Josh Berry and the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team will run a special paint scheme when the Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Sunday’s return of the Brickyard 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).
The Cup Series rookie, with help from partner Panini Trading Cards, will have WNBA rookie and Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark riding on the hood of his Ford Mustang Dark Horse as NASCAR’s best take back the oval at Indianapolis after running three years in the infield road-course configuration.
Raining 3s with the No. 4⁰⁰@joshberry will race at Indianapolis with @PaniniAmerica and Indiana Fever star @CaitlinClark22. pic.twitter.com/f87gyp4h67
– Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) July 16, 2024
Clark rose to fame in the women’s basketball world during her college career playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes. She made multiple deep runs in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament before becoming the first overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, where she now carries her No. 22 with the Fever.
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The Des Moines, Iowa native continues to break records at the professional level, recently becoming the first WNBA rookie to record a triple-double with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists in an 83-78 victory over the New York Liberty earlier this month.
“I was like, ‘Oh my gosh! Is this real?!” Clark told WishTV. “I want to drive the car. So, sometime, maybe I’ll have to take a spin, but it’s super cool … Hopefully it brings good vibes and we get the dub.
” … Never did I ever think I would appear on a race car. Honestly, I grew up watching NASCAR. My mom was kind of involved in it. So I was a really big fan growing up. It’s super cool.”
JUST IN: Caitlin Clark says she couldn’t believe it when she heard she’d be featured on @StewartHaasRcng‘s Josh Berry’s No. 4 car for this weekend’s Brickyard 400.
Full story with Clark and Berry coming up tonight on @WISHNews8. TUNE IN!
📷: @IndianaFever pic.twitter.com/JqY0uWFFo4
– Angela Moryan (@AngelaMoryanTV) July 19, 2024
For Berry, this will be his first time on the 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis. So far through his rookie season, Berry has two top fives and four top-10 finishes, with his two best results to date coming at Darlington Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he finished third in each.
