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 World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) and Portland International 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.
Truck Series Starts
Tyler Ankrum: 125th start!
Ty Majeski: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 71st
Ty Dillon: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 89th
Lawless Alan: 65th start ties Boris Said & Steve Park, ranks 98th
Keith McGee & Layne Riggs: 18th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 305th
Andres Perez De Lara & Luke Fenhaus: 1st start!
Xfinity Series Starts
Brennan Poole: 137th start ties Hank Parker Jr., ranks 115th
Anthony Alfredo: 98th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 167th
Austin Hill: 94th start ties Geoff Bodine, Michael McDowell & Tony Stewart, ranks 178th
Matt DiBenedetto: 77th start ties Brett Bodine, Christopher Bell, Kaz Grala, Marcos Ambrose & Sterling Marlin, ranks 211th
Kyle Sieg: 61st start ties Danica Patrick & Ty Gibbs, ranks 244th
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 55th start ties Alex Bowman & Kyle Petty, ranks 260th
Nathan Byrd: 1st start!
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 480th start ties Brett Bodine, ranks 50th
Chris Buescher: 308th start ties Bobby Isaac, ranks 97th
Todd Gilliland: 87th start ties Hershel McGriff & Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 238th
Daniel Hemric: 62nd start ties Glen Wood, ranks 288th
John Hunter Nemechek: 56th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 300th
