"We're having some issues with this new tire and we're dealing with tire shake early. The sidewalls on the tires are stiffer and we went one way with the set up and feel like we need to go the other way now." -- Dickie Venables, crew chief for Tony Pedregon, after the defending series champion squeaked into the field in 16th place

"It blew the tires off at about 300 feet. I pedaled it once, but then had to give it up." -- Eric Medlen on his first-round exit against Capps

"To tell you the truth, it was so close I thought we won the race." -- Jeff Arend on losing to Tommy Johnson Jr. by just 9-thousandths in the first round

"To win a race you have to have all the cards go your way. They didn't go our way today."
-- Whit Bazemore on his opening-round loss to Del Worsham, due to a broken blower belt while he was leading

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"We just went through all that drama a week ago, having to race Whit in the first round for the points lead, but it's already obvious that the drama isn't as big this week. I'm going to guess that's because we just haven't run that well and maybe everyone expects us to go down easily. I can tell you this, I don't know if we'll win or lose, but we will not go down easily." -- Worsham before taking out Bazemore for the second- straight week in the opening round

"That's not the way we had it scripted." -- Gary Densham on his opening round loss to Bob Gilbertson

"We tried a little too hard racing against Ron (Capps). We changed our routine a little bit and we made a mistake. I double-stepped the throttle is what I did." -- Johnson Jr. on his second-round loss to teammate Capps

"Honestly, the track was a challenge, and we were just lucky some other teams had trouble with it, too." -- Worsham on his points chase after dropping his second round match against Cruz Pedregon

"People think because [crew chief] Roland (Leong) has been sitting at home on the couch that he's fallen out of the loop. I'm here to tell you that he's surprised a lot of people." -- Capps after falling in the semis to Force, on his team's improved performance since Leong returned to the fold

"Getting to the semi-finals is a great way to finish off this three-race swing. We can take this and capitalize on it for the rest of the year." -- Cruz Pedregon after rattling the tires in the semis against eventual race winner Scelzi

"It really felt like we had the right combination all weekend long and we were able to sustain a quality effort each time down the track." -- Scelzi after defeating a tire-smoking Force in the final round

PRO STOCK

"The biggest difference in this being a night race is that we get to sleep in a little." -- Kurt Johnson on the unique schedule at St. Louis

"The last couple of years I wouldn't have been very excited about this time of year because we had a suspect setup. Now I think we're better than that and I'm confident we can win a race or two." -- Bruce Allen on his resurgence as a contender in Pro Stock this season

"Every engine we've got for some reason is running slow on speed. We'll find out what's wrong with it. It's something in the car. We've tried three different motors. They all run decent, they just don't run any speed. Everything we got out here that we rent (to customers) runs a mile an hour more than we do." -- Larry Morgan complaining about his car's performance after qualifying 5th

"We are just making errors. Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and it will be our job as a team to make correct decisions and capitalize on what we can control. We know how to win and we just need to do it." -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. after qualifying 6th in what has been a frustrating year so far