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 Talladega Superspeedway. 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.
Xfinity Series Starts
Brennan Poole: 133rd start ties Austin Cindric, ranks 120th
A.J. Allmendinger & Ryan Ellis: 107th start tie Casey Mears, David Ragan & Justin Haley, ranks 154th
Parker Kligerman: 98th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 166th
Josh Bilicki: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Josh Berry, ranks 171st
Anthony Alfredo & Ryan Truex: 94th start tie Geoff Bodine, Michael McDowell & Tony Stewart, ranks 175th
Sam Mayer: 93rd start ties Jimmie Johnson, ranks 180th
Sheldon Creed: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 208th
Matt DiBenedetto: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 221st
Kyle Sieg: 57th start ties Ernie Irvan, ranks 251st
Caesar Bacarella: 30th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 350th
Jordan Anderson: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 397th
Dawson Cram: 20th start ties Donnie Allison & Ron Bouchard, ranks 422nd
Hailie Deegan: 10th start!
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 475th start!
Chris Buescher: 303rd start ties Dick Trickle & Tiny Lund, ranks 99th
Bubba Wallace: 229th start ties Herb Thomas, ranks 130th
Christopher Bell: 154th start ties Fonty Flock, ranks 182nd
