Josh Berry has eliminated eliminatory series with the release of Bristol de Fiery

Josh BerryThe Nightmarish playoff race ended up brutally at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The Berry playoff series in 2025 began with a Tour 1 accident in the Southern 500, finishing last. The following week at WWT Raceway, he was released by Chase Elliott And crashed from the race for Tour 35.

Berry started 10th in the elimination race on Saturday evening, faced with an unmissable situation. But for the third consecutive week, the disaster hit No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford in the first stage of the race, and he will leave with another last place.

It ran seventh while chaos broke out in the first laps, with a severe tire, forcing all the drivers to place the road in green flag conditions. While rubber balls began to line the most external groove, it also accumulated inside the wheel well of car n ° 21. It started to smoke, but quickly, flames broke out inside the right front wing.

Blinded by smoke

Berry became blinded by smoke inside the car and tried to find his way to Pit Road, almost causing an incident when he was trying to get off the track. He arrived at his box and the team quickly removed him from the car on fire. He was fine, but his race – and his hopes in the playoff series – were finished.

“Not very well,” said Berry when he asked him if he could see inside the car. “He certainly started smoking a few laps. We opposed and we tried to do it a few laps, and it became quite bad there. Dude, so disappointing. It was going to be very fun. It was just in our Wheel House. We had advanced. I think that’s why we were trying difficult weeks.

“Certainly not the way we wanted this first round to happen. We felt like we were doing well, we did not have the finishes. It will be difficult to watch. It was going to be very fun.”