"We had been riding out a tune-up that we built over four years ago. When the rules changed, it was very hard on us. You have to consider that we had over 700 runs worth of

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data but from that point it all became useless. At the U.S. Nationals we finally hit on a nice setup that seems to be something the car likes. What's really encouraging is how quickly we've been able to put it all together. We worked on several things in testing at Indy including the clutch, the engine and the aerodynamics of the body. We wanted to make sure we had all the downforce we could possibly get out of the Monte Carlo. The new tires don't have the traction the old tires had and because of that we probably never took full advantage of the maximum downforce of the Chevrolet. We took a hard look at the body to take advantage of the Chevrolet's aerodynamics, and everything we could do, we did. It showed today."—Worsham on regaining the performance advantage he enjoyed in the early stages of 2004

"I also want to say something about the Goodyear tires. There's been a lot of comment lately about the tires, but today they were flawless. We put a lot of stress on them, and they carried us through the whole race. The tires were perfect."—Worsham again, after winning for the 4th time in four final-round appearances this year

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"If you stay in the groove at the Texas Motorplex, it is one of the best racetracks we run on all year. The only negative aspect of the all-concrete surface is how narrow the groove can be, but that’s why they put steering wheels in these race cars.”—Warren Johnson weighing in on the unique challenge of the Dallas strip

"We want to get to the track and let the clutch out. The new engine combination showed a lot of promise; we just need to get more runs on it."  -- Jim Yates on the new power combo he debuted with one qualifying pass at Reading before the race was postponed by rain

"The set-up will be the key, because even though the track looks good, there is a tendency to spin the tires. Therefore, the four-link, clutch, and shock set-ups will be critical.”—Kurt Johnson on the need to have your chassis sorted out at Dallas

"I've never had the horsepower I have now. I always felt that if I had equal power that I could run with the leaders."—Kenny Koretsky on the effect of his Larry Morgan-built engines

“Very rarely in my career have we run top speed at an event, so I think that effort there shows we're on to something.”—Jeg Coughlin Jr. on securing his first number-one starting position this season with a run of 6.774 seconds at 204.35 mph that also reset both ends of the track records