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 Dover 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 at Dover Kaden Honeycutt is tying a motorsport legend, Ricky Carmichael, by making his 68th career Craftsman Truck Series start. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Truck Series Starts
Tanner Gray: 151st start ties John Hunter Nemechek, ranks 28th
Christian Eckes: 125th start! Ranks 39th
Ross Chastain: 122nd start ties Austin Hill, ranks 43rd
Kaden Honeycutt: 68th start ties Ricky Carmichael, ranks 104th
Layne Riggs: 63rd start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 112th
Brandon Jones & Kris Wright: 58th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 125th
Toni Breidinger: 31st start ties David Ragan, Jimmy Spencer & William Byron, ranks 219th
Dystany Spurlock: 1st start!
This weekend at Dover Brandon Jones ties 2x O’Reilly Series champion, Kevin Harvick, by making his 349th career O’Reilly Series start which ranks 19th all-time. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 349th start ties Kevin Harvick, ranks 19th
Ross Chastain: 219th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 59th
Ryan Elliss: 178th start ties Cole Custer, ranks 89th
Anthony Alfredo: 165th start ties Trevor Bayne & Ty Dillon, ranks 98th
Sheldon Creed: 150th start! Ranks 112th
Kyle Sieg: 128th start ties Harry Gant, ranks 138th
Parker Retzlaff: 121st start ties Dave Blaney, ranks 151st
Carson Kvapil: 56th start ties Steve Park, ranks 265th
C.J. McLaughlin: 50th start! Ranks 289th
Dawson Cram: 45th start ties William Byron, ranks 304th
Rajah Caruth: 36th start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 343rd
Corey Day: 25th start! Ranks 403rd
Brent Crews: 10th start! Ranks 585th
Joey Logano makes his 16th career All-Star Race start this weekend which ties him with a couple of NASCAR Hall of Famers, Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip, for 19th most all-time. Photo by David Hahn — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Cup Series — All-Star Race Starts
Kyle Busch: 21st start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 4th
Denny Hamlin: 20th start! Ties Ryan Newman & Terry Labonte, ranks 6th
Brad Keselowski: 18th start ties Bill Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Tony Stewart, ranks 12th
Joey Logano: 16th start ties Dale Earnhardt & Darrell Waltrip, ranks 19th
Chase Elliott: 11th start ties Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer & Kyle Petty, ranks 30th
Kyle Larson & Ryan Blaney: 10th start! Ties Harry Gant, ranks 34th
A.J. Allmendinger, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & William Byron: 8th start ties Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader, Morgan Shepherd & Ward Burton, ranks 37th
Alex Bowman & Daniel Suarez: 7th start ties Davey Allison & Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 44th
Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones & Tyler Reddick: 5th start! Ranks 54th
Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Michael McDowell & Noah Gragson: 4th start ties Alan Kulwicki, Cale Yarborough, Neil Bonnett & Richard Petty, ranks 62nd
Cody Ware, Connor Zilisch, Riley Herbst, Ryan Preece, Shane Van Gisbergen, Todd Gilliland, Ty Dillon & Zane Smith: 1st start! Will make 126 drivers to start an All-Star Race all-time