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2007 Sam's Town 250

Location	Memphis Motorsports Park
Date	September 27, 2007
Laps	252 (due to caution on Lap 248)
Race winner	David Reutimann
Average speed
Pole sitter	Marcos Ambrose
Most Laps Led	David Reutimann
Television
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace and Randy LaJoie

The Sam's Town 250 for the 2007 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series season was held on September 27, 2007. The race was marred by 25 cautions, all for cars wrecking or blowing tires, a record for the 2007 season and at Memphis Motorsports Park, where the race was held. (The record for Busch Series cautions is 26, with the 1992 Mountain Dew 400 located at Hickory Motor Speedway.) Marcos Ambrose won his NASCAR pole and David Reutimann won his first race in 62 starts, leading 193 of the 252 laps. The race was televised on ESPN by Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace and Randy LaJoie, who cut-out of broadcasting during the post-race burnout by Reutimann due to time restrictions. The race marked the debuts of 18-year old driver Chase Austin, driving #64 for Rusty Wallace Racing and the second race for former IndyCar racer Dario Franchitti, who drove the #42 car for Chip Ganassi Racing The other importance of the race was Carl Edwards, the Busch Series point leader needed a difference of 585 points over Reutimann to clinch the final "Busch Series" championship that year. This did not occur after a spin occurred on Lap 252 battling Landon Cassill. He would go on to clinch the championship at Texas Motor Speedway, which hosted the next race.

List of cautions

#	Laps of caution	Incident	Leader at restart
1	7–15	D. J. Kennington (#72) spins on the front-stretch and gets stuck in the infield grass.	David Reutimann (#99)
2	16–20	Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#35) was spun out when Kyle Krisiloff (#14) touches the back of Robert Richardson Jr. (#28), who gets into Hamilton.
3	39–44	Bryan Clausson (#41) spins out on the front-stretch after being bumped by Jamie McMurray (#26) in a traffic jam of cars.
4	44–51	Kyle Krisiloff is spun out and hits the wall after an intentional spin by Robert Richardson Jr. Richardson receives a two-lap penalty for the retaliating hit.	Ron Young (#71)
5	52–55	Ron Young is spun out from his second-place position by rookie Brad Coleman (#18) in turn four.	David Reutimann
6	59–64	John Graham (#37) spins out on the front-stretch.
7	73–78	Matt Carter (#40) spins out in turn four.
8	79–84	Chase Austin (#64) spins out of 19th position in turn two.
9	85–89	Chase Austin brings out the caution once again, crashing in turn three.
10	92–98	Ron Young is spun out on the backstretch. Chase Miller (#9) spins out as well after tagging Young.
11	99–103	Jeremy Clements (#36) is wrecked after being bumped by Brandon Miller (#77). During the caution, Clements retaliates and is penalized two laps by NASCAR for his actions.
12	103–108	Brad Keselowski (#88) turns Steven Wallace (#66) into the turn three wall. Keselowski is held a lap by NASCAR for rough driving.
13	108–113	Cars check up on the restart from the 12th caution and as a result, Landon Cassill (#5) is spun out by Jamie McMurray in turn one.
14	117–124	Brad Baker (#27) spins out in turn four. Brad Coleman is involved when he gets clipped.	Stephen Leicht (#90)
15	128–140	A major melee breaks out on the front-stretch, Ron Young and Brian Keselowski (#49) spin out in the infield grass. Points leader Carl Edwards hits the outside retaining wall. Sterling Marlin (#1) and Matt Carter are also collected with Edwards. On the way to pit road, Edwards spins in turn two on oil dropped by Carter. Red flag flown on Lap 133 to clean up the track after the front-stretch melee.
16	145–150	Kelly Bires (#47) spins around in the fourth turn.	Marcos Ambrose (#59)
17	160–169	Richard Johns (#25), Colin Braun (#16), and Brad Coleman get together in turn four after Johns caused congestion mid-pack. No caution is waved until Coleman, who has sparks flying out of the car blows a tire and goes into the wall.	Jason Keller (#11)
18	175–181	Mike Wallace (#7), Brad Keselowski, and Carl Edwards spin after Cale Gale (#33) spins Mike Wallace.	David Reutimann
19	183–188	Bobby East (#43) is spun around in turn four.
20	190–198	Brandon Miller is turned into the wall in turn three by Dario Franchitti (#42). NASCAR penalizes Franchitti one lap for rough driving, the fourth penalty of the race.
21	199–204	John Graham and Dario Franchitti get together in traffic on the third turn and spin. Richard Johns gets a clip of Franchitti's bumper.
22	207–211	Tim McCreadie (#21) spins out in turn three after going into the apron of the track.
23	219–223	Bobby East and Colin Braun collide in turn three and turn four after Ron Young and stacked up the field.
24	233–237	Steven Wallace spins out in turn three after being clipped by Brian Keselowski. Wallace retaliates and is parked by NASCAR, the last penalty of the race.
25	248–251	Brent Sherman (#10) spins out on the front-stretch, leading to a green-white-checkered finish.