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 Homestead-Miami 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.
Both Daniel Hemric and Jake Garcia will make their 100th career Truck start this weekend at Homestead. Image credit: NASCAR Paint Scheme Preview and Karl Anderson — Getty Images
Truck Series Starts
Ben Rhodes: 260th start ties Norm Benning, ranks 9th
Stewart Friesen: 225th start! Ranks 16th
Daniel Hemric & Jake Garcia: 100th start! Ranks 58th
Justin Haley: 78th start ties Aric Almirola & Ty Dillon, ranks 82nd
Andres Perez de Lara: 52nd start ties Kaz Grala, ranks 151st
Nick Sanchez: 51st start ties Bubba Wallace, ranks 153rd
Gio Ruggiero: 50th start! Ranks 156th
Brenden “Butterbean” Queen: 30th start ties Chase Briscoe & Ricky Hendrick, ranks 233rd
Mini Tyrrell: 25th start! Ties Mark Martin, ranks 276th
Clayton Green: 20th start! Ranks 308th
This weekend at Homestead Kyle Sieg will make his 147th career O’Reilly Series start which ties Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 117th most all-time. Image credit: @RSSRacing__ X Page
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Starts
Brennan Poole: 223rd start ties Ross Chastain, ranks 59th
Anthony Alfredo: 184th start ties Ron Hornaday, ranks 84th
Austin Hill: 179th start ties Joey Logano & Riley Herbst, ranks 91st
Kyle Sieg: 147th start ties Buckshot Jones & Dale Earnhardt Jr., ranks 117th
Jesse Love: 99th start ties Tyler Reddick, ranks 179th
Taylor Gray: 79th start ties Erik Jones, ranks 219th
Carson Kvapil: 75th start! Ranks 227th
Patrick Emerling: 65th start ties Ryan Newman, ranks 249th
Dawson Cram: 57th start ties Alex Bowman & Ernie Irvan, ranks 265th
Rajah Caruth: 55th start ties Kyle Petty, ranks 274th
Corey Day: 44th start ties Bill Elliott, ranks 310th
Preston Pardus: 38th start ties Ricky Hendrick, ranks 339th
The 2026 finale at Homestead will be the place Casey Mears makes his long awaited 500th career Cup Series start. Photo by Malcolm Hope — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Cup Series Starts
Casey Mears: 500th start! Ranks 50th
Kyle Larson: 438th start ties Elliott Sadler, ranks 64th
J.J. Yeley: 400th start! Ranks 74th
Austin Cindrc: 187th start ties Tim Flock & Trevor Bayne, ranks 161st
Chad Finchum & Corey Heim: 20th start! Ranks 522nd