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 Phoenix 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.
Truck Series Starts
Derek Kraus: 76th start ties Sheldon Creed, ranks 75th
Chase Purdy: 75th start!
Hailie Deegan: 69th start ties Robert Pressley, ranks 90th
Colby Howard: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace, Justin Haley & Kaz Grala, ranks 133rd
Dean Thompson: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 146th
Kaden Honeycutt: 20th start ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 287th
Xfinity Series Starts
Timmy Hill: 243rd start ties Rick Mast, ranks 49th
Jeb Burton & Riley Herbst: 142nd start ties Ricky Craven, ranks 111th
Brennan Poole: 124th start ties Terry Labonte, ranks 131st
John Hunter Nemechek: 100th start!
Ryan Ellis: 98th start ties A.J. Allmendinger & Tyler Reddick, ranks 164th
Josh Berry: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 170th
Kaz Grala: 77th start ties Christopher Bell, Marcos Ambrose & Sterling Marlin, ranks 210th
Sheldon Creed: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 225th
Stefan Parsons: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 235th
Kyle Sieg: 50th start!
Blaine Perkins: 43rd start ties Adam Petty & Bobby Allison, ranks 295th
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 303rd
Cup Series Starts
Kevin Harvick: 826th start (last start), ranks 8th
Denny Hamlin: 650th start!
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 400th start!
Chase Elliott: 185th start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 104th
Erik Jones: 255th start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 115th
William Byron: 216th start ties Marvin Panch, ranks 138th
Ross Chastain: 187th start ties Tim Flock & Trevor Bayne, ranks 155th
