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 Watkins Glen International. 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.
Gio Ruggiero ties a couple of NASCAR Cup Champions, Darrell Waltrip and Kyle Larson, by making his 17th career Truck start this weekend. Photo by Orry Perce — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Parker Kligerman: 122nd start ties Austin Hill, ranks 39th
Corey Heim: 81st start ties Carson Hocevar, ranks 68th
Jack Wood: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 76th
Matt Mills: 63rd start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 110th
Christopher Bell: 58th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 121st
Kaden Honeycutt: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace & Kaz Grala, ranks 146th
Connor Mosack: 28th start ties Daniel Suarez & Kurt Busch, ranks 237th
Gio Ruggiero: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 321st
Chris Buescher & Gian Buffomante: 1st start!
Austin Hill ties an RCR and NASCAR Legend, Dale Earnhardt, by making his 136th career Xfinity start this weekend. Image credit: @RCRracing X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Jeremy Clements: 520th start ties Jason Keller, ranks 3rd
Brandon Jones: 325th start! Ranks 23rd
Austin Hill: 136th start ties Dale Earnhardt, ranks 122nd
Matt DiBenedetto: 120th start ties Kyle Larson & Sam Hornish Jr., ranks 146th
Kyle Sieg: 104th start ties Martin Truex Jr., ranks 170th
Parker Retzlaff: 97th start ties Josh Berry, ranks 180th
Michael McDowell: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip, ranks 184th
Dean Thompson: 25th start! Ties Ron Fellows, ranks 398th
Christian Eckes: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 411th
Austin J. Hill: 1st start!
This weekend Erik Jones ties a NASCAR Pioneer, Junior Johnson, and a Road Course great, Ernie Irvan, by making his 313th career Cup start. Photo by Rich Graessle — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 525th start! Ranks 45th
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 460th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 58th
Chase Elliott: 346th start ties Reed Sorenson, ranks 86th
Erik Jones: 313th start ties Ernie Irvan & Junior Johnson, ranks 97th
Tyler Reddick: 206th start ties Fireball Roberts, ranks 144th