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 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.
In his 100th career Truck start this weekend Christian Eckes is throwing it back to Brownie King with his truck. Image credit: @BMR_NASCAR Twitter/X Page
Truck Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 175th start!
Tyler Ankrum: 122nd start ties Austin Hill, ranks 36th
Spencer Boyd: 117th start ties Parker Kligerman, ranks 42nd
Christian Eckes: 100th start!
Ty Majeski: 75th start!
Corey Heim: 50th start! Ties Daniel Hemric, ranks 141st
Taylor Gray: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 167th
Daniel Dye, Matt Mills & Nick Sanchez: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 205th
In his 100th career Xfinity start this weekend Parker Kligerman is throwing it back to the boss man Scott Borchetta’s Super Truck. Image credit: @bigmchnracing Twitter/X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Jeremy Clements: 475th start! Ranks 5th
Brandon Jones: 280th start ties Derrike Cope & Joey Gase, ranks 34th
Cole Custer: 154th start ties Austin Dillon & Mike Dillon, ranks 101st
Brennan Poole: 135th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 118th
Kyle Weatherman: 120th start ties Sam Hornish Jr., ranks 136th
Parker Kligerman: 100th start!
Sam Mayer: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, Josh Berry & Ryan Truex, ranks 173rd
Austin Hill: 92nd start ties Sam Ard, ranks 186th
Matt DiBenedetto: 75th start!
Ross Chastain is making his 200th career Cup Series start this weekend and is doing it in style, throwing back to a classic Busch Light logo from the 2000’s. Image credit: @TeamTrackhouse Twitter/X Page
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Larson: 344th start ties Kenny Wallace, ranks 83rd
William Byron: 229th start ties Herb Thomas, ranks 131st
Ross Chastain: 200th start!
Josh Berry: 25th start!