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2007 AT&T 250

The 2007 AT&T 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race that took place on June 23, 2007. Held at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, the race was the 17th of 35 in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season. Aric Almirola of Joe Gibbs Racing was the listed winner of the race; Almirola qualified the car on pole position, though Gibbs intended to have NASCAR Nextel Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin run the race. The Cup Series was racing that weekend at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and Hamlin could not make it from Sonoma to the track in time for the start of the race. Almirola was thus forced to start the race and ran the first 59 laps before he was pulled out of the car under caution; Hamlin finished the race and came from behind to win after losing a lap to the leaders during the driver change. NASCAR rules state that the driver who starts the race gets credit for the result, making Almirola the official race winner. The driver change frustrated Almirola, who proceeded to leave the track before the race ended. (Full article...)

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Main editors: Bcschneider53
Promoted: 10 May 2018
Reasons for nomination: 11-year anniversary of the race.
Support as nominator. Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:14, 10 May 2018 (UTC){{subst:TFAR bottom|passed=no}}[reply]