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 Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. 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.
Stewart Friesen makes career Truck start number 200 this weekend at IRP. Image credit: StewartFriesen X Page
Truck Series Starts
Ben Rhodes: 226th start ties Todd Bodine, ranks 13th
Stewart Friesen: 200th start! Ranks 18th
Ty Majeski: 105th start ties Ken Schrader, ranks 53rd
Chandler Smith: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 75th
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 66th start ties Brad Keselowski, ranks 102nd
Kaden Honeycutt: 50th start! Ranks 149th
Frankie Muniz & Toni Breidinger: 20th start! Ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 298th
Andrez Perez de Lara: 18th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 316th
Boston Oliver: 1st start!
Parker Retzlaff ties 3x NASCAR Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip this weekend by making his 95th career Xfinity Series start. Image credit: @TeamAlphaPrime X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Brennan Poole: 178th start ties Riley Herbst, ranks 87th
Anthony Alfredo: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 117th
Sheldon Creed: 124th start ties Terry Labonte, ranks 139th
Matt DiBenedetto: 118th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 148th
Parker Retzlaff: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 183rd
Mason Massey: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 242nd
Carson Kvapil: 30th start ties Boris Said & Kurt Busch, ranks 359th
Dean Thompson: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 410th
Cody Ware is making his 128th career Cup start this weekend which ties him with motorsports legend A.J. Foyt for 203rd most all-time. Image credit: @RickWareRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Ryan Blaney: 364th start ties Rick Mast, ranks 79th
Chase Elliott: 344th start ties Kenny Wallace, ranks 87th
William Byron: 274th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 112th
Cody Ware: 128th start ties A.J. Foyt, ranks 203rd
Ty Gibbs: 109th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 218th
Carson Hocevar & Zane Smith: 67th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 286th
Shane Van Gisbergen: 36th start ties Bob Flock & Red Farmer, ranks 375th