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 North Wilkesboro 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
Parker Kligerman: 115th start ties Mike Wallace, ranks 42nd
Tyler Ankrum: 100th start!
Timmy Hill: 83rd start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 61st
Christian Eckes: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 69th
Josh Reaume: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 84th
Bubba Wallace: 51st start ties Justin Haley, ranks 132nd
Lawless Alan: 40th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 165th
Bret Holmes: 25th start ties Jamie McMurray & Mark Martin ranks 252nd
Taylor Gray: 20th start ties David Gilliland & Elliott Sadler, ranks 280th
Daniel Dye & Nick Sanchez: 10th start!
*Parker Kligerman did not qualify and thus will not be making his 115th start.
*Josh Reaume did not qualify and thus will not be making his 70th start.
Cup Series — All-Star Starts (* denotes in the Open race)
Kevin Harvick: 23rd start breaks tie with Jeff Gordon, ranks 2nd alone behind Mark Martin (24 starts)
*Ryan Newman: 21st start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 4th
Kyle Busch: 18th start ties Bill Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Tony Stewart, ranks 10th
Chase Elliott: 8th start ties Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader, Morgan Shepherd & Ward Burton, ranks 34th
*A.J. Allmendinger, Kyle Larson & Ryan Blaney: 7th start ties Davey Allison, ranks 39th
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & William Byron: 5th start!
Austin Dillon, Daniel Suarez & Erik Jones: 4th start ties Alan Kulwicki, Cale Yarborough, Neil Bonnett & Richard Petty, ranks 54th
*Chandler Smith, *Corey Lajoie, *Harrison Burton, *J.J. Yeley, *Josh Berry, *Josh Bilicki, *Noah Gragson, *Ryan Preece, *Todd Gilliland, *Ty Dillon & *Ty Gibbs: 1st start! (potentially)
*Ryan Newman did not make the All-Star race and thus will not be making his 21st start.
*A.J. Allmendinger did not make the All-Star race and thus will not be making his 7th start.
*Chandler Smith, Corey Lajoie, Harrison Burton, J.J. Yeley, Josh Bilicki, Ryan Preece, Todd Gilliland & Ty Dillon did not make the All-Star race and thus will not be making their 1st All-Star race.
