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 Michigan International 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.
Xfinity Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 290th start ties Mike Harmon, ranks 29th
Josh Williams: 207th start ties Reed Sorenson, ranks 65th
Cole Custer: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin & Trevor Bayne, ranks 93rd
Parker Kligerman: 110th start ties Aric Almirola & Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ranks 153rd
Blaine Perkins: 64th start ties Ty Gibbs, ranks 240th
Chandler Smith: 57th start ties Ernie Irvan, ranks 255th
Lawless Alan & Morgen Baird: 1st start!
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 674th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 26th
Michael McDowell: 489th start ties Casey Mears, ranks 49th
Austin Dillon: 396th start ties Robby Gordon, ranks 71st
Alex Bowman: 313th start ties Ernie Irvan & Junior Johnson, ranks 95th
Daniel Suarez: 275th start!
Ryan Preece: 175th start!
Ty Gibbs: 75th start!
