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During the long plane flight from North Carolina to Las Vegas on Tuesday night, a NASCAR fan named Louise Groomer tweeted Kevin Harvick and politely asked if the driver would follow her on Twitter.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is NASCAR's most popular driver again -- and this time, it's a record.

Mason Mingus of Brentwood set the fastest time in testing for the 46th Snowball Derby, set for this weekend in Pensacola, FL.

ExxonMobil has strengthened its ongoing commitment to NASCAR by renewing its multi-year sponsorship with three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing.

Gail Wise didn't know she was getting anything special when she drove away from a Chicago Ford dealership in the spring of 1964 in the first Mustang ever sold.

Tillamook is home to a cheese factory and not much else, and yet its fair draws big-name music acts like Travis Tritt and current country-chart topper Lee Brice.

Rush , seems to have opened a few doors in Hollywood. Lionsgate films and OddLot Entertainment are reportedly developing a film tentatively titled Spitfire , which tells the story of stock car racing pioneer Louise Smith and the birth of NASCAR.

Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing set the bar for small Sprint Cup teams with what they accomplished in 2013.

Miss Sprint Cup Brooke Werner interviews Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano at a fanfest hosted by Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the Third Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience on December 4, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

We saw how the Gen-6 car changed stock car racing last season and how certain drivers adjusted to it better than others, but adjusting to the Gen-6 is only one of the major things drivers on this list need to do.

Even as Jimmie Johnson speeds through Champion's Week and enjoys his coronation in Las Vegas, the focus of those who compete in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and those who follow it, even peripherally, already has begun to move toward 2014.

With the vintage Galaxie nameplates added to the valve covers, it looks like Ford could have installed this fuel-injected 2011 Coyote 5.0 in Vic's ride.

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Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Erik Jones , the youngest winner in a NASCAR National Series event after his win in the Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway in November, heads to Pensacola, Florida's Five Flags Speedway to defend his title as Snowball Derby champion on Sunday, December 8th.

Parker Kligerman on pit road during qualifying for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

For the fifth-consecutive year, NASCAR returns to Las Vegas for the start of the postseason NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Weeka , a star-studded, entertainment-filled celebration for the series champion and fans, culminating with one of NASCAR's marquee events, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awardsa .

Try as I may to find a better way to say it, there's just no denying the facts: Ford had another lackluster The blue oval folks had a terrible Chase.

The Indianapolis Colts, in the midst of a 2-2 stretch that has undermined some of the good they did... I'm a huge fan of leftovers.

Snowball Derby defending pole-sitter David Ragan returns to the annual Super Late Model race in Pensacola, Fla., this year, looking to top last year's effort with a trip to Victory Lane.

Richard Petty Motorsports officials named Trent Owens crew chief for the No. 43 Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team and driver Aric Almirola , according to a statement from the organization.