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 Charlotte 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.
Grant Enfinger is making his 231st career Truck start this weekend which ties Truck Series Pioneer, Mike Skinner, for 13th most all-time. Photo by David Jensen — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Grant Enfinger: 231st start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 13th
Christian Eckes: 126th start ties Parker Kligerman, ranks 37th
Timmy Hill: 125th start! Ranks 40th
Ty Majeski: 124th start ties Kevin Harvick, ranks 41st
Chandler Smith: 97th start ties Brett Moffitt & Zane Smith, ranks 58th
Justin Haley: 63rd start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 113th
Dawson Sutton: 42nd start ties B.J. McLeod, Cole Custer & Erik Jones, ranks 175th
Conner Jones: 30th start ties Chase Briscoe, ranks 231st
William Sawalich: 25th start! Ties Jamie McMurray & Mark Martin, ranks 271st
Corey LaJoie: 22nd start ties Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 290th
Connor Zilisch & Mini Tyrrell: 10th start! Ranks 423rd
This weekend Sam Mayer ties last week’s All-Star Race winner, Denny Hamlin, by making his 164th career O’Reilly Series start which ranks 101st most all-time. Photo by Adam Davis — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 350th start! Ties Randy LaJoie, ranks 17th
Ross Chastain: 220th start ties Paul Menard, ranks 58th
Cole Custer & Ryan Ellis: 179th start ties Joey Logano & Riley Herbst, ranks 87th
Sam Mayer: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin, ranks 101st
Austin Hill: 161st start ties Ward Burton, ranks 104th
Taylor Gray: 61st start ties Danica Patrick, ranks 253rd
Carson Kvapil: 57th start ties Alex Bowman & Ernie Irvan, ranks 261st
Dean Thompson: 50th start! Ranks 289th
Connor Zilisch: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 319th
Christopher Bell will make his 229th career Cup start and tie Herb Thomas for 135th most all-time in this beautiful camo car this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Michael McDowell: 550th start! Ranks 41st
A.J. Allmendinger: 495th start ties Casey Mears & Wendell Scott, ranks 49th
Christopher Bell: 229th start ties Herb Thomas, ranks 135th
*Note: Kyle Busch would have made his 763rd career Cup Series start this weekend before his sudden passing. This would have tied NASCAR Great Ken Schrader for 13th most all-time. Kyle Busch’s 762 career Cup starts are the most by any active driver as of this writing. R.I.P., KFB.