It has been an uphill climb for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) not too long ago, however Sunday at Darlington was a brilliant spot for each the No. 4 and No. 14 groups.
Two of their drivers earned their greatest outcomes of the 2024 season with Berry ending third and Briscoe fifth.
The rostrum end result was additionally Berry’s first top-ten of the 12 months and the No. 4 automotive’s greatest end since Kevin Harvick runner-up end at this very race one 12 months in the past. What made it much more spectacular is the truth that Berry certified thirty third.
“It was only a actually good day,” stated Berry post-race. “We had a extremely good automotive yesterday in follow, however sadly didn’t qualify like we must always have. There’s so much to take from that, however, general, the automotive was actually robust. We really feel like we’re able to days like this. We simply must preserve chipping away at it, continue to learn, preserve getting higher week in and week out. I’ve a fantastic group round me and this can be a end they deserve for certain.”
Chase Briscoe, Stewart-Haas Racing, Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang Todd Gilliland, Entrance Row Motorsports, gener8tor Ford Mustang.
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Berry remains to be 92 factors outdoors the playoffs, however issues are a lot nearer for his team-mate within the No. 14 Ford Mustang. Briscoe is now simply six factors contained in the playoffs, sitting on the bubble in sixteenth. The Darlington top-five was his greatest end since Martinsville in October of final 12 months.
“Our automotive was extraordinarily good on the actually, actually future, it was simply the quick run that we gave up an excessive amount of time,” defined Briscoe. “It will have been attention-grabbing to see how the race performed out if it went inexperienced till the top, however, general, it’s a extremely good weekend for the fellows. I want we might have been a number of spots higher, however after the previous couple of weeks we would have liked a stable run.”
Darlington additionally marked simply the second time within the final two years that a number of SHR automobiles completed contained in the top-five in the identical race. With uncertainty surrounding the group and numerous rumors concerning the four-car group’s future, it was a much-needed end result as they give the impression of being to construct momentum into the summer time months.
