“We should’ve been better than that.” -- Kenny Koretsky on his 14th-place starting position

“I let the clutch out a little early and turned it red. I didn’t do my job today.” -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. on his opening-round loss to Kurt Johnson

“In the first round we hurt the motor and didn’t realize it. We didn’t get a computer readout on it. Had we gotten that we would have noticed that we didn’t have any vacuum and that usually indicates that there’s a piston out of it. We didn’t run all so good. We kind of thought it was the run, so we left it as it was. Well, after I had done my burnout (in the

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second round) I only had five inches of vacuum. I told Paul (Yates, acting crew chief this weekend while Bob Glidden was absent) on the radio I knew we were wounded. We just got caught with our pants down and without the computer that we rely on so much, that’s what happened to us.” -- Larry Morgan explaining his second-round loss to Line

“It was a good drag race that just didn’t go our way.” -- KJ on losing the final to Line

“The biggest surprise of the day is Greg losing in the first round, not so much me winning.” -- Line on team owner Anderson’s early exit from competition

“I did get to tell dad, ‘Happy Father’s Day’ on TV, so that was very cool.” -- Line on one of the bonuses after winning his second event in his rookie year

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“It’s nice to be number one again. I’m getting used to these $1,000 checks every weekend (for top qualifiers).” -- Andrew Hines after qualifying on top for the fourth time in six races held for the bikes so far this season

“A lot of people doubted our new bike after qualifying … I didn’t listen. I truly believe that this bike is better than the other. It’s going to be quicker and faster.” -- Geno Scali on debuting his new Suzuki TL-1000 with a sixth-place qualifying effort

“This bike is much lighter so we are still learning where to put the extra weight.” -- Earl DeGlopper, crew chief for Scali on the challenges of tuning a new ride

“I was fortunate against Geno (Scali) in round two because as I left the starting line, one of my wheelie bar wheels came off and the bike took a hard turn to the right.” -- Craig Treble on a little unexpected excitement during his second-round win over defending class champion Scali

“I really thought we would get on a roll here today. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. I really think we’re right there, performance wise, but we just haven’t produced the results we want.” -- Angelle Savoie after being outrun by Steve Johnson in round two

“We were second-quickest of the second round today. I know that’s kind of like being a bridesmaid. In our case it was the wrong round to run Andrew (Hines) as he had the quickest e.t. of the round.” -- George Bryce, co-owner for Fred Collis, after their G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell came up short against Andrew Hines

“I would really like to be on a Harley myself, but until funding allows me to make a move like that, I will be doing my best with the two Suzukis I have right now. I have said the last few races they are about untouchable, and I gave it everything we had for the final.” -- Treble after finishing a distant runner-up to Hines and his H-D in the final round