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Max Edward "Ed" Berrier III (born November 8, 1961 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is a second-generation NASCAR driver. His father Max Berrier competed in seven Grand National races over four years, and won 125 feature races as a modified driver. His distant cousin Todd recently served as the crew chief for Jeff Burton in the Sprint Cup Series.

Career

Berrier started running go-karts and became a force to be reckoned with, winning 72 out of 127 races. In 1980, he moved to the NASCAR Dash Series, driving for his own team. Four years later, he made his Busch Series debut, running 18 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 his Winston Cup debut in 1995 at the Mountain Dew Southern 500, finishing in 20th position. Berrier's only NASCAR start in 1996 came at Darlington Raceway, where he finished 39th. After running a limited Cup schedule with Sadler Brothers Racing in 1997, Berrier was tapped by PRW Racing to drive the No. 77 UAW/Lear-sponsored Ford in the Busch Series. After putting together three Top 20 finishes in an abbreviated run, Berrier returned to the team in 1998, this time, with former Cup campaigner Jimmy Means as crew chief. The highlight of this year came at the final Galaxy Food Centers 300. Berrier dominated, starting on the outside pole, leading 187 laps, and garnering his only victory at a premier NASCAR series. Despite DNQ-ing at Rockingham 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 17 races, Berrier was fired.

Berrier soon landed on his feet, by running a limited schedule for Junie Donlavey in late-1999. After his audition, Donlavey signed Berrier to drive for his team with a package sponsorship from Hills 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 19 races and 25 DNQ's, with a best Cup finish of 20th in a 1995 Darlington race. He ran the inaugural Busch Series race at Kansas Speedway, but crashed on the tenth lap. Berrier's last NASCAR race came in the Craftsman Truck Series season opener in 2003, finishing 13th for Kevin Harvick Incorporated.

Following his racing career, Berrier worked as a crew chief in NASCAR competition.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston 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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1995	Active Motorsports	32	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR 20	RCH DNQ	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL						57th	103
1996	Schnell Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI															66th	46
1996	Berrier Racing	60	Ford																							DAR 39	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL						66th	46
1997	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL DNQ	DAR	TEX DNQ	BRI 23	MAR	SON		CLT DNQ	DOV DNQ	POC	MCH DNQ	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND 27	GLN	MCH	BRI 28	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL DNQ	CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL DNQ					55th	255
1997	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford										TAL DNQ																											55th	255
1999	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR 39	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV 31	MAR	CLT DNQ	TAL 33	CAR DNQ	PHO	HOM DNQ	ATL 25			52nd	268
2000	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY 37	CAR 36	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	DAR DNQ	BRI DNQ	TEX 35	MAR DNQ	TAL 28	CAL DNQ	RCH DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 41	MCH 33	POC 28	SON	DAY 26	NHA 37	POC 33	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			47th	628
2001	Sadler Brothers Racing	95	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	NA	-
2002	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY DNQ	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	NA	-

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2000	Donlavey Racing	Ford	26	37

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1984	Berrier Racing	60	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR 12	DAR 33	ROU 17	NSV	LGY	MLW 10	DOV	CLT 13	SBO 24	HCY 13	ROU	SBO 16	ROU 18	HCY	IRP 15	LGY 19	SBO	BRI 8	DAR 14	RCH	NWS 25	CLT 32	HCY 21	CAR 29	MAR 6					19th	1968
1985		60	Pontiac	DAY 27					DAR 35	SBO			CLT 35	SBO									DAR 38	RCH			CLT 20	HCY	CAR 34	MAR							24th	1298
		55	Pontiac		CAR 16	HCY
		60	Olds				BRI 13	MAR 17			LGY 25	DOV 16
		53	Pontiac												HCY 16	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI 21			NWS 15	ROU
1986	Berrier Racing	60	Pontiac	DAY 19	CAR 21				DAR 25	SBO	LGY		DOV 16	CLT 25			ROU 17												DOV 11	MAR 23							20th	2351
	McDowell Racing	53	Pontiac			HCY 14	MAR 26	BRI
	Berrier Racing	60	Olds									JFC 16			SBO 26	HCY 22		IRP 22	SBO	RAL	OXF
	Huffman Racing	07	Pontiac																			SBO 22	HCY 16	LGY 17	ROU 24	BRI 29					ROU 24	CLT
	Huffman Racing	07	Olds																								DAR 16
		05	Pontiac																									RCH 23
	Berrier Racing	61	Pontiac																														CAR 12	MAR
1987	Berrier Racing	12	Pontiac	DAY 12	HCY	MAR	DAR 9				CLT 7	DOV 3														DOV 11											16th	2928
		09	Olds					BRI 27
	Shugart Racing	90	Chevy						LGY 12	SBO 14			IRP 30	ROU 7		OXF 36	SBO 2	HCY 5		LGY 23	ROU 4		JFC 21
	Linville Racing	43	Pontiac												JFC 20
	Berrier Racing	03	Pontiac																RAL 27
		53	Pontiac																			BRI 14
	Shugart Racing	90	Buick																					DAR 15				CLT 22	CAR 16
	Huffman Racing	77	Pontiac																						RCH 24
	Berrier Racing	12	Olds																								MAR 11			MAR 27
1988	Shugart Racing	90	Buick	DAY 38	HCY 19	CAR 28	MAR 20	DAR 38	BRI 6	LNG 12	NZH 31		NSV 5	CLT 10	DOV 4	ROU 13	LAN 13	LVL 6	MYB 26	OXF 37	SBO 7	HCY 21	LNG 10	IRP 23	ROU 4	BRI 26	DAR 30	RCH 10	DOV 27	MAR 28	CLT 16	CAR 21	MAR 26				11th	3204
1988		72	Buick									SBO 21																									11th	3204
1989	Sam Ard Racing	5	Buick	DAY 12	CAR																																37th	961
	Linville Racing	62	Olds			MAR 26	HCY 25	DAR 42		NZH 31	SBO	LAN	NSV
	Huffman Racing	70	Buick						BRI 28
	Hill Racing	4	Olds											CLT 40	DOV 12	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 9	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 42	CAR 11	MAR
1990	Hill Racing	4	Buick	DAY 34	RCH	CAR 17	MAR	HCY	DAR 10	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV DNQ																					28th	1748
1990	Pharo Racing	33	Olds														ROU 23	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA 14	SBO 10	DUB	IRP 8	ROU 26	BRI 32	DAR 22	RCH 17	DOV 14	MAR 16	CLT 40	NHA 10	CAR 20	MAR 30			28th	1748
1991	Sam Ard Racing	5	Olds	DAY 23	RCH 32	CAR 7	MAR 19	VOL 26	HCY 13																												19th	3067
1991	Pharo Racing	33	Olds							DAR 19	BRI 5	LAN 20	SBO 3	NZH 21	CLT 13	DOV 24	ROU 21	HCY 4	MYB 10	GLN 24	OXF 36	NHA 16	SBO 13	DUB DNQ	IRP 8	ROU 28	BRI 18	DAR 33	RCH 24	DOV 27	CLT 34	NHA	CAR 21	MAR 23			19th	3067
1992	Three Star Motorsports	22	Olds	DAY 17	CAR	RCH	ATL 27	MAR	DAR 21	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT 27	DOV	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA	TAL 14	IRP	ROU	MCH	NHA	BRI 24	DAR 5	RCH	DOV 31	CLT DNQ	MAR	CAR 17	HCY			41st	925
1993		12		DAY 19																																	45th	647
		22			CAR 26	RCH	DAR 36	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR 23	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL QL†	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR 7	RCH	DOV	ROU
			Chevy																								CLT DNQ	MAR	CAR 26	HCY	ATL 29
1994			Ford	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI												68th	261
1994			Chevy																							DAR 16	RCH	DOV	CLT 33	MAR	CAR 27						68th	261
1995	Davison Motorsports	97	Chevy	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	NSV	DAR 11	BRI 35	HCY	NHA																									47th	596
	American Equipment Racing	95	Chevy										NZH 33	CLT				MLW 38	TAL	SBO	IRP	MCH	BRI 34	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT
	Williams Racing	56	Ford												DOV 34	MYB 27	GLN
	Group III Racing	18	Ford																									CAR 24	HOM
1997	PRW Racing	77	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH 26	BRI		RCH 18	DOV 12	CLT DNQ	CAL 13	CAR 41	HOM 27				48th	655
1997			Chevy																								DAR 25										48th	655
1998			Ford	DAY 26	CAR DNQ	LVS 10	NSV 36	DAR 30	BRI 43	TEX 16	HCY 1*	TAL 34	NHA 22	NZH 6	CLT 11	DOV 24	RCH 32	PPR 17	GLN 15	MLW 37	MYB 19	CAL 41	SBO 29	IRP 13	MCH 33	BRI 24	DAR 24	RCH 32	DOV 36	CLT 26	GTY 11	CAR 29	ATL 24	HOM 17			17th	2772
1999				DAY DNQ	CAR 29	LVS DNQ	ATL 14	DAR 15	TEX DNQ	NSV 23	BRI 12	TAL 22	CAL 10	NHA 10	RCH 19	NZH 29	CLT DNQ	DOV 37	SBO DNQ	GLN	MLW 19	MYB 28	PPR 16	GTY 22	IRP 20												31st	1705
		52																								MCH 31	BRI
	Davis & Weight Motorsports	55	Pontiac																									DAR DNQ	RCH	DOV
	Mark III Motorsports	78	Chevy																												CLT DNQ
		63																														CAR DNQ	MEM	PHO	HOM
2000	Sasser Motorsports	65	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT						101st	76
2000	PRW Racing	77	Ford																													CAR 29	MEM	PHO	HOM		101st	76
2001	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR QL‡	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV							150th	34
2001	Cavin Councilor	19	Chevy																												KAN 43	CLT	MEM	PHO	CAR	HOM	150th	34
† - Qualified but replaced by Jimmy Spencer · ‡ - Qualified for Kevin Harvick

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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	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	-
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

ARCA Re/Max Series