2007 Sam's Town 250

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2007 Sam's Town 250
Race details [1]
Memphis International Raceway diagram.svg
Map of Speedway
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

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]

Contents

Background

The Memphis International Raceway (more commonly known as MIR) was founded in 1986 by Ed Gatlin, who along with a group of investors, bought a 400-acre tract of land within the northeastern section of Shelby County, and built a drag strip with an adjacent road course, including a dirt track and a go-kart track. [3] The facility opened in 1987 with a drag strip and 1.8-mile (2.9 km) road course. It includes a 3/4-mile tri-oval short track, built in 1998, which once hosted the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, as well as an ASA Late Model Series race. The 4,400-foot (1,340 m) drag strip hosts events such as International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) World Finals and Nitro Jam, Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), HOT ROD Power Tour, Super Chevy Show, Fun Ford Series and Mega Mopar Action Series.

Entry List

#DriverTeamMake
0 Eric McClure D.D.L. Motorsports Chevrolet
01 Kertus Davis D.D.L. MotorsportsChevrolet
1 Sterling Marlin Phoenix Racing Ford
05 Brett Rowe Day Enterprise Racing Chevrolet
5 Landon Cassill Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Auggie Vidovich Roush Racing Ford
7 Mike Wallace Phoenix RacingChevrolet
9 Chase Miller Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge
10 Brent Sherman Braun Racing Toyota
11 Jason Keller CJM Racing Chevrolet
12 Marc Mitchell CJM RacingChevrolet
14 Kyle Krisiloff (R) Carl A. Haas Motorsports Ford
16 Colin Braun Roush RacingFord
18 Brad Coleman (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet
20 Casey Atwood Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet
21 Tim McCreadie Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
22 Mike Bliss Fitz Racing Dodge
25 Richard Johns Team Rensi Motorsports Ford
26 Kenny Wallace Roush RacingFord
27 Brad Baker Baker Curb Racing Ford
28 Robert Richardson Jr. Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet
29 Scott Wimmer Richard Childress RacingChevrolet
30 Stanton Barrett SKI Motorsports Chevrolet
33 Cale Gale Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet
35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi MotorsportsFord
36 Jeremy Clements McGill Motorsports Chevrolet
37 John Graham Baker Curb RacingFord
38 Jason Leffler Braun RacingToyota
40 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford
41 Bryan Clauson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge
42 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi RacingDodge
43 Bobby East (i)Baker Curb RacingFord
44 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet
47 Kelly Bires Wood Brothers Racing/JTG Racing Ford
49 Brian Keselowski Whitney Motorsports Dodge
52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Ford
54 Carl Long Fridel-Carter Motorsports Dodge
56 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet
59 Marcos Ambrose (R)Wood Brothers Racing/JTG RacingFord
60 Matt McCall Roush RacingFord
64 Chase Austin Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge
66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Inc.Dodge
71 Ron Young RB1 Motorsports Chevrolet
72 D. J. Kennington MacDonald Motorsports Dodge
77 Brandon Miller Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet
88 Brad Keselowski (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet
89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Dodge
90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford
99 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
Official Entry list

Qualifying

Marcos Ambrose won the pole for the race with a time of 22.901 and a speed of 117.899.

GridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
159Marcos Ambrose (R)Wood Brothers/JTG RacingFord22.901117.899
299David ReutimannMichael Waltrip RacingToyota22.933117.734
342Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi RacingDodge23.013117.325
438Jason LefflerBraun RacingToyota23.063117.071
511Jason KellerCJM RacingChevrolet23.089116.939
618Brad Coleman (R)Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.103116.868
71Sterling MarlinPhoenix RacingChevrolet23.118116.792
843Bobby East (i)Baker Curb RacingFord23.128116.742
930Stanton BarrettSKI MotorsportsChevrolet23.143116.666
1020 J. J. Yeley** ***Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.156116.600
117Mike WallacePhoenix RacingChevrolet23.157116.595
1229Scott WimmerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.163116.565
1366Steve WallaceRusty Wallace Inc.Dodge23.185116.455
1426 Jamie McMurray** ***Roush RacingFord23.188116.440
1516Colin BraunRoush RacingFord23.219116.284
1622Mike BlissFitz RacingDodge23.236116.199
1747Kelly BiresWood Brothers/JTG RacingFord23.285115.954
1890Stephen LeichtRobert Yates RacingFord23.313115.815
1933Cale GaleKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet23.319115.785
205Landon CassillHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.329115.736
2172D. J. KenningtonMacDonald MotorsportsDodge23.331115.726
2241Bryan ClausonChip Ganassi RacingDodge23.339115.686
2335Bobby Hamilton Jr.Team Rensi MotorsportsFord23.346115.652
2425Richard JohnsTeam Rensi MotorsportsFord23.346115.652
2588Brad Keselowski (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet23.390115.434
266 David Ragan (R)** ***Roush RacingFord23.399115.390
2771Ron YoungRB1 MotorsportsChevrolet23.408115.345
2877Brandon MillerKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet23.438115.198
2914Kyle Krisiloff (R)Carl A. Haas MotorsportsFord23.439115.193
3056Danny O'Quinn Jr.Mac Hill MotorsportsChevrolet23.451115.134
3140Matt CarterSpecialty RacingFord23.457115.104
3210Brent ShermanBraun RacingToyota23.463115.075
3305Brett RoweDay Enterprise RacingFord23.482114.982
340Eric McClureD.D.L. MotorsportsChevrolet23.509114.850
3527Brad BakerBaker Curb RacingFord23.529114.752
3649Brian KeselowskiWhitney MotorsportsDodge23.567114.567
3721Tim McCreadieRichard Childress RacingChevrolet23.645114.189
389Chase MillerGillett Evernham MotorsportsDodge23.730113.780
3960 Carl Edwards** ***Roush RacingFord23.823113.336
4036Jeremy Clements*McGill MotorsportsChevrolet23.963112.674
4137John Graham*Baker Curb RacingFord24.198111.579
4228Robert Richardson Jr.*Jay Robinson RacingChevrolet24.544110.007
4364Chase AustinRusty Wallace Inc.Dodge23.607114.373
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes
4401Kertus DavisD.D.L. MotorsportsChevrolet23.663114.102
4554Carl LongFridel-Carter MotorsportsDodge23.686113.991
4689Morgan ShepherdFaith MotorsportsDodge23.737113.746
4712Marc MitchellCJM RacingChevrolet23.877113.080
4844Mike HarmonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet23.897112.985
4952Chris LawsonMeans RacingFord24.344110.910
DC6Auggie VidovichRoush RacingFord
DC20Casey AtwoodJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet
DC26Kenny WallaceRoush RacingFord
DC60Matt McCallRoush RacingFord
Official Starting grid

* – Made the field via owners points

** – There were 4 different driver changes by Raceday as there were drivers qualifying the cars for the Cup Series drivers. Auggie Vidovich qualified for David Ragan, Casey Atwood qualified for J. J. Yeley, Kenny Wallace qualified for Jamie McMurray, and Matt McCall qualified for Carl Edwards. This was during the peak of the Buschwhacker era where Cup Series drivers would drive in the Busch Series and would ask for other drivers to qualify their Busch Series car while they tried to qualify the Cup Series race which would be the Pep Boys Auto 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

*** – J. J. Yeley, Jamie McMurray, David Ragan, and Carl Edwards all had to start at the rear of the field due to driver changes.

Race

Outside pole sitter David Reutimann took the lead from pole sitter Marcos Ambrose and Reutimann led the first lap of the race. The first caution flew on lap 8 when D. J. Kennington spun down the frontstretch and ended up getting stuck in the wet infield grass after it rained the previous night. The race would restart on lap 16. But on the restart, the second caution would fly when Kyle Krisiloff, Robert Richardson Jr., and Bobby Hamilton Jr. crashed in turn 2. The race would restart on lap 21 with Reutimann continuing to lead. On lap 39, the third caution would fly when Bryan Clauson spun off of turn 4 after he got squeezed in by Richard Johns and then got bumped and spun by Jamie McMurray. David Reutimann won the race off of pit road but Ron Young did not pit and he led the field to the restart on lap 45. On the restart, David Reutimann immeadietly took the lead from Young. But, the fourth caution would fly on the same lap. Kyle Krisiloff bumped and ran into Robert Richardson Jr. in turn 2 which pushed Richardson up the track. Richardson didn't like that and decided to retaliate on the backstretch by hooking a dead left into Krisiloff and turning him into the outside wall right in front of the pack of cars. The race would restart on lap 52. But on the restart, the 5th caution would fly when Ron Young spun in turns 3 and 4 after he got bumped by Brad Coleman. The race would restart on lap 56 and got some green flag racing in, but not for long. The 6th caution would fly on lap 60 when John Graham spun down the frontstretch. The race would restart on lap 65 with Reutimann still leading. On the restart, Bobby East spun in turn 2 after getting bumped by Landon Cassill but no caution was thrown since he got back going again. On lap 74, the 7th caution would fly when Matt Carter spun in turn 4 after contact with Richard Johns. The race would restart on lap 79. On lap 80, the 8th caution would fly when Chase Austin spun in turns 1 and 2. The race would restart on lap 85. But on lap 86, the 9th caution would fly when Chase Austin crashed in turn 3. The race would restart on lap 90. On lap 93, the 10th caution would fly when Ron Young spun off of turn 2 after he made contact with Kelly Bires where he spun down and got T-boned in the drivers side door by Chase Miller. The race would restart on lap 99. On lap 100, the 11th caution would fly when Jeremy Clements crashed in turn 2 after contact with Brandon Miller. Clements was unhappy with Miller and showed his displeasure with him under caution when he door slammed him. Miller followed Clements to pit road where Clements cut off Miller and the two moved on. The race would restart on lap 104. But on the restart, the 12th caution would fly when Steve Wallace crashed in turn 3 after he got bumped by Brad Keselowski. The race would restart on lap 109. But on the restart, the 13th caution would fly when Landon Cassill spun in turns 1 and 2 after he got bumped by Jamie McMurray. The race would restart on lap 114 and got some green flag laps in. But once again, not for long. On lap 118, the 14th caution would fly when Brad Baker spun in turn 4 after he got turned by Tim McCreadie and collected Brad Coleman in the process. The caution was also the new season high for the Busch Series after it passed the 13 cautions from the fall Dover race that happened 3 races ago.

Final laps

Sterling Marlin won the race off of pit road but 10 cars stayed out including Stephen Leicht and Leicht would lead the field to the restart on lap 125. On lap 129, the 15th caution would fly which would be the biggest crash on the day taking out 5 cars on the frontstretch. It started when Ron Young got turned by a car and spun down the infield grass. Sterling Marlin got bumped from behind and spun up to the outside wall and Brian Keselowski also got bumped and spun to the infield grass with Young. Carl Edwards attempted to navigate through the carnage but did not see Marlin stopped up high until the last second and ended up getting bumped from behind by Matt Carter in the process and ended up turning Edwards into Marlin and all three stopped up high. In comparison to the last two years of the race in 2005 and 2006, there were 15 cautions in both of those races. The 2005 race cautions happened in 254 laps while the 2006 race happened in 252 laps of the race, but this race had 15 in only 129 laps ran. The race was red flagged for a short bit for the wreck. The race would get back going again on lap 141. On lap 146, the track record for cautions was broken when the 16th flew when Kelly Bires spun in turn 2. Stephen Leicht pitted during the caution and handed the lead to rookie Marcos Ambrose and Ambrose led the field to the restart on lap 151. Eventually, the race would remain green for at least 10 laps for the first time since the race restarted on lap 65. On lap 161, an incident occurred when Richard Johns got sideways off of turn 4 and came down into Colin Braun and Brad Coleman. Coleman would cut a right front tire and hit the outside wall in turn 1. The 17th caution flew on the same lap. The caution was listed for debris which meant this would be the first and only non-incidental caution of the race. Marcos Ambrose pitted during the caution which would give the lead to Jason Keller and Keller led the field to the restart on lap 170. On lap 173, David Reutimann took the lead which would be only the 2nd and final lead change on track in the race. On lap 176, the 18th caution would fly when Mike Wallace spun off of turn 4 and had Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards both spin to avoid Wallace. The race would restart on lap 182. On lap 183, the 19th caution would fly when Bobby East spun in turn 4 after getting bumped by Steve Wallace. The race would restart on lap 189. On lap 191, the 20th caution would fly when Brandon Miller got dumped by Dario Franchitti in turn 3 and crashed hard into the outside wall. The race would restart on lap 199. With 51 laps to go on lap 200, the 21st caution would fly when John Graham and Dario Franchitti spun in turn 3. The race would restart with 46 laps to go. With 43 to go, the 22nd caution would fly when Tim McCreadie spun in turns 3 and 4. The race would restart with 39 laps to go. The restart would be the first green flag run to go over 5 laps since the race restarted on lap 151. But with 31 laps to go, the 23rd caution would fly when Bobby East and Colin Braun crashed in turn 4. The caution would pass the Cup Series' all-time record in cautions. The race would restart with 27 laps to go. The race got a green flag run in of over 10 laps before the 24th caution flew with 17 to go when Steve Wallace crashed in turn 3 after getting spun by Brian Keselowski. Wallace was unhappy with Keselowski and Wallace caught up to Keselowski during the caution and bumped him in the rear a few times before cutting him off on the entrance of pit road. The race would restart with 13 laps to go. The restart had another green flag run of over 10 laps. It looked like the race was going to come to an end. But with just a lap and a half to go, the 25th and final caution would fly when Brent Sherman spun off of turn 4. This meant that the race would get extended to a green-white-checkered finish for the 4th Memphis race in a row. On the restart, David Reutimann would pull away from second place and Reutimann would win the caution-filled race. The race would be Reutimann's first and only Busch Series win of his career. Mike Bliss, David Ragan, Marcos Ambrose, and Jason Leffler rounded out the top 5 while Scott Wimmer, Jamie McMurray, Jason Keller, Brad Keselowski, and Brian Keselowski rounded out the top 10. [4]

Aftermath

The race featured a total of 25 cautions for a total of 117 laps which is nearly half the race was run under caution. The mark was one short of the all-time record that occurred in the 1992 Mountain Dew 500 at Hickory Motor Speedway when 26 cautions flew for 132 of the 300 laps ran in the race. The average speed of the race was only 62.487 mph compared to the 74.336 mph average from last years' race. NASCAR has not seen this many cautions since this race. The race still stands as the 2nd most cautioned period race in all of NASCAR history behind the 1992 Mountain Dew 500 and in front of the 2005 Coca-Cola 600. [5]

Race results

PosCarDriverTeamManufacturerLaps RunLaps LedStatusPoints
199David ReutimannMichael Waltrip RacingToyota253194running195
222Mike BlissFitz RacingDodge2531running175
36David Ragan (R)Roush RacingFord2530running165
459Marcos Ambrose (R)Wood Brothers/JTG RacingFord25320running165
538Jason LefflerBraun RacingToyota2530running155
629Scott WimmerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2530running150
726Jamie McMurrayRoush RacingFord2530running146
811Jason KellerCJM RacingChevrolet2537running147
988Brad Keselowski (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet2530running138
1049Brian KeselowskiWhitney MotorsportsDodge2530running134
1120J. J. YeleyJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet2530running130
1290Stephen LeichtRobert Yates RacingFord25327running132
137Mike WallacePhoenix RacingChevrolet2530running124
1447Kelly BiresWood Brothers/JTG RacingFord2530running121
1556Danny O'Quinn Jr.Mac Hill MotorsportsChevrolet2530running118
1621Tim McCreadieRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2530running115
1771Ron Young [lower-alpha 1] RB1 MotorsportsChevrolet2534running67
1841Bryan ClausonChip Ganassi RacingDodge2530running109
1930Stanton BarrettSKI MotorsportsChevrolet2530running106
205Landon CassillHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2530running103
2110Brent ShermanBraun RacingToyota2530running100
2205Brett RoweDay Enterprise RacingFord2530running97
2325Richard JohnsTeam Rensi MotorsportsFord2530running94
249Chase MillerGillett Evernham MotorsportsDodge2530running91
2560Carl EdwardsRoush RacingFord2530running88
261Sterling MarlinPhoenix RacingChevrolet2530running85
2737John GrahamBaker Curb RacingFord2530running82
280Eric McClureD.D.L. MotorsportsChevrolet2530running79
2933Cale GaleKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet2520running76
3016Colin BraunRoush RacingFord2520running73
3128Robert Richardson Jr.Jay Robinson RacingChevrolet2510running70
3242Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi RacingDodge2500running67
3318Brad Coleman (R)Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet2400running64
3427Brad BakerBaker Curb RacingFord2390running61
3566Steve WallaceRusty Wallace Inc.Dodge2340parked58
3643Bobby East (i)Baker Curb RacingFord2240engine0
3777Brandon MillerKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet1900crash52
3835Bobby Hamilton Jr.Team Rensi MotorsportsFord1900running49
3940Matt CarterSpecialty RacingFord1290crash46
4036Jeremy ClementsMcGill MotorsportsChevrolet1000crash43
4164Chase AustinRusty Wallace Inc.Dodge860crash40
4214Kyle Krisiloff (R)Carl A. Haas MotorsportsFord470parked37
4372D. J. KenningtonMacDonald MotorsportsDodge440handling34
Official Race results

Notes

  1. Young was docked 50 driver points for illegal shock absorbers

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The 2009 Aaron's 312 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama on April 25, 2009. The race was the 18th iteration of the event and the 8th race of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Ryan Newman won the pole while Kyle Busch led the most laps. But it would be David Ragan who made a last lap pass against Newman and beat him by .030 seconds to score his first career Nationwide Series victory. But the race was most notable when Matt Kenseth flipped during the race.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Aaron's 312</span> Motor car race

The 2011 Aaron's 312 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama on April 16, 2011. The race was the 20th iteration of the event and the 7th race of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Elliott Sadler won the pole while Trevor Bayne led the most laps as the race saw the most lead changes in a Nationwide Series race at Talladega at 56 while also being the longest running Nationwide Series race at Talladega distance wise until 2022 which tied it. But it was Kyle Busch who would be the last lead change of the race and won the race after a big crash occurred on the final lap that saw a car flip over. It would be Busch's first win at Talladega in the Nationwide Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Indiana 250</span> Motor car race

The 2012 Indiana 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on July 28, 2012. The race was the first ever race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Nationwide Series. It was also the 19th race of the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Kasey Kahne won the pole for the race while Kyle Busch led the most laps. But it was Brad Keselowski who would win the first ever Nationwide Series race at Indianapolis where his owner Roger Penske has 15 Indianapolis 500 wins as an owner at the time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Scotts Turf Builder 300</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Scotts Turf Builder 300 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on March 20, 2010. The race was 28th iteration of the event and the 4th race of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. The event was dominated by Penske Racing as Brad Keselowski won the pole and led the most laps. But it was Justin Allgaier who would hold off Cup Series regulars like Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, and Greg Biffle to win his first career Nationwide Series race in his 43rd Nationwide Series start.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Food City 250</span> Motor car race

The 2010 Food City 250 was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on August 20, 2010. The race was the 29th iteration of the event and the 24th race of the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. Elliott Sadler won the pole but it would be Kyle Busch who would dominate the race, leading the most laps and winning the race after he spun Brad Keselowski for the lead.

References

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  2. "Reutimann wins Busch race" . Retrieved October 28, 2007.
  3. Wade, Kelly (2020-12-15). "Can't Help Falling In Love With Memphis International Raceway". WinLightNews.com. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. "Reutimann wins Busch fender-bender fest at Memphis" . Retrieved October 28, 2007.
  5. "Busch Series Breakdown: 2007 Sam's Town 250 at Memphis". 27 October 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
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