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 Watkins Glen International. 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 Watkins Glen Daniel Hemric & Jake Garcia make their 83rd career Truck Series start which ties the late Greg Biffle for 72nd most all-time. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview & James Gilbert — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Tanner Gray: 150th start! Ranks 29th
Christian Eckes & Timmy Hill: 124th start ties Kevin Harvick, ranks 39th
Ty Majeski: 122nd start ties Austin Hill, ranks 42nd
Daniel Hemric & Jakes Garcia: 83rd start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 72nd
Kris Wright: 57th start ties Brandon Jones, Jeb Burton & Morgan Shepherd, ranks 129th
*Toni Breidinger: 31st start ties David Ragan, Jimmy Spencer & William Byron, ranks 219th
Corey LaJoie: 20th start! Ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 303rd
Cole Butcher: 10th start! Ranks 420th
*Dystany Spurlock: 1st start!
*Toni Breidinger did not qualify for the race and thus did not make her 31st career Truck start
*Dystany Spurlock did not qualify for the race and thus did not make her 1st career Truck start
At Watkins Glen this weekend Brennan Poole makes his 203rd career O’Reilly Series start which ties former O’Reilly and Cup Series Champion, Bobby Labonte for 74th most all-time. Image credit: @TeamAlphaPrime X Page
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Brennan Poole: 203rd start ties Bobby Labonte, ranks 74th
Anthony Alfredo: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin, ranks 164th
Kyle Sieg: 127th start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 140th
Blaine Perkins, Harrison Burton & Sammy Smith: 121st start ties Dave Blaney, ranks 148th
Jesse Love: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 218th
Carson Kvapil: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 269th
Derek White: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 416th
Matt Wilson: 1st start!
This weekend William Byron will become the 107th driver to make 300 career NASCAR Cup Series starts. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Denny Hamlin: 733rd start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 16th
Bubba Wallace: 303rd start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 104th
William Byron: 300th start! Ranks 107th
Tyler Reddick: 230th start ties Joe Weatherly, ranks 133rd
Cody Ware: 154th start ties Fonty Flock, ranks 188th
John Hunter Nemechek: 125th start! Ranks 208th
Shane Van Gisbergen: 62nd start ties Glen Wood, ranks 294th
Riley Herbst: 56th start ties Buckshot Jones, ranks 306th