Longtime spotter Eddie D’Hondt set to spot for Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team
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Longtime NASCAR Cup Series spotter Eddie D'Hondt will move to the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford in 2024 to work with Cup rookie Josh Berry, the team announced Tuesday.
D'Hondt spent each of the last 12 seasons at Hendrick Motorsports, aiding four-time champion and Hall-of-Fame driver Jeff Gordon around the track before Chase Elliott took the reins in 2016. Elliott led the No. 9 team to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series championship and has won 18 races at the sport's top level, all with D'Hondt atop the spotters' stand.
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Berry and D'Hondt worked together five times in the Cup Series during the 2023 campaign as Berry filled in for the then-injured Elliott. Berry earned a career-best second-place finish at Richmond Raceway to pair with a 10th-place showing at Phoenix Raceway in his second start with the team.
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In all, Berry enters his first full-time Cup season with 12 starts under his belt -- two in 2021 before 10 starts in relief for three cars last year. D'Hondt's experience as a reliable pair of eyes in the sky and crew chief Rodney Childers' prowess atop the pit box surround the 33-year-old rookie with a combined two Cup championships and 66 wins.
Tim Fedewa, spotter for the No. 4 team from 2014-23 with Kevin Harvick, will move to the No. 12 Team Penske Ford to work with defending champion Ryan Blaney.
Stewart-Haas Racing also announced spotters for the Nos. 10, 14 and 41 teams Tuesday. Veteran spotter and former NASCAR racer Andy Houston will work with sophomore Cup driver Noah Gragson in his inaugural season behind the wheel of the No. 10 Ford, while Joe Campbell and Tony Raines return to their respective teams with drivers Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece.