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 Texas Motor 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.
Xfinity Series Starts
Ryan Sieg: 329th start ties Dale Jarrett, ranks 21st
Daniel Hemric & Josh Williams: 181st start ties Clint Bowyer, ranks 81st
Trevor Bayne: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin & Ty Dillon, ranks 91st
Joe Graf Jr.: 121st start ties Dave Blaney, ranks 133rd
John Hunter Nemechek: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 168th
Ryan Ellis: 93rd start ties Jimmie Johnson, ranks 174th
Sam Mayer: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 206th
C.J. McLaughlin, Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 37th start ties John Andretti & William Byron, ranks 320th
Patrick Emerling: 30th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 348th
Daniel Dye & Layne Riggs: 1st start!
Cup Series Starts
Brad Keselowski: 515th start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 45th
Kyle Larson: 325th start!
Ryan Blaney: 300th start!
Corey LaJoie: 230th start ties Joe Weatherly, ranks 128th
Harrison Burton: 67th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 279th
