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 Dayton International Speedway. Rankings reflect the all-time starts list for that series.
(The image above each series 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
Christian Eckes: 92nd start ties Zane Smith, ranks 57th
Chase Purdy: 76th start ties Derek Kraus & Sheldon Creed, ranks 75th
Jack Wood: 49th start ties Brandon Jones, ranks 140th
Cory Roper: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 147th
Corey Heim: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 165th
Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 28th start tie Daniel Suarez & Kurt Busch, ranks 229th
Mason Massey: 15th start ties Derrike Cope & Kyle Larson, ranks 323rd
Xfinity Series Starts
*Joey Gase: 275th start ties Jack Ingram, ranks 36th
Brennan Poole: 125th start!
Kyle Weatherman: 110th start ties Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ranks 150th
Anthony Alfredo: 86th start ties Chase Briscoe & Davey Allison, ranks 193rd
Blaine Perkins: 44th start ties Bill Elliott, ranks 291st
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 43rd start ties Adam Petty & Bobby Allison, ranks 296th
Chandler Smith: 37th start ties William Byron, ranks 323rd
*Caesar Bacarella: 30th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 349th
Jesse Love, Frankie Muniz & Shane Van Gisbergen: 1st start!
*Joey Gase did not qualify for the race and thus will not be making his 275th start
*Caesar Bacarella did not qualify for the race and thuss will not be making his 30th start
Cup Series Starts
William Byron: 217th start ties Chad Little, ranks 136th
Carson Hocevar & Zane Smith: 10th start!
