PRO STOCK

“The racing surface should be pretty good, having been resurfaced, ground and fluffed and buffed, but a lot will depend on the track preparation.” —Kurt Johnson on the potential for good times at Memphis

“Other than the sun not being on the track, the Pro Stock cars, that don’t have the luxury of the liquid dynamite or belt-driven tunnel ram that the fuel cars enjoy, will have to make the best of whatever air is there.” —Warren Johnson on the effect that racing at night has on his engine’s performance

“It’s pretty neat to be the last driver introduced [during pre-race ceremonies]. That’s something I hadn’t done before.” —Dave Connolly after qualifying on top with a 6.777-second pass

“Our last run wasn’t our quickest, but it was our prettiest.” —Jim Yates on the 6.826 he ran in Saturday night qualifying to put him 15th in the field

“We ran quicker every run, but we lost some horsepower somewhere, which you can see from our speeds. ‘Speeds.’ I’m laughing, but not really. We didn’t top 200 miles per hour once, and that’s all you need to see to know we’re down on power. We made some major changes in our engine department personnel in the last week, and it’s going to take some time for the new group to completely jell.” —Mark Pawuk on missing the cut in qualifying

“The first 300 feet were good, but the rest of the way wasn’t.” —Yates on his first-round loss to Jeg Coughlin

“I missed the lights a little and the car spun the tires as soon as I let the clutch out. We made a horrible run. In fact, that might be one of the worst runs we’ve made all summer.”  -- Connolly on his final-round loss to Jason Line

“David and his team are doing a good job and I have a lot of respect for them. There were a lot of teams that did some complaining and whining at us earlier in the year, but they didn’t. They went to work and they’re getting their reward for that.” —Line on his competition for the Memphis event title

“Personally, my goal was to make a final, and now this is our fifth final and third win, so it’s beyond my wildest expectations. And I have a good teacher. I have the best Pro Stock driver in the pits parked next to me, so I have to learn at least by osmosis just from him being there. It’s been the perfect situation for me as a rookie.” —Line on his good fortune to be paired with class terror Greg Anderson

“We put him back in his old car, and he just seems more comfortable. It’s like an old shoe, if it fits, it fits.” —Anderson on what may have been the deciding factor in Line’s latest victory