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 Darlington 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
Denny Hamlin: 164th start ties Ty Dillon, ranks 90th
Cole Custer: 135th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 115th
Brennan Poole: 116th start ties Ken Schrader, ranks 138th
John Hunter Nemechek: 92nd start ties Sam Ard, ranks 178th
Ryan Ellis: 90th start ties Ryan Truex, ranks 182nd
Anthony Alfredo: 77th start ties Christopher Bell, Marcos Ambrose & Sterling Marlin, ranks 207th
Austin Hill: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 218th
Kaz Grala: 69th start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 227th
Stefan Parsons: 61st start ties Danica Patrick, ranks 242nd
Kyle Sieg: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 301st
Cup Series Starts
Ryan Newman: 729th start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 15th
A.J. Allmendinger: 421st start ties Jim Paschal, ranks 65th
Daniel Suarez: 242nd start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 119th
Ty Dillon: 229th start ties Herb Thomas, ranks 128th
Corey LaJoie: 227th start ties Marcos Ambrose, ranks 130th
William Byron: 207th start ties Alan Kulwicki, ranks 140th
