Only a few short years after going from the short tracks of the southeast to earning his big break in NASCAR, Josh Berry earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Josh Berry spent much of his career content as a journeyman racer who probably would never make it beyond the local short-track scene.When he got a break in NASCAR — Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. has believed in Berry for years — he made the most of it by winning five Xfinity Series races for JR Motorsports.

Josh Berry scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series win Sunday, taking the checkered flag Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The victory was the 101st for Wood Brothers Racing. Daniel Suarez finished second and was followed by Ryan Preece,