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Photo: Kickin' the Tires The Scuff 25 rankings are back following the first NASCAR Cup Series weekend at Atlanta.  William Byron becomes the first driver in the Scuff 25 rankings to go back to back at the top of the standings.  These rankings are a collective average of the Runnin' On Scuffs team members for the Top 25 drivers in NASCAR in our opinions.  The full Scuff 25 rankings are below. *Chase Elliott was not eligible for voting due to his injuries* Scuff 25 (Previous Ranking): 1. William Byron (#1)  2. Joey Logano (#8) 3. Ross Chastain (#5) 4. Christopher Bell (#9) 5. Kevin Harvick (#7) 6. Brad Keselowski (#12) 7. Ryan Blaney (#15) 8. Kyle Busch (#4) 9. Kyle Larson (#3) 10. Denny Hamlin (#10) 11. Martin Truex Jr. (#6) 12. Daniel Suarez (#11) 13. Alex Bowman (#2) 14. Corey Lajoie (#14) 15. Austin Cindric (#17) 16. Tyler Reddick (#19) 17. Erik Jones (#20) 18. Chris Buescher (#16) 19. Bubba Wallace (#13) 20. Austin Hill (#21) 21. AJ Allmendinger (#22) 22. Ricky St...

  Photo: Racing USA Joey Logano wins the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta.  This is the first win of 2023 for the defending NASCAR Cup Series Champion.  The full results for the Ambetter Health 400 are below: 1. Joey Logano - #22 2. Brad Keselowski - #6 3. Christopher Bell - #20 4. Corey Lajoie - #7 5. Tyler Reddick - #45 6. Denny Hamlin - #11 7. Ryan Blaney - #12 8. Erik Jones - #43 9. Ty Gibbs - #54 10. Kyle Busch - #8 11. Austin Cindric - #2 12. Noah Gragson - #42 13. Ross Chastain - #1 14. Alex Bowman - #48 15. Todd Gilliland - #38 16. AJ Allmendinger - #16 17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - #47 18. Josh Berry - #9 19. Martin Truex Jr. - #19 20. Austin Dillon - #3 21. Michael McDowell - #34 22. Justin Haley - #31 23. Ty Dillon - #77 24. Chase Briscoe - #14 25. Cody Ware - #51 26. JJ Yeley - #15 27. Bubba Wallace - #23 28. Ryan Preece - #41 29. Daniel Suarez -#99 30. Aric Almirola - #10 31. Kyle Larson - #5 32. William Byron - #24 33. Kevin Harvick - #4 34. Harrison Burton - #21 ...

  Photo: Frontstretch.com Austin Hill wins his third race of the 2023 season at Atlanta.  This was Austin's 3rd win in just five starts so far in 2023, setting him head and shoulders above the rest of the Xfinity Series field.  The full results of the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 are below: 1. Austin Hill - #21 2. Daniel Hemric - #11 3. Ryan Truex - #19 4. Parker Kligerman - #48 5. Riley Herbst - #98 6. Brett Moffitt - #25 7. Josh Berry - #8 8. John Hunter Nemechek - #20 9. Sam Mayer - #1 10. Justin Haley - #10 11. Ryan Sieg - #39 12. Cole Custer - #00 13. Brennan Poole - #6 14. Anthony Alfredo - #78 15. Jeremy Clements - #51 16. Jeb Burton - #27 17. Sammy Smith - #18 18. Patrick Emerling - 35 19. Brandon Jones - #9 20. Gray Gaulding - #08 21. Sheldon Creed - #2 22. Blaine Perkins - #07 23. Ryan Ellis - #43 24. Chad Chastain - #91 25. Joe Graf Jr. - #38 26. Kyle Sieg - #28 27. Parker Retzlaff - #31 28. Chandler Smith - #16 29. Justin Allgaier - #7 30. Connor Mosack - #24 31. ...

  Photo: Jayski.com Christian Eckes wins the Craftsman Truck Series race at Atlanta.  This is their first win of the 2023 season.  The full results of the Fr8 208 are below:  1. Christian Eckes - #19 2. Nick Sanchez - #2 3. John Hunter Nemechek - #17 4. Bayley Currey - #4 5. Ben Rhodes - #99 6. Matt DiBenedetto - #25 7. Chase Purdy - #4 8. Timmy Hill - #56 9. Matt Crafton - #88 10. Jack Wood - #51 11. Ty Majeski - #98 12. Hailie Deegan - #13 13. Bret Holmes - #32 14. Ryan Vargas - #30 15. Kris Wright - #02 16. Daniel Dye - #43 17. Akinori Ogata - #46 18. Jake Garcia - #35 19. Grant Enfinger - #23 20. Zane Smith - #38 21. Spencer Boyd - #12 22. Stewart Friesen - #52 23. Josh Reaume - #22 24. Tanner Gray - #15 25. Rajah Caruth - #24 26. Tyler Ankrum - #16 27. Colby Howard - #9 28. Layne Riggs - #1 29. Mason Massey - #33 30. Dean Thompson - #5 31. Carson Hocevar - #42 32. Lawless Alan - #45 33. Kaden Honeycutt - #04 34. Corey Heim - #11 35. Mason Maggio - #20 36. Keith ...

Photo: Tireball Sports  Joey Logano earns his 2nd pole of the 2023 season at Atlanta.  Logano leads a Penske 1-2-3 sweep at the front of the grid.  The full lineup for the Ambetter Health 400 is below: 1. Joey Logano - #22 (31.256) 2. Austin Cindric - #2 (31.262) 3. Ryan Blaney - #12 (31.284) 4. Brad Keselowski - #6 (31.323) 5. Aric Almirola - #10 (31.324) 6. Kevin Harvick - #4 (31.363) 7. Chris Buescher - #17 (31.367) 8. Chase Briscoe - #14 (31.396) 9. Kyle Larson - #5 (31.462) 10. Christopher Bell - #20 (N/A)* - - - Round 2 Cutoff - - - 11. William Byron - #24 (31.544) 12. Michael McDowell - #34 (31.545) 13. Austin Dillon - #3 (31.548) 14. Denny Hamlin - #11 (31.554) 15. Alex Bowman - #48 (31.554) 16. Tyler Reddick - #45 (31.574) 17. Kyle Busch - #8 (31.583) 18. Ross Chastain - #1 (31.597) 19. Bubba Wallace - #23 (31.636) 20. Justin Haley - #31 (31.642) 21. Josh Berry - #9 (31.662) 22. Noah Gragson - #42 (31.680) 23. Todd Gilliland - #38 (31.696) 24. Ryan Preece - #41 (...

  Photo: Jayski.com Sammy Smith gets the pole for the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 at Atlanta.  Qualifying was set using the NASCAR Qualifying Metric after Xfinity Series qualifying was rained out Friday.  The full lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Atlanta is below: 1. Sammy Smith - #18 2. John Hunter Nemechek - #20 3. Austin Hill - #21 4. Ryan Truex - #19 5. Riley Herbst - #98 6. Chandler Smith - #16 7. Sheldon Creed - #2 8. Cole Custer - #00 9. Josh Berry - #8 10. Sam Mayer - #1 11. Daniel Hemric - #11 12. Brett Moffitt - #25 13. Parker Kligerman - #48 14. Ryan Sieg - #39 15. Anthony Alfredo - #78 16. Jeb Burton - #27 17. Parker Retzlaff - #31 18. Justin Haley - #10 19. Justin Allgaier - #7 20. Kyle Weatherman - #02 21. Brandon Jones - #9 22. Josh Williams - #92 23. Jeremy Clements - #51 24. Ryan Ellis - #43 25. Connor Mosack - #24 26. Kyle Sieg - #28 27. Joe Graf Jr. - #38 28. Kaz Grala - #26 29. Brennan Poole - #6 30. Sage Karam - #45 31. Jeffrey Earnhardt - #44 32....

  Photo: Last Word on Sports Zane Smith gets the pole for the Craftsman Truck Series race at Atlanta after qualifying for the Fr8 208 gets rained out.  It is Zane's first pole of the 2023 season.  The full lineup for the Fr8 208 is below: 1. Zane Smith - #38 2. Ty Majeski - #98 3. Ben Rhodes - #99 4. Christian Eckes - #19 5. Carson Hocevar - #42 6. Corey Heim - #11 7. Grant Enfinger - #23 8. Matt Crafton - #88 9. Chase Purdy - #4 10. Matt DiBenedetto - #25 11. Tanner Gray - #15 12. Jake Garcia - #35 13. Tyler Ankrum - #16 14. Stewart Friesen - #52 15. Colby Howard - #9 16. Dean Thompson - #5 17. Jack Wood - #51 18. Timmy Hill - #56 19. Daniel Dye - #43 20. Nick Sanchez - #2 21. Lawless Alan - #45 22. Rajah Caruth - #24 23. Layne Riggs - #1 24. John Hunter Nemechek - #17 25. Kris Wright - #02 26. Mason Massey - #33 27. Spencer Boyd - #12 28. Josh Reaume - #22 29. Kaden Honeycutt - #04 30. Bayley Currey - #41 31. Mason Maggio - #20 32. Hailie Deegan - #13 33. Bret Holmes - ...

  Photo: Runnin' On Scuffs Can Harvick Go Out On Top? Written By: Justin Seger Kevin Harvick is one of the all time greats in the modern era of NASCAR.  Harvick is currently in his 23rd full-time season at the top level of NASCAR: the Cup Series.  Kevin Harvick has had success at every level of NASCAR.  He has two championship wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as well as 47 victories.  In the Cup Series, Harvick has 60 wins, placing him 10th on the all time wins list, and is the 2014 champion of the sport.  Earlier this year, Harvick announced that 2023 would be his last full-time season in NASCAR.   An announcement like Harvick's makes us look back at all of his success in the sport.  He is the 2007 Daytona 500 winner and a previous champion of the sport.  However, Harvick's career is not over yet.  And while it is fun to remember all of his past success, what about his future success? It is incredibly hard for an athlete to "go ou...

Photo: TobyChristie.com William Byron wins the United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix.  This was the second win of the 2023 season for Byron.  Byron has won back to back races in the last two weeks.  The full results of the fourth race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season are below: 1. William Byron - #24 2. Ryan Blaney - #12 3. Tyler Reddick - #45 4. Kyle Larson - #5 5. Kevin Harvick - #4 6. Christopher Bell - #20 7. Chase Briscoe - #14 8. Kyle Busch - #8 9. Alex Bowman - #48 10. Josh Berry - #9 11. Joey Logano - #22 12. Ryan Preece - #41 13. Michael McDowell - #34 14. Bubba Wallace - #23 15. Chris Buescher - #17 16. Austin Dillon - #3 17. Martin Truex Jr. - #19 18. Brad Keselowski - #6 19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - #47 20. AJ Allmendinger - #16 21. Erik Jones - #43 22. Daniel Suarez - #99 23. Denny Hamlin - #11 24. Ross Chastain - #1 25. Austin Cindric - #2 26. Corey Lajoie - #7 27. Justin Haley - #31 28. Ty Gibbs - #54 29. Noah Gragson - #42 30. Ty Dillon - #77 31. Zane...

Photo: Jayski Sammy Smith wins his first race in the NASCAR Xfinity series.  His first career win comes after a dominant performance at Phoenix.  The full results of the United Rentals 200 are below: 1. Sammy Smith - #18 2. Ryan Truex - #19 3. Sheldon Creed - #2 4. Riley Herbst - #98 5. Chandler Smith - #16 6. John Hunter Nemechek - #20 7. Austin Hill - #21 8. Josh Berry - #8 9. Kyle Busch - #10 10. Daniel Hemric - #11 11. Sam Mayer - #1 12. Cole Custer - #00 13. Brett Moffitt - #25 14. Anthony Alfredo - #78 15. Parker Kligerman - #48 16. Ryan Sieg - #39 17. Kyle Weatherman - #02 18. Parker Retzlaff - #31 19. Ryan Ellis - #43 20. Jeremy Clements - #51 21. Josh Williams - #92 22. Jeb Burton - #27 23. Brandon Jones - #9 24. Connor Mosack - #24 25. Kyle Sieg - #28 26. Joey Gase - #35 27. Leland Honeyman - #45 28. Bayley Currey - #4 29. Brennan Poole - #6 30. Patrick Emerling - #53 31. Joe Graf Jr. - #38 32. Garrett Smithley - #99 33. Jeffrey Earnhardt - #44 34. Kaz Grala - #26 35...

  Photo: Autoweek Kyle Larson earns his first pole award of 2023 at Phoenix.  Larson will lead the field to green on Sunday in the United Rentals Work United 500. The full lineup for the fourth race of the NASCAR Cup Series season is below: 1. Kyle Larson - #5 2. Denny Hamlin - #11 3. William Byron - #24 4. Brad Keselowski - #6 5. Christopher Bell - #20 6. Ross Chastain - #1 7. Michael McDowell - #34 8. Ryan Blaney - #12 9. Kyle Busch - #8 10. Erik Jones - #43 11. Daniel Suarez - #99 12. Tyler Reddick - #45 13. Martin Truex Jr. - #19 14. Ty Gibbs - #54 15. Kevin Harvick - #4 16. Joey Logano - #22 17. Josh Berry - #9 18. Alex Bowman - #48 19. Bubba Wallace - #23 20. Austin Cindric - #2 21. Chris Buescher - #17 22. AJ Allmendinger - #16 23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - #47 24. Chase Briscoe - #14 25. Ryan Preece - #41 26. Justin Haley - #31 27. Harrison Burton - #21 28. Corey Lajoie - #7 29. Todd Gilliland - #15 30. Austin Dillon - #3 31. Aric Almirola - #10 32. Noah Gragson - #42 33. ...

  Photo: Jayski.com Cole Custer earns his first career pole of the 2023 season in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Phoenix.  The driver of the #00 for Stewart-Haas Racing will lead the field to green Saturday afternoon.  The full lineup for the United Rentals 200 is below: 1. Cole Custer - #00 2. Justin Allgaier - #7 3. Daniel Hemric - #11 4. John Hunter Nemechek - #20 5. Sheldon Creed - #2 6. Chandler Smith - #16 7. Josh Berry - #8 8. Austin Hill - #21 9. Ryan Sieg - #39 10. Riley Herbst - #98 11. Sammy Smith - #18 12. Ryan Truex - #19 13. Kaz Grala - #26 14. Parker Retzlaff - #31 15. Sam Mayer - #1 16. Jeb Burton - #27 17. Brett Moffitt - #25 18. Kyle Weatherman - #02 19. Ryan Ellis - #43 20. Josh Williams - #92 21. Brandon Jones - #9 22. Kyle Sieg - #28 23. Leland Honeyman - #45 24. Joe Graf Jr. - #38 25. Anthony Alfredo - #78 26. Gray Gaulding - #08 27. Jeremy Clements - #51 28. Brennan Poole - #6 29. Dawson Cram - #74 30. Garrett Smithley - #91 31. Jeffrey Earnhardt - #4...

What's A Scuff? Written by Dan Foster Runnin’ On Scuffs officially launched less than seven months ago. A new creation that has quickly gotten its feet under itself and begun to grow. Before we get too far down the road, I figured I’d do a short introductory article for you to be able to meet our team and get to know a little bit about everybody involved. As has already been the case, over time, we will have team members come and go. I asked each of our Scuffs to answer a few simple questions to tell a little bit about ourselves. We’ll start with our fearless leader. Justin Seger - Senior Editor, Writer and Show Host (@Scuff_Seger) Chief Scuff as we call him, grew up in Fulton, Mississippi watching racing with his dad, which sparked his interest in motorsports at a very young age. As he begin to learn more about meteorology, the more Justin wanted to become a storm chaser when he grew up. After realizing that just wasn’t the right fit for him, he turned his focus to motorsports...

  Photo: Fremont Tribune The Scuff 25 rankings are back after missing a week last week.  The team have all cast their votes and we have a brand new list of 25 drivers.  It is worth noting that we removed Chase Elliott from voting for the time being while he is away with injury.  Here are the results below: Current Rank/(Previous Rank) 1. William Byron (#19) 2. Alex Bowman (#6) 3. Kyle Larson (#4) 4. Kyle Busch (#5) 5. Ross Chastain (#11) 6. Martin Truex Jr. (#7) 7. Kevin Harvick (#15) 8. Joey Logano (#1) 9. Christopher Bell (#2) 10. Denny Hamlin (#8) 11. Daniel Suarez (#17) 12. Brad Keselowski (#13) 13. Bubba Wallace (NR) 14. Corey Lajoie (NR) 15. Ryan Blaney (#3) 16. Chris Buescher (#12) 17. Austin Cindric (#20) 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (#10) 19. Tyler Reddick (#21) 20. Erik Jones (NR) 21. Austin Hill (#22) 22. AJ Allmendinger (#18) 23. Austin Dillon (#16) 24. Justin Allgaier (#25) 25. Chase Briscoe (#24) *NR = Not ranked in previous vote* Biggest Jumps: William Byro...

Jeff Gordon – The Hendrick Years Written by : Zach Williams   Over the weekend of March 4 th 2023 I got the awesome opportunity to go to one of the most premier auctions and car shows on the East coast. The Amelia, formerly The Amelia Concours d'Elegance, is held annually in Amelia Island, FL. This year the official honoree of the event was none other than Wonder Boy himself, Mr. Jeff Gordon. I attended a seminar on Saturday that was hosted by Ray Evernham and consisted of Jeff Gordon, Steve Letarte and surprise guest Kenny Schrader. The event began with Ray introducing the panel and talking about the three different racing machines they had on display in the room. They consisted of one of the 1994 Lumina cars, one of the 2001 Monte Carlos and Jeff’s 1990 #4 Diet Pepsi dirt midget he won the championship with.   Ray then began to direct the conversation towards when Jeff first began driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Of course, at that point Kenny Schrader had to bri...

  Photo: Jayski.com William Byron wins the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.  Byron dominated the race, winning both stages as well as the race.  This is Byron's fifth win of his NASCAR Cup Series career.  The full results of the Pennzoil 400 are below: 1. William Byron - #24 2. Kyle Larson - #5 3. Alex Bowman - #48 4. Bubba Wallace - #23 5. Christopher Bell - #20 6. Austin Cindric - #2 7. Martin Truex Jr. - #19 8. Justin Haley - #31 9. Kevin Harvick - #4 10. Daniel Suarez - #99 11. Denny Hamlin - #11 12. Ross Chastain - #1 13. Ryan Blaney - #12 14. Kyle Busch - #8 15. Tyler Reddick - #45 16. Aric Almirola - #10 17. Brad Keselowski - #6 18. AJ Allmendinger - #16 19. Erik Jones - #43 20. Corey Lajoie - #7 21. Chris Buescher - #17 22. Ty Gibbs - #54 23. Ryan Preece - #41 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - #47 25. Michael McDowell - #34 26. Harrison Burton - #21 27. Austin Dillon - #3 28. Chase Briscoe - #14 29. Josh Berry - #9 30. Noah Gragson - #42 31. Todd Gilliland - #38 32. BJ McL...

  Photo: Kickin' The Tires Austin Hill picks up his second win of the 2023 season at Las Vegas in the Alsco Uniforms 300.  The win is the first Xfinity win for Hill at Las Vegas.  The full results of the Alsco Uniforms 300 are below: 1. Austin Hill - #21 2. Justin Allgaier - #7 3. Chandler Smith - #16 4. Kyle Busch - #10 5. Josh Berry - #8 6. John Hunter Nemecheck - #20 7. Sam Mayer - #1 8. Riley Herbst - #98 9. Sheldon Creed - #2 10. Daniel Hemric - #11 11. Parker Kligerman - #48 12. Cole Custer - #00 13. Tyler Reddick - #24 14. Jeb Burton - #27 15. Joe Graf Jr. - #19 16. Kyle Weatherman - #02 17. Sammy Smith - #18 18. Alex Labbe - #28 19. Anthony Alfredo - #78 20. Kyle Sieg - #38 21. Brandon Jones - #9 22. Brett Moffitt - #25 23. Kaz Grala - #26 24. Ryan Sieg - #39 25. Jeremy Clements - #51 26. Rajah Caruth - #45 27. Ryan Ellis - #43 28. Bayley Currey - #4 29. Jeffrey Earnhardt - #44 30. Josh Williams - #92 31. Josh Bilicki - #91 32. Gray Gaulding - #08 33. Brennan Pool...

  Photo: Crash.net Joey Logano wins the Busch Light Pole award for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.  The full lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series race is below: 1. Joey Logano - #22 2. William Byron - #24 3. Ryan Blaney - #12 4. Ty Gibbs - #54 5. Kyle Busch - #8 6. Kyle Larson - #5 7. Brad Keselowski - #6 8. Ross Chastain - #1 9. Austin Cindric - #2 10. Christopher Bell - #20 11. Alex Bowman - #48 12. Denny Hamlin - #11 13. Bubba Wallace - #23 14. Kevin Harvick - #4 15. Martin Truex Jr. - #19 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - #47 17. Michael McDowell - #34 18. Chris Buescher - #17 19. Corey Lajoie - #7 20. Chase Briscoe - #14 21. Aric Almirola - #10 22. Erik Jones - #43 23. AJ Allmendinger - #16 24. Daniel Suarez - #99 25. Noah Gragson - #42 26. Austin Dillon - #3 27. Justin Haley - #31 28. Todd Gilliland - #38 29. JJ Yeley - #15 30. Cody Ware - #51 31. Ryan Preece - #41 32. Josh Berry - #9 33. Ty Dillon - #77 34. Tyler Reddick - #45 35. Harrison Burton - #21 36. BJ McLeod - #78

  Photo: Jayski.com Chandler Smith earned his first career Xfinity Series pole award at Las Vegas.  The full lineup for the Alsco Uniforms 300 is below: 1. Chandler Smith - #16 2. Justin Allgaier - #7 3. Cole Custer - #00 4. Brett Moffitt - #25 5. Josh Berry - #8 6. Parker Kligerman - #48 7. John H. Nemechek - #20 8. Daniel Hemric - #11 9. Austin Hill - #21 10. Riley Herbst - #98 11. Kyle Busch - #10 12. Sheldon Creed - #2 13. Sam Mayer - #1 14. Sammy Smith - #18 15. Tyler Reddick - #24 16. Rajah Caruth - #45 17. Joe Graf Jr. - #19 18. Ryan Sieg - #39 19. Brandon Jones - #9 20. Parker Retzlaff - #31 21. Kaz Grala - #26 22. Kyle Sieg - #38 23. Anthony Alfredo - #78 24. Jeb Burton - #27 25. Jeremy Clements - #51 26. Kyle Weatherman - #02 27. Josh Williams - #92 28. Garrett Smithley - #99 29. Bayley Currey - #4 30. Blaine Perkins - #07 31. Josh Bilicki - #91 32. Alex Labbe - #28 33. Brennan Poole - #6 34. Gray Gaulding - #08 35. Jeffrey Earnhardt - #44 36. Ryan Ellis - #43 37. Jo...

Bet on it, Las Vegas   A look at the stats by Mike Daffner     Please note that any opinions or statements of fact in this article do not constitute financial advice. Mike Daffner and Runnin on Scuffs are not financial brokers and accept no responsibility for any wagers placed because of this article.     Good day folks! It’s your favorite stats guy here, bringing you another look at the stats.   An interesting race at Auto Club Speedway last week, with Kyle Busch winning the first of what will likely become many race wins for Richard Childress Racing.   Now, on to this week's race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For this article, I will be covering the top 5 drivers stats at LVMS. Of course, because it’s Vegas, I'd be remiss if I didn’t use the current Vegas odds to bring you the stats. So, without further ado, here are your top 5 picks at Vegas:   Kyle Busch: +600 odds:   Kyle Busch is coming off a win at Auto Club and is the current...