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.

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. 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 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 (R) denotes rookie driver (i) denotes driver is ineligible for points #DriverTeamMake 0 Eric McClure D.D.L. Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Kertus Davis D.D.L. Motorsports Chevrolet 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 Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Miller Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 Brent Sherman Braun Racing Toyota 11 Jason Keller CJM Racing Chevrolet 12 Marc Mitchell CJM Racing Chevrolet 14 Kyle Krisiloff (R) Carl A. Haas Motorsports Ford 16 Colin Braun Roush Racing Ford 18 Brad Coleman (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 Casey Atwood Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 21 Tim McCreadie Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Mike Bliss Fitz Racing Dodge 25 Richard Johns Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 26 Kenny Wallace Roush Racing Ford 27 Brad Baker Baker Curb Racing Ford 28 Robert Richardson Jr. Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 29 Scott Wimmer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 Stanton Barrett SKI Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Cale Gale Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 36 Jeremy Clements McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 37 John Graham Baker Curb Racing Ford 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 40 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford 41 Bryan Clauson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 42 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 43 Bobby East (i) Baker Curb Racing Ford 44 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 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 Racing Ford 60 Matt McCall Roush Racing Ford 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 ToyotaOfficial Entry list

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

Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 59 Marcos Ambrose (R) Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 22.901 117.899 2 99 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 22.933 117.734 3 42 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 23.013 117.325 4 38 Jason Leffler Braun Racing Toyota 23.063 117.071 5 11 Jason Keller CJM Racing Chevrolet 23.089 116.939 6 18 Brad Coleman (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 23.103 116.868 7 1 Sterling Marlin Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 23.118 116.792 8 43 Bobby East (i) Baker Curb Racing Ford 23.128 116.742 9 30 Stanton Barrett SKI Motorsports Chevrolet 23.143 116.666 10 20 J. J. Yeley** *** Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 23.156 116.600 11 7 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 23.157 116.595 12 29 Scott Wimmer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.163 116.565 13 66 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 23.185 116.455 14 26 Jamie McMurray** *** Roush Racing Ford 23.188 116.440 15 16 Colin Braun Roush Racing Ford 23.219 116.284 16 22 Mike Bliss Fitz Racing Dodge 23.236 116.199 17 47 Kelly Bires Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 23.285 115.954 18 90 Stephen Leicht Robert Yates Racing Ford 23.313 115.815 19 33 Cale Gale Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 23.319 115.785 20 5 Landon Cassill Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.329 115.736 21 72 D. J. Kennington MacDonald Motorsports Dodge 23.331 115.726 22 41 Bryan Clauson Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 23.339 115.686 23 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 23.346 115.652 24 25 Richard Johns Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 23.346 115.652 25 88 Brad Keselowski (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 23.390 115.434 26 6 David Ragan (R)** *** Roush Racing Ford 23.399 115.390 27 71 Ron Young RB1 Motorsports Chevrolet 23.408 115.345 28 77 Brandon Miller Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 23.438 115.198 29 14 Kyle Krisiloff (R) Carl A. Haas Motorsports Ford 23.439 115.193 30 56 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 23.451 115.134 31 40 Matt Carter Specialty Racing Ford 23.457 115.104 32 10 Brent Sherman Braun Racing Toyota 23.463 115.075 33 05 Brett Rowe Day Enterprise Racing Ford 23.482 114.982 34 0 Eric McClure D.D.L. Motorsports Chevrolet 23.509 114.850 35 27 Brad Baker Baker Curb Racing Ford 23.529 114.752 36 49 Brian Keselowski Whitney Motorsports Dodge 23.567 114.567 37 21 Tim McCreadie Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.645 114.189 38 9 Chase Miller Gillett Evernham Motorsports Dodge 23.730 113.780 39 60 Carl Edwards** *** Roush Racing Ford 23.823 113.336 40 36 Jeremy Clements* McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 23.963 112.674 41 37 John Graham* Baker Curb Racing Ford 24.198 111.579 42 28 Robert Richardson Jr.* Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet 24.544 110.007 43 64 Chase Austin Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 23.607 114.373Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes 44 01 Kertus Davis D.D.L. Motorsports Chevrolet 23.663 114.102 45 54 Carl Long Fridel-Carter Motorsports Dodge 23.686 113.991 46 89 Morgan Shepherd Faith Motorsports Dodge 23.737 113.746 47 12 Marc Mitchell CJM Racing Chevrolet 23.877 113.080 48 44 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 23.897 112.985 49 52 Chris Lawson Means Racing Ford 24.344 110.910 DC 6 Auggie Vidovich Roush Racing Ford — — DC 20 Casey Atwood Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet — — DC 26 Kenny Wallace Roush Racing Ford — — DC 60 Matt McCall Roush Racing Ford — —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