"I think both lanes are equal. And that's what we're concerned about is equal racing, with no lanes being a problem. I think they've done that. I commend them on the race track." -- Gary Scelzi after securing the number-four starting position

"We can race down a dirt road, but for the good of the sport it's an issue that needed to be addressed and they finally addressed it and it's a step in the right direction." -- Bazemore on the resurfacing of the Seattle strip that he's been critical of since 1997

"I am truly and sincerely depressed. You know, you do your best out here and your team does their best, and what you end up with sometimes isn't what you were shooting for. After the fact, we wish we could have declined the run like a football team can decline a penalty." -- Phil Burkart on moving up to the 8th spot in the last qualifying session -- which lined him up against teammate Del Worsham for round one on Sunday

"We had a really good hot weather tune-up ready for today, but the weather cooled off dramatically on Sunday and that tossed our set up out the window. I left the starting line first on Densham but the CMKXtreme Machine started pulling toward the left and when I saw he was pulling away I decided to lift and save some parts." -- Arend on nearly crossing the center line in round one against Gary Densham

"I'm a little disappointed in the way I staged the car. It was just a little driver error. We live in a world of tenths, and thousandths of a second, and that's what often determines the

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outcome of a close race. At this point, my responsibility is to locate and understand what I did wrong. My mental preparation will definitely be better for Sonoma." -- T. Pedregon referring to the next stop on the schedule after losing via a holeshot to Eric Medlen

"When I hit the throttle it took off and started fading right. I turned the wheel all the way, but the front tires were dancing and it wouldn't come back. Finally, the rear tires got out of the groove enough to spin, and when that happened the front tires came back down and the car made a huge move to the left, since I had the wheel turned that way. It was pretty violent in there, and I'm glad I got it back under control." -- Burkart describing his wild first-round ride against teammate Worsham

"What we did the past two days gave us enough data on the 85-percent rule. I think we're making gains, as you can see. You can only take it one run at a time. You can try to rush the progress, but I think if you do that you can get even further behind." -- Roland Leong, crew chief for Ron Capps, after Capps made his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend in a close first-round loss to Bazemore

"Every lap we went faster and faster. [Crew chief Terry] Manzer makes it fun to race with and gives me a good car to drive. I don't have to worry about being on fire and every time I tell him the car does something, he looks into it and figures out how to fix it to make it even better." -- Terry Haddock after his first-round exit, courtesy of Force

"You live by the sword; you die by the sword. We beat Tony in round one on a holeshot and we lost to Whit (Bazemore) the next round the same way. But I think I'm getting better and I know we've got a great car." -- Medlen assessing his outing after qualifying number two behind team owner Force

"Once both cars spun the tires, it was just up for grabs and he got us." -- Worsham on falling to Force in a round-two smokefest

"The car just got out of the groove in the second round and by the time I muscled it back he was gone." -- Densham on his loss to Gary Scelzi