Blown tire ruins win for Johnson

Chevy driver Jimmie Johnson was looking good for a win in today's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway until his Goodyear tire blew out sending him crashing hard into the outside wall with 45 laps to go while battling Tony Stewart for the lead. His car came back to the garage on the flatbed truck still smoking. Photo by Diane Schenk/AutoRacing1.com

"That certainly knocked the wind out of me and I hit my elbow on the seat," said Johnson who finished 37th. "But I'm just disappointed. We had such a great racecar and I was trying to have something there for the No. 20. It's amazing how when the tire blew how violent it was."