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 Sonoma 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
Brandon Jones: 250th start!
Ross Chastain: 200th start!
Ty Dillon: 163rd start ties Denny Hamlin, ranks 90th
Jeffrey Earnhardt: 158th start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 97th
Cole Custer: 124th start ties Terry Labonte, ranks 127th
Brennan Poole & Joe Graf Jr.: 107th start ties Casey Mears & David Ragan, ranks 148th
Aric Almirola: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 156th
Brett Moffitt: 98th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 161st
A.J. Allmendinger: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 166th
Kyle Weatherman: 92nd start ties Sam Ard, ranks 177th
Parker Kligerman: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 220th
Ty Gibbs: 54th start ties Alex Bowman & Robby Gordon, ranks 259th
Blaine Perkins: 25th start!
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 392nd
Connor Mosack: 10th start!
*Brennan Poole did not make the race and thus will not be making his 107th start
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 445th start ties Carl Edwards, ranks 58th
Austin Dillon: 352nd start ties Ned Jarrett, ranks 80th
Ryan Blaney: 286th start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 101st
Grant Enfinger: 1st start!
