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 Richmond 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.
Dawson Sutton ties a couple of big time Cup names this weekend in Jamie McMurray and Mark Martin as he makes his 25th career Truck start this weekend. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Spencer Boyd: 149th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 27th
Bayley Currey: 76th start ties Derek Kraus, Sheldon Creed & Ty Dillon, ranks 82nd
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 68th start ties Ricky Carmichael, ranks 100th
Layne Riggs: 47th start ties Nick Sanchez & Noah Gragson, ranks 156th
Connor Mosack: 29th start ties Austin Cindric & Chase Briscoe, ranks 226th
Dawson Sutton: 25th start! Ties Jamie McMurray & Mark Martin, ranks 263rd
Frankie Muniz & Toni Breidinger: 22nd start ties Geoff Bodine, ranks 285th
Andres Perez de Lara: 20th start! Ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 301st
Gio Ruggiero: 18th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 317th
Caleb Costner: 1st start!
This weekend at Richmond Raceway Noah Gragson will make his 100th career Cup Series start. Image credit: @Team_FRM
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 526th start ties Benny Parson, ranks 44th
A.J. Allmendinger: 471st start ties Paul Menard, ranks 56th
Austin Dillon: 433rd start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 64th
Alex Bowman: 350th start! Ranks 85th
Ty Dillon: 270th start ties Jeff Green, ranks 116th
Ross Chastain: 248th start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 122nd
Tyler Reddick: 207th start ties Alan Kulwicki, ranks 143rd
Noah Gragson: 100th start! Ranks 229th