Crew chief Glidden (above, left) was harder on himself, "If we'd have done a better job out here we'd have won the race. I just missed the clutch first round and never did get close." Asked if a second team car would help or hurt his tuning effort, Glidden answered, "Right now we've got the two leased cars and that's a load. I've got to worry about all three of them; it's our stuff in those cars and I've got to go all over the pit area to keep track of them. If we had two cars within our pit area we'd be a lot better off."

Winner Greg Anderson commented on Glidden's presence, "You're damn right I think about him, how great he is, all the wins, all the championships. He's going to make Larry a winner. I hope I can hold them off, they are scratching on the door that's for darn sure." Anderson was proud to win with his new car and new sponsor Summit Racing onboard. "You know they've never had much success; they don't know how to act."

Tony Schumacher had problems during his qualifying session with the newly mandated roll bar shields. During the run, the negative airspace behind Tony's helmet forced his head forward and made vision over the cowl very difficult, but prior to eliminations a large hole-saw cleared up the problem.

The Top Fuel final found two-time Championship winner Scott Kalitta driving the Jesse James MAC Tools dragster against the U.S. Army car of Tony Schumacher. Tony had the edge off the line, but the old master, Connie Kalitta, tuned son Scott to the 4.747/313.58 win over Schumacher's 4.814 on the 107-degree racing surface.