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 Sonoma 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.
Xfinity Series Starts
Josh Williams: 200th start!
Alex Labbe: 154th start ties Austin Dillon & Mike Dillon, ranks 104th
John Hunter Nemechek: 107th start ties Casey Mears, David Ragan & Justin Haley, ranks 156th
Josh Bilicki & Sam Mayer: 98th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 167th
Austin Hill: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Josh Berry, ranks 175th
Sheldon Creed: 84th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 202nd
Blaine Perkins: 57th start ties Ernie Irvan, ranks 252nd
Chandler Smith: 50th start!
Boris Said & *Sage Karam: 30th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 350th
Preston Pardus: 25th start!
Thomas Annunziata: 1st start!
*Sage Karam did not qualify for the race and will not be making his 30th career Xfinity start.
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 694th start ties Jimmie Johnson, ranks 22nd
Kyle Larson: 346th start ties Reed Sorenson, ranks 82nd
Ross Chastain: 203rd start ties Phil Parsons, ranks 145th
Christopher Bell: 160th start ties Cotton Owens & Ron Bouchard, ranks 177th
Chase Briscoe & Justin Haley: 124th start ties Charlie Glotzbach, ranks 202nd
Ty Gibbs: 67th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 281st
Noah Gragson: 55th start ties Boris Said, ranks 304th
Carson Hocevar & Zane Smith: 25th start!
Cam Waters & Will Brown: 1st start!
