HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- NASCAR chairman Brian France doesn't think Jimmie Johnson's four-year reign signals a flaw in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format.

Comedian Frank Caliendo will host NASCAR's season-ending banquet in December in Las Vegas. Caliendo, a noted impressionist, was featured in several videos at last year's awards ceremony. He has appeared at postseason events for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. NASCAR moved its season-ending party to Las Vegas this year after nearly three decades in New York ...

A glance at Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway

LAS VEGAS -- Comedian Frank Caliendo will host NASCAR's season-ending banquet in December in Las Vegas. Caliendo, a noted impressionist, was featured in several videos at last year's awards ceremony.

The 2009 NASCAR season heads for an anticlimactic finish, with Jimmie Johnson needing to simply run around in the middle of the pack on Sunday to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, and Kyle Busch wrapping up the Nationwide crown by starting his engine on Saturday.

A transcript from the question-and-answer session with the NASCAR chairman and CEO on Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

Being overlooked isn't unfamiliar to Jimmie Johnson. The king of the Sprint Cup Series has learned a NASCAR crown carries a lot ...

Get your motors running, but when you head out on the highway toward the Homestead Miami Speedway this weekend, get ready to slow down. Thousands of NASCAR fans from around the country will swarm to the Homestead Miami Speedway over the course of the three day Ford Championship Weekend. With all the added drivers funneling south toward Homestead, you can bet that traffic will be thick ...

Should we have expected anything less? A week after a third-lap wreck drastically cut point leader Jimmie Johnson’s lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet driver led 238 of the 312 laps at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday en route to his series-leading seventh victory in the Checkers O’Reilly Auto Parts 500.

Jimmie Johnson will start from pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway