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 Kansas 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
Johnny Sauter: 318th start, breaks tie with David Starr to rank 4th alone
Ben Rhodes: 172nd start ties Joe Ruttman, ranks 18th
Tanner Gray: 79th start ties David Reutimann & Rich Bickle, ranks 65th
Christian Eckes: 76th start ties Sheldon Creed, ranks 73rd
Josh Reaume: 69th start ties Robert Pressley, ranks 87th
Chase Purdy: 60th start ties Carl Edwards & Scott Riggs, ranks 101st
Hailie Deegan: 54th start ties Christopher Bell, ranks 120th
Kris Wright: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 158th
Dean Thompson: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 196th
Corey Heim: 27th start ties William Byron, ranks 232nd
Taylor Gray: 18th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 297th
Toni Breidinger & Justin S. Carroll: 1st start!
Big props to Justin for not giving up after 6 DNQ’s, now he gets to run with the big boys in trucks.
Cup Series Starts
Daniel Suarez: 227th start ties Marcos Ambrose, ranks 128th
Tyler Reddick: 122nd start ties B.J. McLeod, ranks 202nd
Austin Cindric: 55th start ties Boris Said, ranks 298th
Noah Gragson: 30th start ties Parker Kligerman, ranks 407th
