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 Michigan International 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.
At Michigan, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen makes his 17th career Truck start. This will tie him with NASCAR Champions Darrell Waltrip and Kyle Larson for 325th most all-time. Image credit: @Kaulig_Trucks X Page
Truck Series Starts
Ross Chastain: 125th start! Ranks 41st
Corey Heim: 94th start ties Todd Gilliland, ranks 61st
Layne Riggs: 66th start ties Brad Keselowski, ranks 107th
Justin Haley: 65th start ties Boris Said & Steve Park, ranks 110th
Daniel Dye: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 149th
Connor Mosack: 40th start ties Harrison Burton, ranks 182nd
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 325th
This weekend, John Hunter Nemechek will tie Motorsports Legend, A.J. Foyt, by making his 128th career Cup start. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Ryan Blaney: 393rd start ties John Andretti, ranks 75th
William Byron: 303rd start ties Dick Trickle & Tiny Lund, ranks 105th
Ross Chastain: 274th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 114th
Tyler Reddick: 233rd start ties Rex White, ranks 131st
John Hunter Nemechek: 128th start ties A.J. Foyt, ranks 205th
Austin Hill: 20th start! Ranks 520th