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 Martinsville 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.
At Martinsville this weekend Jesse Love ties 4x Cup Champion Jeff Gordon by making his 73rd career O’Reilly Series start. Photo by David Jensen — Getty Images
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Anthony Alfredo: 158th start ties Casey Atwood & Dick Trickle, ranks 105th
Sam Mayer: 156th start ties Austin Dillon, ranks 108th
Kyle Sieg: 121st start ties Dave Blaney, ranks 147th
Jesse Love: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 226th
Dean Thompson: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 316th
Brad Perez: 20th start! Ties Corey Heim & Donnie Allison, ranks 439th
Andrew Patterson, *Justin S. Carroll, Lee Pulliam & Luke Baldwin: 1st start!
*Justin S. Carroll did not qualify for the race and thus did not make his 1st career O’Reilly Series start
This weekend Brad Keselowski will make his 600th career Cup Series start, which ranks 35th all-time. Image credit: @RFKracing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Brad Keselowski: 600th start! Ranks 35th
Ryan Preece: 230th start ties Joe Weatherly, ranks 132nd
Tyler Reddick: 225th start! Ranks 137th
Chase Briscoe: 187th start ties Tim Flock & Trevor Bayne, ranks 159th
Cole Custer: 160th start ties Cotton Owens & Ron Bouchard, ranks 180th
Justin Allgaier: 87th start ties Hershel McGriff & Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 245th
Connor Zilisch: 10th start! Ranks 726th