Tanner Berryhill

Tanner Blake Berryhill (born November 29, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes for Tyler Thomas Motorsports in Dirt Midgets, driving the No. 91B Toyota. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, ARCA Menards Series, and ARCA Menards Series East in the past.

Tanner Berryhill
Berryhill at Road America in 2014
Born	Tanner Blake Berryhill (1993-11-29) November 29, 1993 (age 30) Bixby, Oklahoma, U.S.
Awards	2021 POWRi Lucas Oil West Midget Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2018 position	44th
Best finish	44th (2018)
First race	2018 Can-Am 500 (Phoenix)
Last race	2018 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
43 races run over 6 years
2021 position	64th
Best finish	22nd (2014)
First race	2012 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2021 Andy's Frozen Custard 335 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 27, 2021.

Racing career

Berryhill is a veteran of Legends and midget car racing.^[1] He made his debut in NASCAR competition in 2011, driving in seven K&N Pro Series East races before moving to the Nationwide Series in 2012.^[2]

 

Berryhill's 2013 car spinning out at Richmond International Raceway

 

2014 Nationwide car at Road America

In 2014, Berryhill ran the whole season with Vision Racing. During qualifying at Talladega, Berryhill was involved in a single-car accident when Kyle Larson came down into him. He would be replaced by Chad Boat, as he and Billy Boat Motorsports used the No. 17 owner points to qualify into the race. His best finish was a 17th place finish at Mid-Ohio. Berryhill would finish 22nd in points.

In March 2015, Berryhill announced his attempt to make his Sprint Cup Series debut in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, driving the No. 66 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet SS. A successful attempt would have made him the first Oklahoma driver in NASCAR's highest division in 34 years.^[3] However, he failed to qualify.^[4] Berryhill returned to the team for the Sprint All-Star Race's Sprint Showdown, finishing 27th and 21st in the two segments.^[5]

After being absent from NASCAR for a few years, on September 21, 2018, it was announced that Berryhill would attempt the Charlotte Roval race in the No. 97 car for Obaika Racing.^[6] However, he did not qualify for the race.

On November 6, 2018, Berryhill announced he would drive the No. 97 Toyota for Obaika Racing at Phoenix, where he made his first Cup Series qualifying attempt three years prior.^[7] He started the race 36th but was involved in an accident and did not finish the race, scoring in 31st.^[8] He would also compete in the following race, the season finale at Homestead-Miami. He would finish the race, albeit 13 laps down in the 38th position.^[9] On December 3, he stated that he would be running the full 2019 Cup schedule with Obaika,^[10] though the team skipped the 2019 Daytona 500 due to funding issues.^[11] Originally the Obaika team was scheduled to return the following race, but the team instead temporarily suspended operations after briefly being on the entry list for the race at Texas Motor Speedway. Berryhill departed the team shortly thereafter.

On May 3, 2021, it was announced that Berryhill would return to NASCAR after spending the previous two years without a ride, and would drive the No. 23 for Our Motorsports at Darlington in May and both races at Texas.^[12] He would perform well at Darlington, finishing 21st and on the lead lap but crashed out of both Texas races.^[13]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
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	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2015	Premium Motorsports	66	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO DNQ	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	76th	-	^[14]
2018	Obaika Racing	97	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO 31	HOM 38	44th	7	^[15]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2012	SR² Motorsports	24	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 29	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA																				53rd	64	^[16]
	Vision Racing	17	Toyota															KEN 28	DAY	NHA	CHI 26	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH 35	CHI
	SR² Motorsports	00	Toyota																											KEN 38	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2013	Vision Racing	17	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 28	TAL	DAR 40	CLT DNQ	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI 35	IND 29	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH									58th	52	^[17]
		37	Dodge																										CHI 37	KEN	DOV	KAN
		17																															CLT 29	TEX	PHO	HOM
2014				DAY DNQ	PHO 28	LVS 25	BRI 36	CAL 31	TEX 30	DAR 27	RCH 35	TAL QL^†	IOW 35	CLT 40	DOV 29	MCH 36	ROA 28	KEN 38	DAY 36	NHA 27	CHI 29	IND 30	IOW 35	GLN 31	MOH 17	BRI 36	ATL 23	RCH DNQ	CHI 34	KEN 34	DOV 34	KAN DNQ					22nd	365	^[18]
			Toyota																														CLT 37	TEX 27	PHO 33	HOM 31
2015				DAY DNQ	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	119th	0^1	^[19]
2018	Obaika Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	0	^[20]
2021	Our Motorsports	23	Chevy	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR 21	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX 39	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX 37	KAN	MAR	PHO	64th	18	^[13]
^† - Qualified but replaced by Chad Boat

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2011	Vision Racing	97	Chevy	GRE 31	SBO 30	RCH 35	IOW	BGS	JFC 18						DOV 20	28th	616	^[21]
			Ford							LGY 20	NHA	COL	GRE 21	NHA

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2010	Bobby Gerhart Racing	7	Chevy	DAY	PBE	SLM	TEX	TAL	TOL	POC	MCH	IOW 40	MFD	POC	BLN	NJE	ISF	CHI	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR 22	100th	145	^[22]

References

1. Haley, Josh. "Berryhill family ties to Chili Bowl auto race run deep". January 12, 2012. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Tulsa World. Accessed 2014-02-14.
2. "Bixby Native To Race In NASCAR Nationwide Series". April 24, 2012. Tulsa, Oklahoma: KOTV. Accessed 2014-02-14.
3. "Camping World 500 at Phoenix International Raceway entry list". Foxsports.com. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
4. "Phoenix Qualifying and Starting Lineup". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
5. "SPRINT SHOWDOWN RACE RESULTS". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
6. "Chris Knight ツ on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
7. "Tanner Berryhill to pilot No. 97 Excel Therapy | VroomBrands Toyota for Obaika Racing in Phoenix". Catchfence. November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
8. "2018 Can-Am 500". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
9. "2018 Ford EcoBoost 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
10. Page, Scott (December 3, 2018). "Obaika Racing to run full Cup schedule with Tanner Berryhill". ESPN. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
11. "Obaika Racing Out For Daytona 500". Speed Sport. February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
12. Christie, Toby (May 3, 2021). "Tanner Berryhill Returns to NASCAR Xfinity Series For Three-Race Deal With Our Motorsports". TobyChristie.com.
13. "Tanner Berryhill – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
14. "Tanner Berryhill – 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
15. "Tanner Berryhill – 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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17. "Tanner Berryhill – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
18. "Tanner Berryhill – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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20. "Tanner Berryhill – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
21. "Tanner Berryhill – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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External links

 

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