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 Talladega Superspeedway. 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 Nathan Byrd makes his 17th career Truck Series start which ties him with Cup Champions, Darrell Waltrip, and Kyle Larson, for 322nd most all-time. Image credit: @youngsmtrsports X Page
Truck Series Starts
Parker Kligerman: 125th! Ranks 38th
Jack Wood & Josh Reaume: 83rd start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 69th
Bayley Currey: 81st start ties Carson Hocevar, ranks 72nd
Daniel Hemric, Jake Garcia & Rajah Caruth: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Bobby Dotter & Ryan Truex, ranks 88th
Matt Mills: 69th start ties Hailie Deegan & Robert Pressley, ranks 101st
Bret Holmes & Kaden Honeycutt: 57th start ties Jeb Burton & Morgan Shepherd, ranks 126th
Andres Perez De Lara: 25th start! Ties Jamie McMurray & Mark Martin, ranks 268th
Nathan Byrd: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 322nd
This weekend Taylor Gray tied 1988 Cup Champion “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville” Bill Elliott by making his 44th career Xfinity Series start. Image credit: @JoeGibbsRacing X Page
Xfinity Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 333rd start ties Tim Fedewa & Todd Bodine, ranks 20th
Garrett Smithley: 203rd start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 73rd
Sam Mayer: 148th start ties Brian Vickers, ranks 112th
Aric Almirola: 133rd start ties Austin Cindric, ranks 127th
Taylor Gray: 44th start ties Bill Elliott, ranks 300th
Daniel Dye: 43rd start ties Adam Petty, Bobby Allison & William Byron, ranks 305th
Caesar Bacarella: 36th start ties Jeremy Mayfield & Shane Van Gisbergen, ranks 339th
This weekend Kyle Larson will become the 71st different driver to make 400 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series. Photo by Jordan Bank — Getty Images
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Busch: 748th start ties Sterling Marlin, ranks 14th
Michael McDowell: 535th start ties Elmo Langley, ranks 42nd
A.J. Allmendinger: 480th start ties Brett Bodine, ranks 51st
Kyle Larson: 400th start! Ranks 71st
Erik Jones: 323rd start ties Brian Vickers, ranks 94th
William Byron: 286th start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 108th
Tyler Reddick: 216th start ties Marvin Panch, ranks 141st
Noah Gragson: 109th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 220th