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 Martinsville 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.
Kaden Honeycutt ties the late, great, 2000 Truck Series Champion, Greg Biffle, by making his 83rd career Truck start this weekend at Martinsville. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Truck Series Starts
Ty Majeski: 138th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 36th
Josh Reaume: 94th start ties Todd Gilliland, ranks 64th
Kaden Honeycutt: 83rd start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 75th
Layne Riggs: 78th start ties Aric Almirola & Ty Dillon, ranks 81st
Justin Haley: 77th start ties Rajah Caruth, ranks 86th
Kris Wright: 73rd start ties Austin Dillon, Bobby Dotter, Miguel Paludo & Ryan Truex, ranks 95th
Andres Perez de Lara: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 152nd
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen & William Sawalich: 29th start ties Austin Cindric & Daniel Suarez, ranks 235th
Cole Butcher: 26th start ties Jamie McMurray & Ricky Craven, ranks 265th
Justin S. Carroll: 19th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 312th
Landen Lewis: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 329th
Tyler Reif: 10th start! Ranks 429th
At Martinsville this weekend Brandon Jones will tie the late, great, NASCAR Legend, all-time O’Reilly Wins leader Kyle Busch by making his 367th career O’Reilly Series start. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Brandon Jones: 367th start ties Kyle Busch, ranks 15th
Sam Mayer: 181st start ties Clint Bowyer & Cole Custer, ranks 88th
Parker Retzlaff: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 126th
Carson Kvapil: 74th start ties Chris Buescher, ranks 227th
William Sawalich: 66th start ties Ty Gibbs, ranks 247th
Dawson Cram: 56th start ties David Gilliland & Steve Park, ranks 269th
Rajah Caruth: 54th start ties Robby Gordon, ranks 277th
Daniel Dye: 52nd start ties Mike Skinner, ranks 283rd
Corey Day: 43rd start ties Adam Petty & Bobby Allison, ranks 314th
Mason Maggio: 39th start ties Shane Van Gisbergen, ranks 332nd
Justin S. Carroll: 1st start!
This weekend, at Martinsville, Chris Buescher makes his 400th career Cup Series start! Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview
Cup Series Starts
Joey Logano: 650th start! Ranks 30th
A.J. Allmendinger: 517th start ties Morgan Shepherd, ranks 46th
Chris Buescher: 400th start! Ranks 73rd
Ty Gibbs: 158th start ties Fred Lorenzen, ranks 187th
Noah Gragson: 146th start ties Timmy Hill, ranks 194th