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 Phoenix Raceway. 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 Justin Haley makes his 75th career Trucks Series start, which ranks 91st all-time. Image credit: @Kaulig_Trucks X Page
Truck Series Starts
Christian Eckes: 138th start ties Johnny Benson, ranks 35th
Daniel Hemric & Jake Garcia: 97th start ties Brett Moffitt & Zane Smith, ranks 59th
Layne Riggs: 76th start ties Derek Kraus & Sheldon Creed, ranks 88th
Justin Haley: 75th start! Ranks 91st
Connor Mosack & Gio Ruggiero: 47th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 162nd
Frankie Muniz: 43rd start ties Matt DiBenedetto, ranks 175th
William Sawalich: 28th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 247th
Mini Tyrrell: 22nd start ties David Gilliland, Geoff Bodine & Marcos Ambrose, ranks 293rd
Clayton Green: 19th start ties Chase Elliott, ranks 312th
Joey Gase will make his 329th career O’Reilly Series start this weekend at Phoenix which ties him with NASCAR Hall of Famer, Dale Jarrett, for 23rd most all-time. Image credit: @J_G_Motorsports X Page
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Joey Gase: 329th start ties Dale Jarrett, ranks 23rd
Garrett Smithley: 225th start! Ranks 58th
Brennan Poole: 220th start ties Paul Menard, ranks 60th
Anthony Alfredo: 181st start ties Clint Bowyer & Cole Custer, ranks 87th
Sam Mayer: 179th start ties Joey Logano & Riley Herbst, ranks 90th
Josh Bilicki: 157th start ties Austin Dillon, ranks 111th
Dean Thompson: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 247th
Dawson Cram: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 273rd
At Phoenix this weekend A.J. Allmendinger will make his 515th career Cup Series start which ties him with the late Greg Biffle for 47th most all-time. Image credit: @KauligRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
A.J. Allmendinger: 515th start ties Greg Biffle, ranks 47th
Austin Dillon: 477th start ties David Ragan, ranks 55th
Ryan Preece: 256th start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 122nd
Austin Cindric: 184th start ties Curtis Turner, ranks 165th
Cody Ware: 175th start! Ranks 176th
John Hunter Nemechek: 146th start ties Timmy Hill, ranks 193rd
Shane Van Gisbergen: 83rd start ties Daniel Hemric, ranks 255th