After making the playoffs for the first time in his career, Josh Berry entered WWT Raceway hoping to rebound from a difficult outing at Darlington. After qualifying third for the Southern 500, he crashed on the opening lap.
The wreck left him at the bottom of the standings, 19 points below the cut line. At Gateway, he was running solid in the early laps, up in 15th place. However, before the end of Stage 1, contact from Chase Elliott sent him spinning into the outside wall.
