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 Watkins Glen International. 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
Ryan Sieg: 359th start ties Mike Bliss, ranks 15th
Brandon Jones: 294th start ties Jason Leffler, ranks 28th
Josh Williams: 211th start ties Jimmy Spencer, ranks 60th
Ross Chastain: 208th start ties Regan Smith, ranks 65th
Aric Almirola: 111th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 152nd
Anthony Alfredo: 110th start ties Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ranks 156th
Josh Bilicki: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 167th
Sheldon Creed: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 177th
Kyle Sieg: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 222nd
Ty Gibbs: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 239th
Jesse Love & Shane Van Gisbergen: 25th start!
Connor Zilisch & *Kyle Keller: 1st start!
*Kyle Keller did not qualify and thus did not make his 1st career Xfinity start
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 706th start ties Rusty Wallace, ranks 18th
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 428th start ties Derrike Cope, ranks 64th
Austin Dillon: 400th start!
William Byron: 244th start ties Ty Dillon, ranks 122nd
Todd Gilliland: 100th start!
Daniel Hemric: 75th start!
Kaz Grala: 25th start!
Shane Van Gisbergen: 10th start!
