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 Las Vegas 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 at Las Vegas Jeb Burton will tie NASCAR O’Reilly Legend, Mark Martin, by making his 236th career O’Reilly Series start. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Jeb Burton: 236th start ties Mark Martin, ranks 53rd
Garrett Smithley: 223rd start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 58th
Anthony Alfredo: 179th start ties Joey Logano & Riley Herbst, ranks 89th
Sheldon Creed: 164th start ties Denny Hamlin, ranks 103rd
Kyle Sieg: 142nd start ties Ricky Craven, ranks 120th
Blaine Perkins, Harrison Burton & Sammy Smith: 136th start ties Dale Earnhardt, ranks 126th
Parker Retzlaff: 135th start ties Aric Almirola, ranks 131st
Matt DiBenedetto: 128th start ties Harry Gant, ranks 143rd
Jesse Love: 94th start ties Geoff Bodine & Tony Stewart, ranks 187th
Taylor Gray: 74th start ties Chris Buescher, ranks 226th
Carson Kvapil: 70th start ties Ryan Blaney, ranks 236th
William Sawalich: 62nd start ties Ryan Preece, ranks 255th
Rajah Caruth: 50th start! Ranks 293rd
Corey Day: 39th start ties Shane Van Gisbergen, ranks 330th
Lavar Scott: 30th start ties Boris Said & Kurt Busch, ranks 373rd
This weekend Cole Custer makes his 184th career Cup Series start, which ties NASCAR Hall of Famer, Curtis Turner, for 164th most all-time. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Austin Dillon: 475th start! Ranks 56th
Kyle Larson: 433rd start ties Jeremy Mayfield, ranks 65th
Chris Buescher: 369th start ties Robby Gordon, ranks 75th
Cole Custer: 184th start ties Curtis Turner, ranks 164th
Todd Gilliland: 175th start! Ranks 175th
Ty Gibbs: 154th start ties Fonty Flock, ranks 189th
Connor Zilisch: 34th start ties Jeb Burton & Parnelli Jones, ranks 395th