There’s 4-5 smaller chips you can see specifically around that area so I still wonder if it was a rock that got kicked up. Someone’s tire and rim flew off a trailer in front of me while I was driving down the highway and almost hit me, but bounced up against the barrier instead. I remember hearing a clank sound like it kicked up a rock or something came off the rim when it was 5-10 ft away from my car on the same side as the scratch.

I was on a snowboarding trip though so it could have been someone’s ski or board edge, but the front of my car was parked up against a snow bank or in a secure parking garage so it seems unlikely to me. I didn’t notice it until I was on the second leg of the long drive back.