HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson was chasing much more than a championship.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch only needed the green flag to drop to win his first NASCAR title. His coronation was never in doubt and neither, really, was the outcome of the Nationwide Series finale.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Mark Martin has lost to Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart — some of NASCAR's greatest drivers — in his frustrating bid for an elusive championship.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson's run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole.

CATAWBA, N.C. (AP) — Jeremy Mayfield sat in the back of his large barn Friday morning about 800 miles from where NASCAR's season-ending weekend was kicking off. Several hundred people surrounded him, listening intently as a fast-speaking auctioneer sold dozens of items.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension Friday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick expects Jeff Gordon to drive at least "three or four" more seasons and the four-time Cup champion says he has no immediate plans to retire.