Josh Berry leads JRM 1-2 in Dover Xfinity race

It was the third victory of Berry's career, crossing the finish line six tenths clear of his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier.

"I think if you watch that back, you'll think that I look like a weapon at the beginning," Berry told FS1 after the race.

"I struggled a lot on the bottom on the restarts. Just kept trying to work and get better. It's just such a credit to these guys ... The pit crew did a phenomenal job today. They executed when we needed it and we were there when it counted.

"Both times I've raced here, I went toe-to-toe with Justin (Allgaier) the whole time. He is so freaking good here. I thought he was kind of out of it after that pit stop, and then he's right back up to second. I'm like here we go again."

Berry held the lead through the final restart, which came with 34 laps to go. Allgaier, who lost a few spots on pit road, quickly moved back up into the runner-up position. However, he was not able to run down Berry.

Ty Gibbs finished third with Noah Gragson taking the Dash 4 Cash bonus and fourth-place. Sam Mayer, AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, Riley Herbst, and Ryan Sieg rounded out the top-ten.

Stage 1

Jones led the race from pole position, holding off all challengers at the start. 

Jeremy Clements and David Starr tangled on the frontstretch, bringing out the first caution of the race.

With about 15 laps to go in the stage, Jones finally lost the lead as Mayer made his way by. He went on to take the stage win ahead of Allgaier, Berry, Jones, John-Hunter-Nemechek, Gibbs, Allmendinger, Gragson, Herbst, and Creed.

Stage 2

The excitement from winning the opening stage did not last for Mayer, who left pit road with loose lug nuts and lost the left-rear wheel before he could make his way back in. That will result in a penalty from NASCAR next week.

On the restart, Jones was back in command. Behind him, the eventual 1-2 finishers nearly wrecked as Bery got loose under Allgaier. 

Rajah Caruth slowed with an issue and was forced to exit the race in what was just his second NXS start.

As the leaders found traffic, Allgaier saw an opportunity. While Jones and Gibbs battled through the slower cars, Allgaier was able to find a way past both of them and into the race lead.

John-Hunter Nemechek then fell out of the race with brake failure.

With two laps remaining in the stage, Mason Massey crashed and brought out the caution. The stage ended behind the pace car with Allgaier leading. He was followed by Jones, Allmendinger, Berry, Gibbs, Herbst, Gragson, Hemric, Creed and Hill.

Stage 3

Jones was forced to start the final stage from the back of the field after having to return to pit road to tighten the lug nuts. Mayer was also caught speeding.

Allgaier had control, but Berry briefly put up a challenge as the race went back green.

Stefan Parsons spun, bringing out the caution flag. Later, the JR Motorsports teammates battled through traffic as they went back-and-forth over the race lead. After a fierce fight, Berry prevailed.

He would never give the lead back, leading a total of 55 laps on his way to the race win.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led	Retirement	Points	Bonus
1	8	Josh Berry		Chevrolet	200	1:55'17.359			55		55
2	7	Justin Allgaier		Chevrolet	200	1:55'17.963	0.604	0.604	67		54
3	54	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	200	1:55'23.029	5.670	5.066	1		45
4	9	Noah Gragson		Chevrolet	200	1:55'23.421	6.062	0.392			40
5	1	Sam Mayer		Chevrolet	200	1:55'24.103	6.744	0.682	18		42
6	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	200	1:55'25.692	8.333	1.589			43
7	19	Brandon Jones		Toyota	200	1:55'26.921	9.562	1.229	59		46
8	2	Sheldon Creed		Chevrolet	200	1:55'27.929	10.570	1.008			32
9	98	Riley Herbst		Ford	200	1:55'29.081	11.722	1.152			35
10	39	Ryan Sieg		Ford	200	1:55'30.686	13.327	1.605			27
11	11	Daniel Hemric		Chevrolet	200	1:55'31.143	13.784	0.457			29
12	10	Landon Cassill		Chevrolet	200	1:55'32.099	14.740	0.956			25
13	02	Brett Moffitt		Chevrolet	200	1:55'32.487	15.128	0.388			24
14	21	Austin Hill		Chevrolet	200	1:55'33.341	15.982	0.854			24
15	23	Anthony Alfredo		Chevrolet	200	1:55'35.643	18.284	2.302			22
16	27	Jeb Burton		Chevrolet	200	1:55'36.353	18.994	0.710			21
17	38	Parker Retzlaff		Ford	200	1:55'37.947	20.588	1.594			20
18	68	Brandon Brown		Chevrolet	199	1:55'32.311	1 Lap	1 Lap			19
19	36	Alex Labbé		Chevrolet	199	1:55'41.117	1 Lap	8.806			18
20	45	Ryan Ellis		Chevrolet	199	1:55'41.495	1 Lap	0.378			17
21	26	Chandler Smith		Toyota	199	1:55'41.835	1 Lap	0.340
22	31	Myatt Snider		Chevrolet	199	1:55'42.245	1 Lap	0.410			15
23	66	J.J. Yeley		Chevrolet	198	1:55'19.772	2 Laps	1 Lap			14
24	48	Kaz Grala		Chevrolet	198	1:55'37.695	2 Laps	17.923
25	78	Josh Williams		Chevrolet	197	1:55'18.458	3 Laps	1 Lap			12
26	6	Ryan Vargas		Chevrolet	197	1:55'19.960	3 Laps	1.502			11
27	34	Kyle Weatherman		Chevrolet	197	1:55'22.479	3 Laps	2.519			10
28	07	Joe Jr.		Ford	196	1:55'40.600	4 Laps	1 Lap			9
29	51	Jeremy Clements		Chevrolet	195	1:55'21.645	5 Laps	1 Lap			8
30	99	Stefan Parsons		Chevrolet	195	1:55'28.935	5 Laps	7.290			7
31	5	Matt Mills		Chevrolet	195	1:55'32.903	5 Laps	3.968			6
32	13	Chad Finchum		Toyota	194	1:55'21.200	6 Laps	1 Lap			5
33	35	Patrick Emerling		Toyota	192	1:55'42.083	8 Laps	2 Laps			4
34	91	Mason Massey		Chevrolet	191	1:55'27.592	9 Laps	1 Lap			3
35	08	David Starr		Ford	189	1:55'40.066	11 Laps	2 Laps			2
36	4	Bayley Currey		Chevrolet	154	1:29'47.053	46 Laps	35 Laps		Engine	1
37	18	John Hunter Nemechek		Toyota	83	47'26.497	117 Laps	71 Laps		Brakes
38	44	Rajah Caruth		Chevrolet	58	39'05.604	142 Laps	25 Laps		Suspension	1