U.S. Sports takes a have a look at the winners and losers from the fifth Cup Series race of the 2025 season:

Winners

Josh Berry

Josh Berry joined Christopher Bell and William Byron as race winners in 2025. Coming out of the ultimate pit stop of the day, Berry was P2, and he battled Suarez for a number of laps earlier than taking the lead – and as soon as he acquired out in entrance, Berry’s No. 21 didn’t look back as as he raced away to a memorable win.

Ryan Preece

Having did not log a prime 10 end to date this season as a outcome of various points, Ryan Preece put collectively a high-quality race to cross the road in fourth place. The 34-year-old will look to construct on this outcome going ahead, with the outcome notably encouraging as he establishes himself at RFK Racing.

Daniel Suarez

Another driver who made the rostrum, Suarez needed a high-quality efficiency in Las Vegas – and the Mexican delivered. While he was unable to carry off Berry to win, Suarez not solely logged his first top-10 end of the season but additionally completed an spectacular P2 to generate some momentum transferring ahead.

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Losers

Christopher Bell

Last week in Phoenix, Christian Bell emerged victorious to turn into the primary driver since Kyle Larson back in 2021 to say three successive victories. While his end of P12 was respectable given he began from the rear attributable to a penalty, the 30-year-old will probably be pissed off he couldn’t etch his identify additional into the historical past books with a fourth straight win.

Michael McDowell

As the pole-sitter, Michael McDowell would have been assured heading into the race. He battled for the lead all through the third and last stage, however might solely end sixteenth as he failed to carry on and declare a large win. 

Wheels and Tires

While the reason is unclear, there have been a lot of tire-related points that impated Sunday’s race in Las Vegas. Chase Briscoe’s left rear wheel got here off, Kyle Busch’s wheel got here off on the restart to ship him into the wall, whereas Shane van Gisbergen (twice), Cody Ware, and Noah Gragson suffered from blown tires – and that’s simply scratching the floor as a lot of the sector have been undone.