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 Watkins Glen International 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
Ross Chastain: 203rd start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 70th
Daniel Hemric & Josh Williams: 176th start ties Joey Logano, ranks 82nd
Cole Custer: 133rd start ties Austin Cindric, ranks 117th
Joe Graf Jr.: 116th start ties Ken Schrader, ranks 137th
Brett Moffitt: 107th start ties Casey Mears & David Ragan, ranks 151st
Kyle Weatherman: 100 start!
John Hunter Nemechek: 90th start ties Ryan Truex, ranks 181st
Ryan Ellis: 88th start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 185th
Parker Kligerman: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 204th
Anthony Alfredo: 75th start! ties Harrison Burton, ranks 214th
Sam Mayer: 74th start ties Chris Buescher, ranks 216th
Alex Bowman: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 258th
Sage Karam: 23rd start ties Andy Lally & Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 395th
*Casey Carden & Max McLaughlin: 1st start!
*Casey Carden did not qualify and thus will not be making his 1st start this weekend
Cup Series Starts
Alex Bowman: 278th start ties Ricky Craven, ranks 105th
Chase Elliott: 275th start!
Ty Dillon: 227th start ties Marcos Ambrose, ranks 129th
Corey LaJoie: 225th start!
William Byron: 205th start ties Robert Pressley, ranks 143rd
Harrison Burton: 62nd start ties Glen Wood, ranks 285th
Ty Gibbs: 40th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 355th
