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.
Xfinity Series Starts
Ross Chastain: 207th start ties Reed Sorenson, ranks 66th
Garrett Smithley: 175th start!
Jeb Burton & Riley Herbst: 165th start ties Ty Dillon, ranks 93rd
Brennan Poole: 147th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 110th
A.J. Allmendinger & Ryan Ellis: 121st start ties Dave Blaney, ranks 136th
Sam Mayer: 107th start ties Casey Mears, David Ragan & Justin Haley, ranks 159th
Austin Hill: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 166th
Sheldon Creed: 93rd start ties Jimmie Johnson, ranks 182nd
Christopher Bell: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 210th
Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 237th
Jesse Love & Shane Van Gisbergen: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 401st
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 676th start ties Dale Earnhardt, ranks 25th
William Byron: 242nd start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 123rd
