The 2007 AT&T 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race that took place on June 23, 2007. Aric Almirola of Joe Gibbs Racing was the listed winner of the race. The race became controversial because of a driver change made by the No. 20 JGR team. Denny Hamlin finished the race and came from behind to win after losing a lap to the leaders during the driver change.
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The 2007 AT&T 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race that took place on June 23, 2007. It was the 17th of 35 races in the 2007 season. Aric Almirola of Joe Gibbs Racing was the listed winner of the race. Richard Childress Racing’s Scott Wimmer finished second, and Braun Racing’s Jason Leffler finished third. The race became controversial because of a driver change made by the No. 20 JGR team. Denny Hamlin finished the race and came from behind to win after losing a lap to the leaders during the driver change. Carl Edwards led the Drivers’ Championship entering the race with 2,534 points. Dave Blaney followed in second with 1,833, while Kevin Harvick was third with 1,.798. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers’ Championship with 115 points. Ford, Dodge, and Toyota followed with 109, 69, and 59 points, respectively. The defending race winner, Paul Menard, did not participate in the race because he did not win the previous two races at the Milwaukee Mile. The track itself was originally built as a horse racing track, and it later held its first automobile race in 1903, making it the oldest motor racing track in the United States. It returned to the schedule in 1993 and had been on the series calendar every year since then leading up to the 2007 edition of therace.
Four Wisconsin-born drivers entered the race hoping to continue the trend: Scott. Wimmer, Todd Kluever, Kelly Bires, and Frank Kreyer. The last two Busch series races at Milwaukee had been won by Johnny Sauter and Paul menard, both from Wisconsin. Jack Roush, owner of Edwards’ No. 60 car, led the Owners’ Championship, also with2,5 34 points. David Reutimann, Regan Smith, David Ragan, Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, Bobby Hamilton Jr., and Jason Leffler rounded out the top ten. Joe Gibbs’s No. 20, Childress’s no. 21, and DeLana Harvik’s No. 21, were the top-five teams in the standings. The No. 29 team, shared by Wimmer and Jeff Burton, finished in second, followed by Jeff Burton and Dez. Kvapil, Travis Kvilell, Travis Dapil and Erik Darnell. The top-10 teams were occupied by six different drivers. The winner of this year’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma, California, will be crowned the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion on July 1. The driver who starts the race gets credit for the result, making Almirola the official race winner. The win was the first of his BuschSeries career. The car was driven by Joe Gibbs, the owner of the JGR No. 20 team.
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