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 Kansas 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 Kansas this weekend Nick Sanchez will make his 50th career Truck Series start. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Truck Series Starts
Josh Reaume: 91st start ties Carson Hocevar, ranks 66th
Kaden Honeycutt: 79th start ties David Reutimann, ranks 78th
Justin Haley: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 94th
Kris Wright: 69th start ties Hailie Deegan & Robert Pressley, ranks 105th
Daniel Dye: 52nd start ties Kaz Grala, ranks 149th
Nick Sanchez: 50th start! Ranks 154th
Andres Perez de Lara: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 161st
Corey LaJoie: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 217th
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 25th start! Ties Mark Matin, ranks 274th
Cole Butcher: 22nd start ties David Gilliland, Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 292nd
Mini Tyrrell: 20th start! Ranks 307th
Clayton Green: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 328th
This weekend at Kansas Austin Dillon will make his 474th career Cup Series start which ties NASCAR Hall of Famer, Harry Gant, for 56th most all-time. Image credit: @RCRracing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Austin Dillon: 474th start ties Harry Gant, ranks 56th
Tyler Reddick: 248th start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 124th
Cole Custer: 183rd start ties Steve Park, ranks 165th