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 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. 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
Tyler Ankrum: 107th start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 46th
Zane Smith: 86th start ties Bob Keselowski, ranks 60th
Chase Purdy: 69th start ties Robert Pressley, ranks 89th
Hailie Deegan: 63rd start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 98th
Ty Majeski: 60th start ties Carl Edwards, ranks 103rd
Lawless Alan: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 143rd
Matt DiBenedetto: 40th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 168th
Matt Mills: 22nd start ties Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 270th
Daniel Dye & Nick Sanchez: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 305th
Greg Van Alst & Shane Van Gisbergen: 1st start!
Xfinity Series Starts
Jeremy Clements: 453rd start ties Joe Nemechek & Morgan Shepherd, ranks 5th!
Daniel Hemric & Josh Williams: 175th start!
Alex Labbe: 150th start!
Brett Moffitt: 106th start ties Justin Haley, ranks 153rd
A.J. Allmendinger: 98th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 163rd
Josh Bilicki: 86th start ties Bobby Hamilton, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez & Davey Allison, ranks 189th
Anthony Alfredo: 74th start ties Chris Buescher, ranks 215th
Sam Mayer: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 217th
Austin Hill: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 223rd
Chandler Smith: 25th start!
Preston Pardus: 23rd start ties Andy Lally & Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 395th
*Will Rodgers: 10th start!
*Will Rodgers did not qualify for the Indy Road Course race and thus will not make his 10th starts
Cup Series Starts
Chase Elliott: 274th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 107th
Corey LaJoie: 224th start ties Regan Smith, ranks 133rd
Bubba Wallace: 207th start ties Alan Kulwicki, ranks 139th
Ross Chastain: 175th start!
Austin Cindric: 67th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 278th
Ty Gibbs: 39th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 358th
Brodie Kostecki & Kamui Kobayashi: 1st start!
