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"Now do you understand why I wanted Jason on
this team?" -- Anderson
after losing to his teammate in the quickest
side-by-side pass in NHRA Pro Stock history.
Line established a new track-record e.t. of
6.669 seconds while Anderson went 6.681 with
a track-record top speed of 206.67 mph
"No one can ever accuse us of not racing. There
are no orders on this team. That just shows
what a classy guy Greg is. He's a great champion
and a true drag racer. He never said a word
except, 'good luck,' even though we all know
how much he wants to set that record." --
Line after winning the final and denying Anderson's
attempt for a 14th and single-season, record-setting
win.
PRO STOCK BIKE
 "My
job is to cut good lights, hit my shift points,
and make smooth, straight runs. If I can do
that with consistency, then I feel I've contributed
to the team effort."
-- Chip Ellis before the race, on his role with
the G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell team
"It was nice to get home for a while and sleep
in our own bed." --Connie
Cohen on the three-week rain delay with no races
for the bike class in between
"We finally feel like we have a handle on
the setup. It's a nice light frame that goes
really straight. I think this piece will pay
big dividends for us in the long run."
-- Geno Scali on the state-of-the-art PMFR chassis
he recently introduced to competition
"I thought we might have had a little more
than what we showed. My bike bogged a bit at
the hit of the throttle and it hurt us."
-- Antron Brown on being 3rd after Friday's
two qualifying passes
"We spent a lot of time preparing our new
trailer for this event and now we want to concentrate
on the bike." -- Cohen
after missing the cut in qualifying, on the
new 28-foot hauler her team debuted at Reading
"We ran our fastest of the four qualifying
runs Saturday morning, but our best pass was
the one right out of the trailer on Friday.
Considering the weather conditions on both days,
we needed to use our 7.141 second /185.64 mph
initial pass to use as a baseline with the better
air we were fortunate to have on Saturday."
-- Craig Treble on why fastest is not always
best after qualifying 8th
"We know this S&S Cycle engine can make this
bike go very fast if we can shift the gears.
It's not a transmission integrity issue either.
It's something in the linkage. Our primary plans
still remain the same and that is to go as fast
as we can and bring the package to market. But
to do that you must work out all the bugs before
putting it out on the market. Right now we are
working on debugging the entire package and
then we'll bring it to market." --
George Bryce, co-owner of Ellis' bike, on the
nagging shifter troubles that cost them a first-round
win against Chip Hunter
"I still believe the Matco Tools Suzuki should
be going faster that it is. The trick will be
to go through the electrical system and took
for anything that may be giving us a problem."
-- Treble after losing
to Brown in round two of eliminations
"I knew I needed a near perfect light to win.
I just anticipated the tree a little too much."
-- Scali after going red against Angelle Savoie
in the second round
"I left on Angelle at the starting line, but
she ran me down at the end. If you were a fan
here today, you saw one hell of a race."
-- Brown after losing in the final to teammate
Savoie
"I really didn't know I ran that well."
-- Savoie after making the second-quickest pass
in P/S Bike history (7.018 seconds) to win the
final round
"Anytime me and Antron get to race with the
trophy on the line it's all good. Last time
we raced for it all was in Sonoma and I got
to paint his fingernails because he lost the
bet. This time everyone better bring their cameras
to Las Vegas because he has to wear a little
Angelle shirt all weekend long. You'd think
he'd learn." -- Savoie
again, on the friendly rivalry she shares with
Brown
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