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 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and Indianapolis Motor 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.
Ty Dillon is making his 73rd career Truck start this weekend at IRP tying a host of notable drivers, but most notable is his brother Austin Dillon. Image credit: @Rackley_WAR Twitter/X Page
Truck Series Starts
Ty Dillon: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Ben Kennedy, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 82nd
Lawless Alan: 38th start ties Ricky Carmichael, ranks 94th
Dean Thompson: 62nd start ties Chandler Smith, ranks 103rd
Jack Wood: 57th start ties Christopher Bell, Jeb Burton & Morgan Shepherd, ranks 119th
Bret Holmes: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace, Justin Haley & Kaz Grala, ranks 138th
Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 168th
Mason Massey: 29th start ties Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe & William Byron, ranks 222nd
Thad Moffitt: 18th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 306th
Tyler Tomassi: 1st start!
Josh Williams, former DGM Racing driver, is tying a part-time DGM Racing driver, Ross Chastain, by making his 206th career Xfinity start this weekend. Photo by Larry Placido — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Xfinity Series Starts
Josh Williams: 206th start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 67th
A.J. Allmendinger & Ryan Ellis: 118th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 138th
Aric Almirola: 110th start ties John Hunter Nemechek & Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ranks 153rd
Sam Mayer: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 165th
Matt DiBenedetto: 84th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 203rd
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 62nd start ties Ryan Preece, ranks 245th
Chandler Smith: 56th start ties Alex Bowman & Steve Park, ranks 258th
Jesse Love & Shane Van Gisbergen: 20th start ties Donnie Allison & Ron Bouchard, ranks 424th
Kyle Busch will be making milestone start number 700 in the Cup Series this weekend at Indianapolis, and in doing so ties Hall of Famer Buddy Baker for 19th most all-time. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 700th start! Ties Buddy Baker, ranks 19th
Jimmie Johnson: 695th start ties Jeff Burton, ranks 22nd
Kyle Larson: 352nd start ties Ned Jarrett, ranks 81st
Chase Elliott: 308th start ties Bobby Isaac, ranks 99th
Erik Jones: 275th start!
Bubba Wallace: 241st start ties Todd Bodine, ranks 123rd
Josh Berry: 34th start ties Parnelli Jones, ranks 389th