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 Charlotte 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 both Daniel Hemric and Jake Garcia make their 96th career Truck Series start which ties them with 2025 Truck Series Champion, Corey Heim, for 61st most all-time. Photo by NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview and Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Chandler Smith: 108th start ties Ryan Sieg, ranks 52nd
Daniel Hemric & Jake Garcia: 96th start ties Corey Heim, ranks 61st
Layne Riggs: 75th start! Ranks 90th
Kris Wright: 70th start ties Joe Nemechek, ranks 102nd
Dawson Sutton: 52nd start ties Kaz Grala, ranks 150th
Conner Jones: 31st start ties David Ragan, Jimmy Spencer & William Byron, ranks 222nd
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 26th start ties Jamie McMurray & Ricky Craven, ranks 264th
Mini Tyrrell: 21st start ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 303rd
This weekend at Charlotte Parker Retzlaff makes his 136th career O’Reilly Series start which ties him with The Intimidator, Dale Earnhardt, for 129th all-time. Image credit: @VKNGMotorsports X Page
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
J.J. Yeley: 404th start ties David Green, ranks 11th
Brennan Poole: 219th start ties Brendan Gaughan, ranks 61st
Austin Hill: 175th start! Ranks 94th
Sheldon Creed: 165th start ties Trevor Bayne & Ty Dillon, ranks 101st
Parker Retzlaff: 136th start ties Dale Earnhardt, ranks 129th
Myatt Snider: 118th start ties Brett Moffitt, ranks 154th
Jesse Love: 95th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Michael McDowell, ranks 184th
Taylor Gray: 75th start! Ranks 226th
Dawson Cram: 54th start ties Robby Gordon, ranks 276th
Brent Crews: 25th start! Ranks 406th
At Charlotte this weekend Ty Dillon will tie a couple of NASCAR Legends, Ernie Irvan and Junior Johnson, by making his 313th career Cup start. Image credit: @KauligRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Brad Keselowski: 625th start! Ranks 33rd
Ty Dillon: 313th start ties Ernie Irvan & Junior Johnson, ranks 101st
Tyler Reddick: 250th start! Ranks 1424th
Christopher Bell: 248th start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 125th
Cole Custer: 185th start ties Tim Richmond, ranks 162nd
Austin Cindric: 183rd start ties Steve Park, ranks 166th
Riley Herbst: 75th start! Ties Casey Atwood, ranks 272nd