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 Texas 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 Texas Justin Haley ties a couple of Truck Series Champions, Carl Edwards & Christopher Bell, by making his 60th career Truck Series start. Photo by Patrick McDermott — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Chandler Smith: 94th start ties Todd Gilliland, ranks 60th
Kaden Honeycutt: 66th start ties Brad Keselowski, ranks 106th
Justin Haley: 60th start ties Carl Edwards & Christopher Bell, ranks 116th
Brandon Jones: 57th start ties Jeb Burton & Morgan Shepherd, ranks 129th
Frankie Muniz & Gio Ruggiero: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 214th
Toni Breidinger: 30th start ties Chase Briscoe, ranks 230th
Conner Jones: 29th start ties Austin Cindric & Daniel Suarez, ranks 233rd
Caleb Costner: 10th start! Ranks 420th
Kyle Larson drives the 5 Cup car, but this week he makes his 124th career O’Reilly start, which ties him with another famous 5 Cup car driver Terry Labonte for 143rd all-time. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Jeb Burton: 220th start ties Paul Menard, ranks 57th
Cole Custer: 179th start ties Joey Logano & Riley Herbst, ranks 87th
Sam Mayer: 161st start ties Ward Burton, ranks 103rd
Austin Hill: 158th start ties Casey Atwood & Dick Trickle, ranks 107th
Josh Bilicki: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 121st
Kyle Larson: 124th start ties Terry Labonte, ranks 143rd
Dawson Cram: 44th start ties Bill Elliott, ranks 307th
Austin Green: 33rd start ties Christian Eckes, ranks 357th
Corey Day: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 415th
Tyler Reddick makes his 229th career Cup start this weekend which ties him with The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, Herb Thomas, for 134th all-time. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Cup Series Starts
Ross Chastain: 270th start ties Jeff Green, ranks 117th
Tyler Reddick: 229th start ties Herb Thomas, ranks 134th
Christopher Bell: 227th start ties Marcos Ambrose, ranks 136th
Chase Briscoe: 191st start ties Danica Patrick & Davey Allison, ranks 157th
Riley Herbst: 55th start ties Boris Said, ranks 309th
Corey Heim: 10th start! Ranks 727th