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| Ed Berrier | |||||||
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| Born | Max Edward Berrier III (1961-11-08)November 8, 1961 (age 64) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Awards | 1981NASCAR Dash Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 19 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 47th (2000) | ||||||
| First race | 1995Mountain Dew Southern 500 (Darlington) | ||||||
| Last race | 2000Pennsylvania 500 (Pocono) | ||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 250 races run over 17 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 11th (1988) | ||||||
| First race | 1984Miller Time 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2001Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
| First win | 1998Galaxy Food Centers 300 (Hickory) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 94th (2003) | ||||||
| First race | 2003Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Max Edward Berrier III (born November 8, 1961) is an American second-generationNASCAR driver. His fatherMax Berrier competed in seven Grand National races over four years and won 125 feature races as a modified driver. His distant relativeTodd served as thecrew chief forJeff Burton in theSprint Cup Series.
Berrier was born inWinston-Salem, North Carolina. He started running go-karts and became a force to be reckoned with, winning 72 out of 127 races. In 1980, he moved to theNASCAR Dash Series, driving for his own team. Four years later, he made hisBusch Series debut, running eighteen races and finishing in top-ten three times. He would not finish that high again until 1987, when he had four top-fives. Berrier ran abbreviated schedules over the next few years (except 1988) and put together 22 top-tens. He made hisWinston Cup debut in 1995 at theMountain Dew Southern 500, finishing in 20th position. Berrier's only NASCAR start in 1996 came atDarlington Raceway, where he finished 39th. After running a limited Cup schedule withSadler Brothers Racing in 1997, Berrier was tapped byPRW Racing to drive the No. 77UAW/Lear-sponsored Ford in the Busch Series.[1] After putting together three Top 20 finishes in an abbreviated run, Berrier returned to the team in 1998, this time, with former Cup campaignerJimmy Means as crew chief. The highlight of this year came at the finalGalaxy Food Centers 300. Berrier dominated, starting on the outside pole, leading 187 laps, and garnering his only victory at a premier NASCAR series. Despite filing to qualify for the race atRockingham Speedway, Berrier and company finished seventeenth in points that year. Unfortunately, Berrier's success did not carry over into 1999, and after qualifying for just seventeen races, Berrier was fired.
Berrier soon landed on his feet, by running a limited schedule forJunie Donlavey in late 1999. After his audition, Donlavey signed Berrier to drive for his team with a package sponsorship fromHills Brothers Coffee. Unfortunately, the sight of the team packing up and heading home after second round qualifying became too common, and Berrier was released once again. Berrier's Cup Series career resulted in nineteen races and 25 DNQs, with a best Cup finish of twentieth in a 1995 Darlington race. He ran the inaugural Busch Series race atKansas Speedway but crashed on the tenth lap. Berrier's last NASCAR race came in theCraftsman Truck Series season opener in 2003, finishing thirteenth forKevin Harvick Incorporated.
Following his racing career, Berrier worked as a crew chief in NASCAR competition. As of 2017, Ed Berrier is employed at JKS Motorsports Incorporated in Welcome, North Carolina, as the lead fabricator and sometimes stunt driver for motorsports-related commercial shoots and movies.[citation needed]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 2000 | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 26 | 37 |
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 1998 | Jimmy Means Racing | 92 | Ford | WDW | HOM | PHO | POR | EVG | I70 | GLN | TEX | BRI DNQ | MLW | NZH | CAL | PPR | IRP | NHA | FLM | NSV | HPT | LVL | RCH | MEM | GTY | MAR | SON | MMR | PHO | LVS | 118th | - | [26] |
| 2003 | Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 6 | Chevy | DAY 13 | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 94th | 124 | [27] | ||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ARMC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 77 | Pontiac | ATL 12 | 53rd | - | [28] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berrier Racing | 60 | Pontiac | DAY 35 | ATL | TAL | ATL | SSP | IRP | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 4 | Ford | DAY | ATL | TAL | FIF | KIL | FRS | MCH | I80 | MCS | FRS | POC | POC 4 | KIL | FRS | SBS | LVL | ISF | DSF | SLM | WIN | ATL | 105th | - | [29] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 60 | Ford | DAY | ATL | SLM | TAL | FIF | LVL | CLT | CLT | KIL | FRS | POC | MCH | FRS | TOL | POC 3 | MCH | INF | SBS | ISF | DSF | KIL | SLM | WIN | CLT | ATL | 125th | - | [30] | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Berrier Racing | 90 | Ford | DAY 16 | ATL 29 | SLM | CLT 2 | POC 2 | MCH 11 | SBS | TOL | KIL | FRS | MIN | POC 31 | MCH 14 | DSF | CLT 4 | TAL 34 | ISF | ATL 5 | 13th | - | [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | CLT 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sadler Brothers Racing | 90 | Chevy | GTW 5 | SLM | WIN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Donlavey Racing | Ford | DAY 11 | ATL 9 | SLM | CLT | MEM | MCH | POC | SBS | TOL | PPR | POC | KIL | FRS | ISF | ATL | DSF | SLM | TEX | WIN | CLT | TAL | ATL | NA | - | [32] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Cavin Councilor | 19 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | AND | CLT | KIL | FRS | MCH | POC | TOL | KEN | BLN | POC | WIN | ISF | KEN | DSF | SLM | CLT | TAL | ATL 41 | 144th | 30 | [33] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | DAY | NSH | WIN | SLM | GTY 4 | KEN 32 | CLT 22 | KAN 4 | MCH 2 | POC 7 | MEM | GLN | KEN 23 | MCH | POC | NSH 3 | ISF | CHI 1 | DSF | SLM | TOL | BLN | CLT | TAL | 20th | 2035 | [34] | |||||||||||||||||
| 91 | ATL 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||