"The weather changed and the sun caused a lot of problems for many teams including ours. You know, we ran pretty well in qualifying, now we just need that to transition over to race day." -- Ron Capps after losing to C. Pedregon in round one

"I almost pulled a Cory. I didn't know what was going on, but I saw him having trouble and I made the mistake of looking over there. When I looked back, I was nearing the center line and yanked it back. It didn't come back, so I lifted and hit the parachutes. It was very close down there." -- Worsham on nearly crossing the center line after Wilkerson DNQ'd with a redlight start in round one, and referring to his former teammate Cory Lee, who had the 2003 Auto Club Finals won when Worsham red-lit, but then crossed the center line to hand the even title back to Worsham

"I just did my normal deal at the starting line. I really thought I saw the yellow flash and so I stabbed the gas. Of course, I'm kicking myself about it, but there's not much I can do now. It was just a dumb move."—Wilkerson on leaving too soon in round one

"We went up there against Force just looking to get down the track and run a mid-4.90 and let him make a mistake. But he didn't make a mistake, he ran low e.t. and top speed of the first round."—Arend on what it's really like to race against the 12-time season champion

"Sometimes these cars have a tendency to get a little unpredictable."—T. Pedregon after going up in smoke against Burkart in the opening round

"It didn't spin the tires. We just got outrun. We had a tiny holeshot advantage. Del is a very tough competitor and you're going to beat that team sometimes, but because they're really good, sometimes they're going to beat you, and that's how it went today."—Whit Bazemore on his loss in the second round to Worsham

"We didn't do the job in qualifying. We wound up eighth and it put us behind for the whole race."—Gary Densham after losing to teammate Force in round two

"I knew Worsham would be good on the lights, and I was armed up. Apparently, I was too up. I need to calm down. We're going to test (Monday) and I'm going to fix it."—Force on leaving WAY too early in the semis

"I have more respect for John than just about anyone. But you have to race the guy, and you have to make him beat you. I tried to mess with his routine a little, and I know our consistency was in his head. Maybe he felt he really needed to weld me at the line to win, or maybe he just blinked, but we got him."—Worsham on immediately following Force into the staging beams

"If I had to do it over again—and I had a pretty good day of reaction times—I had a little trouble seeing the light in the final because of the sun. I actually started to anticipate the light a little bit. I kind of caught myself, relaxed for a split second, and had a little slower reaction time (.097). It wasn't terrible considering what happened. If Del would of bobbled at all, we would have had it."—C. Pedrgon on coming up less than a car's length short of winning against Worsham in the final