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 Bristol 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.
Matt Mills ties Cup Series Champion and former Truck Series team owner, Brad Keselowski, by making his 66th career Truck Series start. Image credit: @NieceMotorsports X Page
Truck Series Starts
Josh Reaume: 81st start ties Carson Hocevar, ranks 70th
Bayley Currey: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 77th
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 95th
Matt Mills: 66th start ties Brad Keselowski, ranks 105th
Connor Mosack: 31st start ties David Ragan, Jimmy Spencer & William Byron, ranks 214th
Conner Jones & Mason Maggio: 25th start! Ties Jamie McMurray & Mark Martin, ranks 265th
Andres Perez De Lara: 22nd start ties David Gilliland, Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 286th
Giovanni Ruggiero: 20th start! Ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 302nd
Cole Butcher: 1st start!
This weekend at Bristol Brandon Jones ties NASCAR Champion and creator of “kissing the bricks” at Indy, Dale Jarrett by making his 329th career Xfinity Series start. Image credit: @JoeGibbsRacing X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 329th start ties Dale Jarrett, ranks 22nd
Josh Williams: 243rd start ties Rick Mast & Timmy Hill, ranks 49th
Brennan Poole: 184th start ties Ron Hornaday, ranks 82nd
Ryan Ellis: 158th start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 104th
Josh Bilicki: 125th start! Ranks 140th
Matt DiBenedetto: 124th start ties Terry Labonte, ranks 140th
Kyle Sieg: 108th start ties Justin Haley, ranks 164th
Leland Honeyman: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 267th
Carson Kvapil: 36th start ties Shane Van Gisbergen, ranks 337th
Connor Zilisch & William Sawalich: 30th start ties Boris Said & Kurt Busch, ranks 362nd
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 1st start!
This weekend Ryan Preece ties a NASCAR Pioneer in Marvin Panch by making his 216th career Cup Series start. Image credit: @RFKracing X Page
Cup Series Starts
A.J. Allmendinger: 475th start! Ranks 54th
Ryan Blaney: 371st start ties Bobby Hamilton, ranks 78th
Ty Dillon: 274th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 113th
Ryan Preece: 216th start ties Marvin Panch, ranks 140th