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"It's real depressing to lose a tight race
like that." -- Dixon
on his narrow loss to Schumacher in round two
"I don't know what's worse, losing this way
or with a red light." --
Bernstein on falling to a holeshot by Scott
Kalitta in the semis
 "He
started running me down about half track and
that was it." -- Schumacher
on losing to S. Kalitta in the final despite
leaving first off the start
"This is the first win for [sponsor] Jesse
(James). You know, he's used to being on top
and let's just say he's given me lots of words
of encouragement lately." --
S. Kalitta after going to the winner's circle
himself for the first time since 1997 (he took
a combined four years off since that season,
but returned to regular action nearly a year
ago)
"I'm glad we broke out the new tire here because
you don't have much downforce coming into play
at altitude. This was probably the best place
we could have made the switch." --
S. Kalitta again, on the equalizing effect of
Bandimere Speedway
FUNNY CAR
"Driving a Funny Car sort of takes your breath
away, but at Bandimere where there isn't much
air to begin with, it really knocks the wind
out of you." -- Tim
Wilkerson on the physical demand of racing at
high altitude
"One of the oddest things about drag racing
is how much we work for the little amount of
actual driving we do. On Sunday night, especially
if you made it all the way to the final, you're
just exhausted as a driver and your crew guys
are about to drop. All for four laps down the
track in about six hours. That usually adds
up to less than 20-seconds of racing on Sunday.
It's a good thing we don't have to go any further
than that, because it wipes you out." --
Phil Burkart Jr. on what he always hopes to
accomplish at every event
"We changed the center of gravity on the car
to try and keep the tire spin down so the car
wouldn't shake. It worked but, at the same time,
it created another problem. The car wants to
hike up the front end, and that's not good.
But we've addressed that by putting more weight
on. Shake has been the problem. Getting past
the starting line Christmas tree has been a
problem. If we can get the car to go consistently
by the tree, we can solve the other problems."
-- Jerry Toliver on
the handling problems that have plagued his
team lately
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