le Jarrett">Dale Jarrett</a>, ironically a teammate at <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Waltrip_Racing" title="Michael Waltrip Racing">Michael Waltrip Racing</a>, used a past champion's provisional, bumping Waltrip from the field.</li>
<li>Also missing from the field was <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Vickers" title="Brian Vickers">Brian Vickers</a>, who had been the most recent race winner at Talladega prior to this, at the <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_NASCAR" title="2006 in NAS