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 Talladega Superspeedway. 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 Talladega this weekend Tyler Ankrum will tie the late, great, Kyle Busch by making his 184th career Truck Series start, which ranks 21st all-time. Image credit: @BMR_NASCAR X Page
Truck Series Starts
Ben Rhodes: 258th start ties Timothy Peters, ranks 10th
Tyler Ankrum: 184th start ties Kyle Busch, ranks 21st
Spencer Boyd: 172nd start ties Joe Ruttman, ranks 23rd
Corey Heim: 97th start ties Brett Moffitt & Zane Smith, ranks 61st
Rajah Caruth: 78th start ties Aric Almirola & Ty Dillon, ranks 81st
Justin Haley: 76th start ties Derek Kraus & Sheldon Creed, ranks 89th
Clay Greenfield: 75th start! Ranks 92nd
Andres Perez de Lara & Cory Roper: 50th start! Ranks 154th
Conner Jones: 32nd start ties Kenny Irwin Jr., ranks 219th
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 28th start ties Kurt Busch, ranks 247th
Cole Butcher: 25th start! Ties Mark Martin, ranks 275th
Jason White: 17th start ties Darrell Waltrip & Kyle Larson, ranks 329th
Austin Green: 1st start!
This weekend at Talladega Carson Kvapil makes his 73rd career O’Reilly Series start which ties him with 4x Cup Series Champion, Jeff Gordon, for 228th all-time. Image credit: @JRM Motorsports X Page
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Justin Allgaier: 353th start ties Jeff Green, ranks 3rd
Josh Bilicki: 158th start ties Dick Trickle, ranks 109th
Blaine Perkins, Harrison Burton & Sammy Smith: 139th start ties Noah Gragson, ranks 123rd
Jesse Love: 97th start ties Josh Berry, ranks 182nd
Taylor Gray: 77th start ties Marcos Ambrose & Sterling Marlin, ranks 220th
Carson Kvapil: 73rd start ties Jeff Gordon, ranks 228th
Dean Thompson: 66th start ties Ty Gibbs, ranks 246th
William Sawalich: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 248th
Corey Day: 42nd start ties Rusty Wallace & Travis Pastrana, ranks 321st
Nick Leitz: 23rd start ties Juan Pablo Montoya, ranks 421st
This weekend at Talladega Christopher Bell will make milestone Cup start number 250, which ranks 125th all-time. Image credit: @JoeGibbsRacing X Page
Cup Series Starts
Austin Dillon: 478th start ties Jimmy Spencer, ranks 54th
Chris Buescher: 399th start ties J.J. Yeley, ranks 73rd
Bubba Wallace: 325th start! Ranks 96th
Christopher Bell: 250th start! Ranks 125th
Cole Custer: 187th start ties Tim Flock & Trevor Bayne, ranks 160th
Austin Cindric: 185th start ties Tim Richmond, ranks 163rd
Gray Gaulding: 62nd start ties Glen Wood, ranks 296th