There were two things that stayed consistent the entire weekend at Indianapolis: tire wear was an issue, and Jimmie Johnson had the dominant car. Johnson led three out of four practice sessions and earned the pole on Saturday, and was the favorite heading into the Allstate 400 on Sunday.

Throughout the race tire wear continued to be an issue, as competition yellows were thrown about every ten laps so teams could put fresh rubber on their cars. Nearly every restart Johnson ran away from the field, as he lead 71 of 160 laps, and this was no exception on the final restart when he left Carl Edwards behind before earning the win.

On the final restart Johnson, along with almost everyone else, took two tires, the first time he had all race. That final stop saw Johnson get in front of Denny Hamlin and Edwards, giving him vital track position for the final restart.

"I knew what we were setting up for," Johnson said of the final stop. "I just can't say enough about this race car all weekend long."

It was Johnson's second win in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in three years, and he became just the second Nascar driver to win the race from the pole, a feat first accomplished by Kevin Harvick in 2003.

Several drivers trying to make the Chase had poor finishes at Indianapolis. Kevin Harvick was the first of that group to take a hit, as his car slammed into the wall after contact with Kurt Busch on lap 14, as he finished 37th.

Then Matt Kenseth had tire issues on the backstretch on lap 47, as his right-rear tire blew, ripping his quarter-panel to shreds. Kenseth would limp around the track and finish 38th. Brian Vickers suffered a blown engine just past the halfway point, leaving him with a 42nd place finish, while Tony Stewart fell from 4th to 23rd late.

This left Kevin Harvick outside the top-12 in points to 13th., two points behind twelth, and Matt Kenseth falling to 11th in points, in the Chase field by just six points. Tony Stewart still has a slight cusion with 39 points between him and Harvick, while Brian Vickers' hopes of being this years Cinderella may have blown up with his motor, as he's now 15th in points, 132 behind 12th place with just six races remaining.

At the end of the day Goodyear's quickly wearing tires were as much of a story as Johnson's big win. This isn't the first time this season Goodyear's tires haven't been optimal for racing, at Atlanta earlier this year when the tire compound was so hard there was almost no grip.

"We came with the best tire we had for the conditions and we fell short. We'll try to get it right," said Greg Stucker, director of race tire sales for Goodyear. "I don't think anybody likes to race like this, us included. We'll do what we can to make it better."