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.

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

Kelley Earnhardt Miller, co-owner of JR Motorsports and sister of NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Jr., unleashed a flood of emotion after Josh Berry’s breakthrough Cup Series win. Her jubilant tweet after Berry’s Las Vegas win captured the gravity of a victory 15 years in the making.