2007 Sam's Town 250
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The 2007 Sam's Town 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series race held at Memphis Motorsports Park in Millington, Tennessee on October 27, 2007. The race was the 9th iteration of the event and the 32nd race of the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series. The race also marked the Busch Series debut of that years' IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti and for Rolex Sports Car Series driver Colin Braun, both of whom were making their second career start in NASCAR. Australian Marcos Ambrose won the pole for the race but it was David Reutimann who dominated the whole race leading the most laps and won the race giving him his first Busch Series win. But this race was most remembered for a major wreckfest as the race almost set a record for most cautions in a race as the race saw a total of 25 cautions for 117 laps with the longest green flag run only being 19 laps. The race was one caution short of the all-time NASCAR record set by another Busch Series race at Hickory Motor Speedway in 1992 that had 26 cautions. The race still remains as the second most caution period race in all of NASCAR history ahead of the 2005 Coca-Cola 600.[2]
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Race details[1] | |||
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Date | October 27, 2007 (2007-10-27) | ||
Official name | 2007 Sam's Town 250 | ||
Location | Memphis Motorsports Park in Millington, Tennessee | ||
Course |
Short track 0.75 mi (1.20 km) | ||
Distance | 253 laps, 189.75 mi (305.373 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 250 laps, 187.5 mi (301.8 km) | ||
Weather | Clear | ||
Average speed | 62.487 mph (100.563 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 36,500 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing | ||
Time | 22.901 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
Laps | 194 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 99 | David Reutimann | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | ESPN2 | ||
Announcers | Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace, Randy LaJoie |