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.
This weekend Carson Ferguson goes from racing for a Truck ride to racing in a Truck as he makes his first every Craftsman Truck Series start at Bristol. Image credit: NASCAR.com Paint Scheme Preview
Truck Series Starts
Stewart Friesen: 206th start ties Mike Bliss, ranks 17th
Christian Eckes: 122nd start ties Austin Hill, ranks 41st
Carson Hocevar: 86th start ties Bob Keselowski, ranks 66th
Kaden Honeycutt: 65th start ties Boris Said & Steve Park, ranks 108th
Christopher Bell & Layne Riggs: 60th start ties Carl Edwards, ranks 115th
Frankie Muniz & Gio Ruggiero: 30th start ties David Ragan, Jimmy Spencer & William Byron, ranks 217th
Daniel Suarez: 29th start ties Austin Cindric, ranks 232nd
Carson Ferguson: 1st start!
This weekend Josh Bilicki ties Dale Earnhardt by making his 136th career O’Reilly Series start, which also ranks 124th all-time. Image credit: NASCAR.com Paint Scheme Preview
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
J.J. Yeley: 397th start ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 12th
Jeb Burton: 217th start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 59th
Garrett Smithley: 211th start ties Jimmy Spencer, ranks 63rd
Sam Mayer: 158th start ties Casey Atwood & Dick Trickle, ranks 106th
Josh Bilicki: 136th start ties Dale Earnhardt, ranks 124th
Parker Retzlaff: 116th start ties Ken Schrader, ranks 157th
Jesse Love: 75th start! Ranks 225th
Taylor Gray: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 268th
Dean Thompson: 44th start ties Bill Elliott & William Byron, ranks 304th
William Sawalich: 43rd start ties Adam Petty & Bobby Allison, ranks 310th
Austin Green: 30th start ties Boris Said & Kurt Busch, ranks 368th
Mason Maggio: 25th start! Ranks 402nd
Corey Day: 20th start! Ties Corey Heim & Donnie Allison, ranks 439th
At Bristol this weekend Denny Hamlin ties a teammate from his first 7 races of his career and former Cup Series Champion, Bobby Labonte, by making his 729th career Cup Series start. Image credit: NASCAR.com Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 729th start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 17th
Erik Jones: 333rd start ties David Gilliland, ranks 92nd
Christopher Bell: 224th start ties Regan Smith, ranks 139th
Cody Ware: 150th start! Ranks 191st