Keller Seeking His Own ‘Fortune 500’
After 499 starts – the most recent of which last Friday at Darlington that just barely came to fruition – Jason Keller is now poised to become the first driver in NASCAR Nationwide Series history to reach 500 career starts. His first attempt at the milestone comes Saturday at Dover.

Keller, already the series’ all-time starts leader, was eight shy of the mark entering the season. But driving with a start-up team presented plenty of growing pains, including missing races because of being forced to qualify on time. Keller went out 43rd at Darlington, his home track, and squeezed out the last spot on the starting grid by .021 seconds.

There have been 31 drivers that have matched or topped that mark in NASCAR Sprint Cup, including current full-time NASCAR Nationwide drivers Joe Nemechek (530) and Morgan Shepherd (514). Rick Crawford is the all-time starts leader in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with 327.

Kenny Wallace is the next driver who could reach 500 NASCAR Nationwide starts; he comes to Dover with 463.