“I Don’t Care About Travis Kelce”: NASCAR Star and Taylor Swift’s Schoolmate Worn Out by Questions About the Pop Icon

Alright, so Josh Berry went to the same school as Taylor Swift.  Does that make him the world’s leading expert on the pop icon? Or the guy best placed to answer questions about her life?

The WBR #21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse driver clearly doesn’t think so. In fact, he appears to have reached his limit when it comes to answering incessant queries about Swift and her personal life. Interestingly, Indy car driver Josef Newgarden also happens to be Berry’s classmate. But Swift’s megastar status means she invariably steals the spotlight, leaving Berry desperate to steer clear of the topic.

In a recent episode of Rubbin is Racing, when once again confronted with questions about Swift and Newgarden, Berry was pretty candid about how fed up he is of that topic:

“It’s one of those things when you’re like doing an interview one day and somebody’s like, hey, what’s a funny crazy story about you, right? And I’m like, oh, I went to school with Taylor Swift, and you don’t think that that’s that big of a deal.”

“But I mean, good gosh! Man, every time it never ends. And then she starts dating Travis Kelce, and it all comes back again, and I’m like I don’t care about Travis Kelce, like I don’t care, and it never ends,” he continued.

Regarding Josef Newgarden, Berry did shed some light on their rapport, mentioning that after he joined Wood Brothers Racing, which maintains a technical alliance with Newgarden’s Team Penske, the two drivers have seen more of each other.

The two now have many mutual interests to discuss, but that may not have been the case when they shared the same classroom back in school.  This is evident from a brief anecdote from the off-season that Berry narrated. Courtesy of their mutual partner, PPG, the duo revisited their alma mater in Hendersonville. They addressed a class of students, interacted, and posed for pictures.

The kids had a field day teasing Berry and Newgarden after uncovering their old yearbook photos. Berry, however, finds it amusing that despite sharing the same classrooms, neither realized they both had racing in their blood.

As of now, both are steering their own courses with their respective teams in different series, but discovering their shared school connection seems to have strengthened their bond.

About the author

Neha Dwivedi

Neha Dwivedi is an experienced NASCAR Journalist at The SportsRush, having penned over 5500 articles on the sport to date. She was a seasoned writer long before she got into the world of NASCAR. Although she loves to see Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch win the races, she equally supports the emerging talents in the CARS Late Model and ARCA Menards Series.. For her work in NASCAR she has earned accolades from journalists like Susan Wade of The Athletic, as well as NASCAR drivers including Thad Moffit and Corey Lajoie. Her favorite moment from NASCAR was witnessing Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. win the championship trophies. Outside the racetrack world, Neha immerses herself in the literary world, exploring both fiction and non-fiction.

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