"You can't keep a good team down. It was another rebound for the Berryman Products/CARQUEST dragster." -- Cory Mac on surviving a wheelstand in the first round against Mike Strasburg and a failed parachute in round two against Dixon before losing traction in his semi- final loss to Schumacher

"We are getting it figured out faster than anyone else." -- Schumacher on his team's quick adaptation to the new rules package after beating David Grubnic to secure his 5th event win this year

"They say to win championships you have to win all the ones you're supposed to win and half of the ones you're not. This was probably one that people will say we shouldn't have won." -- Schumacher again, on his team's reputation for running better at cooler temperatures

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"All the teams, including ours, have done a pretty good job of adapting the cars. The only bad thing, from my point of view, is that the cars are really slow. The premise of this sport has always been to go as fast as you can, as quick as you can. Now with these rule changes we have stepped back quite a ways in time. For me personally, I like going fast.

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It's not a macho thing. It's just when you've been 333 mph it's kind of hard to get excited." -- Whit Bazemore weighing in on the effect of the reduced nitro percentage

"We're back to where we were several years ago when NHRA lowered the amount of nitro to 90 percent from 100. I think every nitro crew chief will do the same thing -- increase the fuel volume and the blower overdrive." -- Richard Hogan, co-crew chief for Jerry Toliver, on the reduced nitro rule

"Of course 85 percent will be more crippling than 90 because, you know, even when we were unrestricted, a lot of times we only ran 92 or 93 (percent). We ran a lot of good runs at 93 percent and so we really only had to cut back three percent. Well, now we've got to cut back a full five and eventually you run out of blower. That, of course, was their intent. They want to slow us down and, well, I guess this is as good a way as any, but I'm a little concerned about how much you can back it up and (still have the engine) sound good to the crowd." -- Austin Coil, with a different perspective on dropping the nitro percentage

"We've had virtually no racing luck this season. We've seen other teams go out and win with six-second elapsed times while we're getting beat after running 4.80s and 4.90s." -- Jeff Arend on still looking for a first-round win this year

"This is a tough way to make a living." -- Tony Pedregon after squeaking in at 15th on the ladder with his last qualifying shot

"The conditions were very tough. Not just because of the extreme heat that we're dealing with, but the change to the 85-percent nitromethane has been a big challenge to the crew chiefs. It's kind of frustrating because we were running so well at 90 percent." -- Tommy Johnson Jr. after qualifying 14th

"Something weird happened on that last run. We had an oil leak, and since I was already in the show, I just shut it down. When you're in these cars, you have to make split-second decisions. It turned out to be a good one because you never know what could happen with 6,000- horsepower underneath you." -- Cruz Pedregon referring to the new 85% horsepower rating after qualifying 6th

"The track temperature was 141 degrees on that run. That was a damn good pass for those conditions." -- Tim Wilkerson on his 5.009-secs run, low E.T. of the final qualifying session