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 Circuit of the Americas. 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.
Truck Series Starts
Matt Crafton: 525th start, ranks 1st
Ross Chastain: 102nd start ties Bobby Hamilton, ranks 49th
Tyler Ankrum: 94th start ties Todd Gilliland, ranks 51st
Tanner Gray: 75th start!
Zane Smith: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Ben Kennedy, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 76th
Carson Hocevar: 58th start ties Coy Gibbs, Ryan Blaney & Ty Dillon, ranks 107th
Hailie Deegan & Kaz Grala: 50th start ties Daniel Hemric, ranks 132nd
Ty Majeski: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 142nd
Colby Howard: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 195th
Dean Thompson: 28th start ties Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez & Kurt Busch, ranks 222nd
Ed Jones & Dale Quarterley: 1st start!
Xfinity Series Starts
Daniel Hemric: 159th start ties Josh Williams, ranks 94th
Jeffrey Earnhardt: 150th start!
Cole Custer: 116th start ties Ken Schrader, ranks 134th
A.J. Allmendinger: 94th start ties Geoff Bodine, Michael McDowell & Tony Stewart, ranks 167th
Kyle Weatherman: 88th start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 182nd
John Hunter Nemechek & Ryan Ellis: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 211th
Sam Mayer: 57th start ties Ernie Irvan, ranks 245th
Austin Hill: 54th start ties Alex Bowman & Robby Gordon, ranks 256th
Kaz Grala: 50th start!
Sheldon Creed: 43rd start ties Adam Petty & Bobby Allison, ranks 293rd
Kyle Sieg: 25th start ties Ron Fellows, ranks 376th
Preston Pardus: 20th start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 413th
Carson Hocevar: 1st start!
Cup Series Starts
A.J. Allmendinger: 400th start!
Erik Jones: 225th start!
Ty Dillon: 208th start ties Scott Riggs, ranks 136th
Corey LaJoie: 206th start ties Fireball Roberts, ranks 139th
Jordan Taylor & Jensen Button: 1st start!
