Below are some potential notable starts being made by drivers this weekend. Notable meaning they will be tied with a driver in number of starts made in that specific series, or the number of starts being made is a significant number that they are reaching in their specific race this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Rankings reflect the all-time starts list for that series.
*This will be updated after qualifying for each race if a driver does not make the race.
Camping World Truck Starts
Jennifer Jo Cobb: 231st start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 11th
Jordan Anderson: 138th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 30th
Timmy Hill: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Ben Kennedy, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 73rd
Clay Greenfield & Tanner Gray: 69th start ties Robert Pressley, ranks 83rd
Christian Eckes: 66th start Brad Keselowski, ranks 89th
Chase Purdy: 50th start ties Daniel Hemric, ranks 131st
Kaz Grala: 47th start ties Jesse Little and Noah Gragson, ranks 140th
Lawless Alan: 30th start ties Ricky Hendrick, ranks 207th
Colby Howard: 26th start ties William Byron, ranks 238th
Parker Retzlaff:Â 1st start
Xfinity Series Starts
Justin Allgaier: 400th start, ranks 10th
Timmy Hill: 236th start ties Mark Martin, ranks 50th
Brandon Brown: 147th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 103rd
Jeb Burton and Riley Herbst: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 150th
Bayley Currey: 102nd start ties Aric Almirola and Justin Haley, ranks 154th
Myatt Snider: 94th start ties Geoff Bodine, Michael McDowell and Tony Stewart, ranks 164th
A.J. Allmendinger: 88th start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 180th
Ryan Vargas: 64th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 229th
Josh Berry: 57th start ties Ernie Irvan, ranks 242nd
Austin Hill and Mason Massey: 43rd start ties Adam Petty and Bobby Allison for 290th
Cup Series Starts
Brad Keselowski: 480th start ties Brett Bodine, ranks 49th
William Byron: 175th start
Cody Ware: 86th start ties Doug Yates, ranks 235th
Chase Briscoe and Justin Haley: 67th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 276th
Daniel Hemric: 46th start ties Ron Hornaday Jr., ranks 329th
Noah Gragson: 14th start ties Mario Andretti, ranks 614th
