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 Daytona 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.
This weekend longtime ARCA driver Andy Jankowiak who won at Talladega earlier this year, will make his first career O’Reilly Series start this weekend at Daytona. Image credit: @STaranto92
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Garrett Smithley: 220th start ties Paul Menard, ranks 59th
Anthony Alfredo: 175th! Ranks 92nd
Sam Mayer: 173rd start ties B.J. McLeod, ranks 94th
Parker Retzlaff: 131st start ties A.J. Allmendinger, ranks 137th
Taylor Gray: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 234th
Carson Kvapil: 66th start ties Ty Gibbs, ranks 245th
Rajah Caruth: 46th start ties William Byron, ranks 302nd
Brent Crews: 20th start! Ties Corey Heim & Donnie Allison, ranks 444th
Andy Jankowiak: 1st start!
This weekend at Daytona Chase Briscoe makes his 206th career Cup Series start which ties NASCAR Legend Fireball Roberts for 146th most all-time. Image credit: @JoeGibbsRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Kyle Larson: 428th start ties Derrike Cope, ranks 66th
Ross Chastain: 285th start ties Richard Childress, ranks 111th
Christopher Bell: 242nd start ties Donnie Allison, ranks 127th
Chase Briscoe: 206th start ties Fireball Roberts, ranks 146th