Winners, losers of Las Vegas Cup Race won by Josh Berry

A look at the winners and losers of Sunday’s cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Winners

Josh Berry – Nearly 10 years after Dale Earnhardt jr. Put berry in a yr motorsports -car In the fall Xfinity Richmond race, hoping to attract sponsors to running Berry more frequently, Berry won his first cup race in Las Vegas on Sunday. It was not the more direct path to Cup Victory Lane, but Berry’s talent and determination helped him get on the sport’s ranks. Berry and his team used a strategy on Sunday after having to hit a second time to catch a loose wheel, but when it mattered, Berry made the moves to win.

Wood Brothers – The team achieved its second win since Daytona in August. In the last 17 cup races, only Team Penske (four wins), Hendrick Motorsports (three) and Joe Gibbs Racing (three) have more victories than the Woods.

Hendrick Motorsports – All four cars placed in the top -10 for the second race in a row. William Byron was fourth, Alex Bowman was seventh, Kyle Larson led the most rounds, won a stage and finished ninth and Chase Elliott was 10th place.

Daniel Suarez – His runner -up helped him climb 10 places to 19th place in the standings. Sunday was the first time he ended in the top -10 this season.

Ryan Preece – His third place linked his cup career high. It was his first top -10 of the season. He finished six places until 18th in the season.

AJ Public – His result of eighth place was his third consecutive top 10 on a 1.5 mile track.

Losers

Ryan Blaney – He had to start at the back after an incident in practice that forced repairs. In the first phase, he placed a bad time caution. He came back on the lead on Lap 108 and finally worked his way to the top 10 before an accident with about 70 laps left with a 35th place-end point.

Kyle Busch – Saw his line of three consecutive top -10s ending after a wheel came down and crashed. He finished 33rd and will lose two pit crew members for the next two races.

Drivers who have speeded up on Pit Road – Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch (twice), Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman, Shane van Gisbergen and Riley Herbst (twice) were penalized for going on Pit Road too fast. It was the second race in a row that McDowell and Gibbs were quickly caught on the Pit Road.