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.
Daniel Dye is honoring Adam Petty with his scheme this weekend and is tying NASCAR Hall of Famer Donnie Allison by making his 20th career Xfinity start. Image credit: @KauligRacing X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Ryan Sieg: 375th start! Ranks 14th
Brennan Poole: 165th start ties Ty Dillon, ranks 95th
Ryan Ellis: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 116th
Sam Mayer: 125th start!
Austin Hill: 122nd start ties Aric Almirola & Parker Kligerman, ranks 139th
Sheldon Creed: 111th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 157th
Chase Elliott: 86th start ties Bobby Hamilton, Chase Briscoe & Davey Allison, ranks 199th
Daniel Dye: 20th start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 428th
Dean Thompson & Nick Leitz: 10th start!
Denny Hamlin honors NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl Edwards with his scheme this weekend, and he ties his former teammate Martin Truex Jr. by making his 694th career Cup Series start. Image credit: @JoeGibbsRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 694th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 24th
Ryan Blaney: 350th start!
Alex Bowman: 333rd start ties David Gilliland, ranks 90th
Bubba Wallace: 263rd start ties Greg Sacks, ranks 116th
Cole Custer: 125th start!
Noah Gragson: 83rd start ties Justin Allgaier, ranks 250th
Josh Berry: 56th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 302nd