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 Texas 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.
Truck Series Starts
Matt Crafton: 575th start! Ranks 1st by 215 starts
Stewart Friesen: 192nd start ties Ted Musgrave, ranks 19th
Tanner Gray: 125th start!
Ty Majeski: 97th start ties Brett Moffitt & Zane Smith, ranks 57th
Carson Hocevar: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 73rd
Bayley Currey: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Bobby Dotter & Ryan Truex, ranks 84th
Chandler Smith: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 93rd
Jack Wood: 69th start ties Hailie Deegan & Robert Pressley, ranks 97th
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 58th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 117th
Brandon Jones: 53rd start ties Justin Haley, ranks 138th
Nick Sanchez: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 155th
Kaden Honeycutt: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 173rd
Andres Perez & Corey Day: 10th start!
Xfinity Series Starts
Garrett Smithley: 190th start ties Jamie McMurray, ranks 74th
Kyle Sieg: 93rd start ties Jimmie Johnson, ranks 184th
Parker Retzlaff: 86th start ties Bobby Hamilton, Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott & Davey Allison, ranks 202nd
Mason Massey: 61st start ties Danica Patrick & Shawna Robinson, ranks 250th
Taylor Gray: 25th start!
Nick Sanchez: 20th start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 430th
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 725th start! Ranks 17th
Denny Hamlin: 697th start ties Matt Kenseth, ranks 22nd
Erik Jones: 300th start! Ranks 104th
Ty Dillon: 256th start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 120th
Christopher Bell: 191st start ties Danica Patrick & Davey Allison, ranks 156th
Cole Custer: 128th start ties A.J. Foyt, ranks 200th
Carson Hocevar & Zane Smith: 56th start tie Buckshot Jones, ranks 303rd
Shane Van Gisbergen: 25th start!
Chad Finchum: 10th start!
