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 Bristol 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.
Chandler Smith ties MOTOX Legend Ricky Carmichael this weekend by making his 68th career Truck Series start. Image credit: @Team_FRM X Page
Truck Series Starts
Corey Heim: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 91st
Chandler Smith: 68th start ties Ricky Carmichael, ranks 98th
Brandon Jones: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace & Kaz Grala, ranks 145th
Kaden Honeycutt: 40th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 179th
Connor Mosack & Kyle Larson: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 316th
Frankie Muniz, Stephen Mallozzi & Toni Breidinger: 10th start!
This weekend Jesse Love makes his 42nd career Xfinity start tying NASCAR Legend Rusty Wallace, 2x Daytona 500 Champion William Byron, and motorsport legend Travis Pastrana for 310th most all-time. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
Xfinity Series Starts
Jeb Burton: 184th start ties Ron Hornaday, ranks 81st
Alex Labbe: 158th start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 103rd
Kyle Larson: 118th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 145th
Jesse Love: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace, Travis Pastrana & William Byron, ranks 310th
Kris Wright: 25th start!
Taylor Gray: 22nd start ties Corey LaJoie, ranks 408th
Corey Heim: 20th start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 429th
*Tyler Tomassi: 1st start!
*Tyler Tomassi did not make the Bristol Xfinity race and thus did not make his 1st career Xfinity start.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ties his former teammate that gave him a push to victory in an Xfinity Iowa race one year, Carl Edwards, by making his 445th career Cup start this weekend. Image credit: @HYAKMotorsports X Page
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 695th start ties Jeff Burton, ranks 23rd
A.J. Allmendinger: 455th start ties Jimmy Means, ranks 58th
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 445th start ties Carl Edwards, ranks 61st
Kyle Larson: 375th start ties Ward Burton, ranks 75th
Corey LaJoie: 275th start!
Tyler Reddick: 191st start ties Danica Patrick & Davey Allison, ranks 155th
Jesse Love: 1st start!