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PRO STOCK
“I don’t know what I’m doing,
but I’m doing something wrong because
my lights aren’t as good as they should
be. You can give up a lot of ground at the
starting line if you’re not ready.” —Kenny
Koretsky on the need to improve his reaction
times
“Our fortunes have been such this season
that sometimes I think we have Murphy on our
payroll.” —Warren
Johnson on the disappointing results he’s
had in 2004 -- and before failing to qualify
at the Brainerd event
“Although it will be nice to have some
family and friends in the stands cheering for
us, we’re not here for a reunion. We’re
here to win.” —Kurt
Johnson, born and bred in Minnesota, on his
mission at Brainerd
“Racing Greg is a lot better than not
racing anyone at all and sitting home Sunday
with nothing to do.” —Jim
Yates on qualifying 16th, but having to face
Greg Anderson in round one
“We’re making good runs to the
sixty-foot mark, but it goes downhill from
there, which tells me it’s a power issue.
Unfortunately, some of the pieces that have
looked good on the dyno have just not performed
as well on the racetrack.” —K.
Johnson on why he was starting from the 13th
position
“I got him off the starting line, but
he just cruised around us with the horsepower
he has.” —Yates
on falling to Anderson in round one
“It was unbelievable that we’d
break two rocker arms on the run we needed
to get into the top 10 (in points). I left
first, but when I put the car into third gear,
it sounded like the ignition broke, so I shut
it off immediately. I didn’t know what
happened.” —Koretsky
on his loss to K. Johnson in round one
“They say football is a game of inches.
Well, Pro Stock drag racing is a game of money
and horsepower, and right now we’re a
little bit short in both areas.” —Mark
Pawuk after losing to Jason Line in the first
round
“We need more horsepower, plain and
simple. Right now we’re one or two mph
behind the leaders so that tells me we need
more horses.” —Jeg
Coughlin Jr. after losing in the second round
to Anderson
“When I let the clutch out, I thought
I had a great light, and even worried about
going red. However, we’ve got the clutch
set to where it will spin the tires properly
in low gear and make better overall runs. Unfortunately,
that makes it hard to cut a good light. Even
so, I had my best light of the weekend and
came up three thousandths short. Basically,
it was an All-American drag race that we happened
not to win.” —K.J.
on losing to Bruce Allen in the second round
“To beat Greg, and on top of that to
drive around him, makes this very special.
He’s the guy right now, and any time
you race him you have to be totally on your
game. You have to be perfect. Even right there
he left on me. He just picked the wrong lane,
I think.” —David
Connolly on winning the final against Anderson
“The thing is those other finals got
me used to this because the nervousness was
gone this time. I just wanted to win so bad.” —Connolly
again, on winning in his 5th final-round appearance
this year
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“We’ve been raising the bar, performance
wise, with each race.” —Angelle
Savoie on her resurgence in the points and
winning the previous race at Sonoma, CA
“We’re still a championship team;
we just needed more laps. I think we are on
the track to getting our consistency back.” —Geno
Scali, the defending class champion, on still
seeking his first win in 2004
“I’m really disappointed with
how things turned out for us this weekend.” —Connie
Cohen on suffering mechanical failure and failing
to qualify
“We’ve been running so strong
of late that this is just another example of
what this team can do.” —Antron
Brown after qualifying on top with a track
record-setting 7.091-second pass at 187.52
mph
“We were confident in our set-up from
Friday so we changed motors and went in a new
direction on the Saturday passes.” —Craig
Treble after qualifying 3rd
“I started moving towards the center
line and I just couldn’t bring it back.” —Savoie
on having to back out of it in the final against
Treble
“Truthfully, we had a few stumbles today,
but we went the whole mile and that’s
what matters.” —Treble
after winning his first event this season in
his 4th final-round appearance 
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