{"id":260726,"date":"2025-09-28T07:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260726\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T07:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:26:20","slug":"josh-berry-issues-plea-to-nascar-rivals-as-playoffs-heat-up-motorsport-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260726\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Berry issues plea to NASCAR rivals as playoffs heat up – Motorsport – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR driver Josh Berry explained why he didn’t wreck Ryan Blaney<\/a> and allowed his Ford teammate to win in New Hampshire, while Ty Gibbs created a toxic environment at Joe Gibbs Racing.<\/p>\n

Blaney secured his place in the Round of 8 after winning the USA Today 301 race<\/a>, while Berry settled for second. Berry is no longer a playoff contender, but Blaney’s chances of securing the NASCAR<\/a> championship have increased after his selfless move.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gibbs, also out of contention, was wrecked JGR teammate Denny Hamlin at New Hampshire<\/a> and raced hard against Christopher Bell. Gibbs has been criticized for his approach, but Berry understands it’s no longer about him.<\/p>\n

Blaney thanked Berry after the race, as his Ford teammate could have wrecked him and claimed victory at New Hampshire. During a Ford media call this week, Berry said: “I made him work for it, for sure, but I knew if I was able to get up beside him that I was gonna have to be careful. I was gonna have to make sure that nothing bad happened.”<\/p>\n

Team Penske and Wood Brothers Racing have clarified that drivers should respect their teammates, and Berry has understood the assignment.<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s bigger than you. There\u2019s a company with hundreds of employees,” Berry said. The WBR driver then commented on the mood inside JGR, with reports of a toxic environment after Gibbs threatened playoff contenders Hamlin and Bell.<\/p>\n

“I think you need to obviously race your teammates hard, and we\u2019re racing everybody hard,” he said. “But it goes a long way if you just cut your guy a break and hopefully receive it on a later day, but you don\u2019t want to be in a situation like they\u2019re in.”<\/p>\n

Hamlin and Bell are both looking to make the Championship 4, but Gibbs made things difficult at New Hampshire. On Lap 111, Gibbs made contact with Hamlin, which led to a wreck, and he raced hard against Bell despite racing for pride.<\/p>\n

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The mood was sour after the race, and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. called Gibbs out for his behavior. “He’s not been a great teammate at times,” Earnhardt said.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s had some moments with, one of the more popularized ones, would be Brandon Jones at Martinsville but there were run-ins with some other folks in some Gibbs Xfinity cars. I just have a hard time trying to figure out Ty Gibbs.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m having a hard time understanding, like, what is his motive? You\u2019re not in the playoffs. You\u2019re his teammate. Like, totally let him go.<\/p>\n

“You know, I just don’t get it, I don\u2019t know what his motive is. Like I can understand, maybe he\u2019s not a huge fan of Denny. Maybe him and Denny don’t have much of a relationship. I don’t know. Maybe they have a great relationship, but it doesn’t seem like it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Josh Berry explained why he didn’t wreck Ryan Blaney and allowed his Ford teammate to win…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":260727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[16413,11130,75491,4423,1406,20534,62,112024,32990,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-260726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-christopher-bell","9":"tag-denny-hamlin","10":"tag-josh-berry","11":"tag-motorsport-section","12":"tag-nascar","13":"tag-ryan-blaney","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sports-section","16":"tag-ty-gibbs","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115280739321816808","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}