The last time Josh Berry participated in a Ford Performance media call, he broke his own news that he would not be returning to Wood Brothers Racing next season.
On Tuesday, he participated in another one and conceded there was no news, frustratingly, in his pursuit of a job next season. Berry, the short track success story turned O’Reilly Series championship contender and then Cup Series winner, is coming off seventh and fourth place finishes the past two weeks.
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That is the only bit of good news as Berry still isn’t sure what realistic options are available for a Cup Series winner that doesn’t bring a lot of funding to the table.
“We’ve had conversations,” Berry said. “We’ve had good ones. We’ve had bad ones. We’ve had ones that we thought had potential. We had ones that we sat down and they asked for three million dollars, so it’s been a little bit of a challenge working through all of that. To be honest, I’m kind of to the point now where I can’t do much else other than just try to focus on Sundays and try to have days like we’ve had the last couple of weeks.”
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