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 Michigan International 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.
This weekend at Michigan Stewart Friesen ties 2003 Craftsman Truck Series Champion, Travis Kvapil, by making his 197th career Truck start. Image credit: @StewartFriesen X Page
Truck Series Starts
Stewart Friesen: 197th start ties Travis Kvapil, ranks 18th
Tyler Ankrum: 149th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 26th
Ross Chastain: 115th start ties Mike Wallace, ranks 46th
Ty Majeski: 102nd start ties Bobby Hamilton, ranks 55th
Lawless Alan: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 74th
Bayley Currey: 76th start ties Derek Kraus, Sheldon Creed & Ty Dillon, ranks 80th
Chandler Smith: 75th start! Ranks 84th
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 63rd start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 107th
Kaden Honeycutt: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 155th
Layne Riggs: 42nd start ties Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 174th
Dawson Sutton: 20th start! Ties Elliot Sadler, ranks 297th
Frankie Muniz & Toni Breidinger: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 318th
Kyle Busch ties the driver most known for running in the JGR 18 car (other than him) and 2000 Cup Champion, Bobby Labonte, by making his 729th career Cup start this weekend. Image credit: @RCRracing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 729th start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 16th
Chris Buescher: 344th start ties Kenny Wallace, ranks 85th
Bubba Wallace: 270th start ties Jeff Green, ranks 114th