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At first glance the blue prints for the 46th Annual Snowball Derby had Chase Elliott capping off his weekend sweep with his second career Snowball Derby victory and defending winner Erik Jones settling for a solid runner-up finish.

Gold Coast driver Ryal Harris today claimed his second straight V8 Ute title, with a conservative run to finish 7th in the final race of the 2013 Auto One V8 Ute Series - protected by ARMOR ALL at the Sydney 500 today.

It doesn't matter what the sport is, a flop is a flop-and there were quite a few in NASCAR this past season.

Ultimately, the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards were all about Jimmie Johnson and his sixth series championship, but there were some pointed jokes and some return barbs before the Friday night program at Wynn Las Vegas got there.

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS -- Until Thursday morning, Bill Elliott, Mark Martin and Terry Labonte, among others, thought they would have to wait three years past retirement to be considered for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

During the "NASCAR After the Lap" event Thursday at Wynn Las Vegas, drivers talked about going into the hauler, especially as a young driver.

Last October, many NASCAR teams painted their race cars pink in recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Coca-Cola Company was honored today with the 2013 NASCAR Marketing Achievement Award at the NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Awards Luncheon held in the Encore Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas.

Darlington Raceway has a reputation as the "Track Too Tough to Tame," and the 1.25-mile track is NASCAR 's original superspeedway.

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.