<table> </table> TALLADEGA, Ala. | The Sprint Cup series didn&#8217;t wait until race day to have its first &#8220;big one&#8221; wreck. How about in the second practice at Talladega Superspeedway?</p><p>During Friday&#8217;s afternoon practice, Dale Earnhardt Jr.&#8217;s car blew its right rear tire at about 200 mph. The explosion blew some of the sheet metal off the car and sent it spinning. Several other cars running in a pack with Earnhardt got caught up.</p><p>Among them were Kasey Kahne, David Reutimann and Chase drivers Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart. Earnhardt had to pull out his backup car.</p><p>Stewart&#8217;s team opted to try to repair his, a move that was not fully endorsed by the driver.</p><p>&#8220;That was Zippy&#8217;s decision,&#8221; Stewart said, referring to crew chief Greg Zipadelli.</p><p>In the first practice Friday, Earnhardt blew an engine.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>JOHNSON SHOCKED: </strong>Alan Miller, the attorney who, along with two-Indy 500-winner Helio Castroneves, was indicted on tax-evasion charges this week, is also the attorney for Jimmie Johnson.</p><p>Johnson was asked his reaction to the Miller-Castroneves situation.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s certainly shocking,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Alan has been my attorney since I was 15 years old. He&#8217;d been a great friend and has helped me with a lot of different things. I have an outside tax group that I use, so he really is my attorney. As of now, everything is still the same. I&#8217;m learning a lot as time goes on here, and there is still a lot to be investigated and covered moving forward. So, I&#8217;ll certainly keep my eyes on the subject and (will be) trying to figure out what&#8217;s going on.&#8221;</p><p>&#8226;<strong>TOP TRUCKERS: </strong>Roush Fenway Racing had a big day in the Craftsman Truck series as its drivers swept the top three spots in qualifying for today&#8217;s Mountain Dew 250.</p><p>Erik Darnell won the pole while John Wes Townley was second and Colin Braun third.</p><p>Joey Logano, in his first attempt at qualifying for a truck race, was sixth.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>GOOD TV: </strong>Nielsen television numbers for Sunday&#8217;s race at Kansas Speedway jumped significantly. It drew a 3.5 nationally, which is up 13 percent over the 2007 race.</p><p>&#8226;<strong>WIN FOR ALLGAIR: </strong>Justin Allgair passed Joey Logano and won the crash-filled ARCA race.</p><p>Points leader Scott Speed finished 23rd in the race, and Ricky Stenhouse, second in points, was 28th.</p><p>Speed will take an 85-point lead into next week&#8217;s season-ending race at Toledo Speedway.