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 Talladega Superspeedway. 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.
Truck Series Starts
Chase Purdy: 95th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 57th
Ty Majeski: 86th start ties Bob Keselowski, ranks 63rd
Lawless Alan: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 83rd
Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 152nd
Daniel Dye, Matt Mills & Nick Sanchez: 43rd start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 166th
Danny Bohn: 36th start ties J.J. Yeley & Regan Smith, ranks 191st
Kaden Honeycutt: 31st start ties David Ragan & Jimmy Spencer, ranks 212th
Xfinity Series Starts
Kyle Weatherman: 137th start ties Hank Parker Jr., ranks 117th
Matt DiBendetto: 92nd start ties Sam Ard, ranks 188th
Blaine Perkins, Parker Retzlaff & Sammy Smith: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 228th
Dylan Lupton: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 308th
Leland Honeyman: 36th start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 332nd
Jordan Anderson: 25th start!
Cup Series Starts
Joey Logano: 574th start ties David Pearson, ranks 36th
Bubba Wallace: 250th start!
Christopher Bell: 175th start!
Ty Gibbs: 82nd start ties Justin Allgaier, ranks 250th
