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 Martinsville Speedway. 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
Spencer Boyd: 94th start ties Randy MacDonald, ranks 52nd
Tanner Gray: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 67th
Zane Smith: 76th start ties Sheldon Creed, ranks 72nd
Christian Eckes: 75th start!
Ty Majeski: 50th start ties Daniel Hemric & Kaz Grala, ranks 133rd
Matt DiBenedetto: 30th start ties Ricky Hendrick, ranks 210th
Bret Holmes: 22nd start ties Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 268th
Taylor Gray: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 301st
William Sawalich, Jonathan Shafer, Memphis Villarreal, Conner Jones & Justin S. Carroll: 1st start!
*Justin S. Carroll did not qualify and will not be making his first career start 🙁
Xfinity Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 244th start ties Greg Biffle & Robert Pressley, ranks 46th
Daniel Hemric & Josh Williams: 161st start ties Trevor Bayne, Ty Dillon & Ward Burton, ranks 90th
Garrett Smithley: 150th start!
Brett Moffitt: 92nd start ties Sam Ard, ranks 176th
Gray Gaulding, John Hunter Nemechek & Ryan Ellis: 75th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 209th
Josh Berry: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 219th
Parker Kligerman: 64th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 231st
Kaz Grala: 52nd start ties Ty Gibbs, ranks 264th
Blaine Perkins & Patrick Emerling: 20th start ties Donnie Allison & Ron Bouchard, ranks 413th
Kaden Honeycutt: 1st start!
*Garrett Smithley did not qualify and will not be making his 150th career start 🙁
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 437th start ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 59th
Aric Almirola: 433rd start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 61st
Daniel Suarez: 224th start ties Regan Smith, ranks 131st
Ross Chastain: 160th start ties Cotton Owens & Ron Bouchard, ranks 174th
Harrison Burton: 46th start ties Ron Hornaday Jr., ranks 331st
Todd Gilliland: 45th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 334th
