Josh Berry thought he was destined to be a career short-track racer. Instead, the sophomore driver is a Cup Series winner at Las Vegas.

Only a few short years after going from the short tracks of the southeast to earning his big break in NASCAR, Josh Berry earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Josh Berry spent much of his career content as a journeyman racer who probably would never make it beyond the local short-track scene.