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 Circuit of the Americas/St. Petersburg. 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.

Chandler Smith ties 2025 Truck Series champion, Corey Heim, in career Truck starts this weekend by making his 90th career start. Image credit: NASCAR.com Paint Scheme Preview

Truck Series Starts

Ty Majeski: 117th start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 47th

Chandler Smith: 90th start ties Corey Heim, ranks 63rd

Daniel Hemric & Jake Garcia: 78th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 78th

Frankie Muniz & Gio Ruggiero: 28th start ties Daniel Suarez & Kurt Busch, ranks 241st

Derek White: 10th start! Ranks 418th

Jackson Lee, James Hinchcliffe & Nathan Nicholson: 1st start!

Alex Labbe is making his 164th career O’Reilly start this weekend at COTA which ties Denny Hamlin for 99th most all-time. Image credit: NASCAR.com Paint Scheme Preview

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts

Jeb Burton: 211th start ties Jimmy Spencer, ranks 62nd

Alex Labbe: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin, ranks 99th

Sheldon Creed: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 120th

Blaine Perkins, Harrison Burton & Sammy Smith: 111th start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 161st

Parker Retzlaff: 110th start ties Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ranks 167th

Nick Sanchez: 44th start ties Bill Elliott, ranks 303rd

Rajah Caruth: 25th start! Ranks 400th

Brent Crews & *Victor Gonzalez: 1st start!

*Victor Gonzalez did not qualify for the race and thus did not make his 1st career O’Reilly start

This weekend Joey Logano ties 3x Cup Champion and the driver he originally took over for in the Cup Series, Tony Stewart, by making his 618th career Cup start. Image credit: @Team_Penske X Page

Cup Series Starts

Joey Logano: 618th start ties Tony Stewart, ranks 32nd

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 475th start! Ranks 55th

Alex Bowman: 364th start ties Rick Mast, ranks 81st

Chase Briscoe: 183rd start ties Steve Park, ranks 164th

Austin Cindric: 154th start ties Fonty Flock, ranks 186th

Josh Berry: 87th start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 242nd

Carson Hocevar & Zane Smith: 84th start ties Justin Allgaier, ranks 251st