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 Phoenix Raceway. Rankings reflect the all-time starts list for that series.
(The featured image is the driver I find having the most notable start this weekend)
*This will be updated after qualifying for each race if a driver does not make the race.
Xfinity Series Starts
Josh Williams: 158th start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 95th
Jeffrey Earnhardt: 148th start ties Brian Vickers, ranks 103rd
Garrett Smithley: 147th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 105th
Bayley Currey: 111th start ties Kyle Larson, ranks 143rd
Brett Moffitt: 88th start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 181st
Kyle Weatherman: 86th start ties Bobby Hamilton, Chase Briscoe & Davey Allison, ranks 185th
Sam Mayer: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 252nd
Kyle Sieg: 23rd start ties Andy Lally & Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 389th
Leland Honeyman: 1st start!
Cup Series Starts
Martin Truex Jr.: 625th start
Denny Hamlin: 618th start ties Tony Stewart, ranks 31st
Brad Keselowski: 489th start ties Casey Mears, ranks 48th
Michael McDowell: 433rd start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 60th
Aric Almirola: 428th start ties Derrike Cope, ranks 62nd
Ryan Blaney: 274th start Johnny Benson, ranks 104th
Ty Dillon: 206th start ties Fireball Roberts, ranks 138th
Bubba Wallace: 187th start ties Tim Flock & Trevor Bayne, ranks 153rd
William Byron: 184th start Curtis Turner, ranks 158th
Todd Gilliland: 40th start ties Andy Lally, John Hunter Nemechek & Scott Pruett, ranks 353rd
