"That wasn't a good way to end the season." --
Eddie Guarnaccia, crew chief for Koretsky, on their opening-round
loss to Rickie Smith
"We just got outrun, period. I needed a .010 light
at the tree and instead I had a .041 to his .022 and that
was all she wrote. I gave it up down low and we just never
recovered.” -- Coughlin Jr.
on his loss in round one to Mike Edwards
"That was not a great run. In fact, it was far from
it." -- David Connolly on
his losing effort against V. Gaines in round one
“I'm so happy right now, I guarantee I'm the luckiest guy in this whole
place. It's great to be a part of this team. I'm very fortunate." --
Jason Line not feeling too bad about losing to teammate Anderson in the final
round
“I can't remember coming to a racetrack before a
race on Sunday feeling so good and feeling so happy. No
matter what happened, today was going to be wonderful.
Everything just went like clockwork. It was the easiest
race I've ever had for some reason. It was like it was
meant to be. That's the way to finish it off. It's a storybook
year." -- Anderson after beating
Line to earn his record-extending 15th race win this year
“The points deal is the big picture, but it's not
what I'm thinking when I come to a race. I'm thinking I'm
coming to win that race. That's the enjoyment for me. If
we win at the end of the day, I get excited. I don't care
if it's the 15th one or the first one.” --
Anderson again, on what drives him to excel
PRO STOCK BIKE
“The motor we were running in Las Vegas was a newer motor and it’s
just starting to get happy. It seems like they need about 10 laps to start really
coming around.” -- Joe Koenig, team manager for
Geno Scali, after Scali went 7.09 to qualify second after one session
"We have been inside this bike and checked everything
top to bottom many, many times, and there still was always
something that was just a little off. Instead of it being
something trick or electronic, it was as simple as our
air box being warped from the fire." --
Craig Treble explaining why his bike’s performance
had been off ever since he suffered a serious engine fire
at Denver in July
“I think we had more in our run today, but I short
shifted between third and fourth (gear). That means I didn't
let the engine wind up enough before I shifted. It could
have meant a difference of three or four hundredth." --
Chip Ellis, holding on to the top spot with a first-round
7.06, after his second qualifying attempt
"It was definitely tougher to get the bike to perform
today." -- Antron Brown on
the warmer, sunnier conditions on Friday over Thursday
"We improved; that's important. We can go into race
day now with a positive feeling." --
Angelle Savoie on moving from the sixth to fourth position
with her final qualifying pass
"Anytime you can be number one is awesome. It doesn't
matter whether it's NHRA or little league We're happy to
get it.” -- Ellis after going
a track record 7.024 on Saturday to secure the top qualifying
position
"Our 60-foot times were career best this weekend,
1.06s over and over, but we didn’t make the right
call on tuning and it killed our back half numbers." --
Treble after losing to Brown in round two
"After running so good in qualifying, the G2/S&S/Star
Racing Buell experienced battery, battery cart and wiring
problems after the opening round and the second round.
We got back on track in the semifinals only to lose a close
one to Angelle." -- George
Bryce, co-team owner for Ellis, on their narrow loss in
the semis to Savoie
"Angelle deserved this win." --
Brown, teammate to Savoie, after losing to her in the
final round
"I guess I have Antron's number or something." --
Savoie after leaving Brown at the start, then making
a quicker pass to win her class-leading fourth race in
2004
