"The car actually had a .839 sixty-foot time which is one of the best we've had, so it was on a good run. Of course you've got to be able to maintain that performance for the entire quarter-mile and we didn't, so that's why Morgan beat me.” — Jack Beckman on his opening-round loss to Morgan Lucas

“I did my best trying to get it to recover, but it wasn’t quite good enough. Next time I’ll try to be more patient with it.” — Lucas on losing a second-round pedalfest against Schumacher

"The steering wheel came off and all I could do was sit there. The car was still moving pretty quick when the steering wheel came off, so it hit the wall and we just tore up some pieces. We had to change a lot of parts and I think that threw us off a little for the final round." — Herbert on the thrash his team completed after he bounced off the wall twice in going 5.237 at 253.14 to beat Fuller in the semis

“We’ve got a lot a stuff going on with the crew, but we’re sticking together and that’s what it is all about.” — Jim Dupuy, crew chief for Lucas, after their early exit

"We're going full-time next year and we hope to be a contender. I think we're showing what we're capable of but I have to admit that I'm still learning a lot. I've been racing for years, but a Top Fuel dragster, especially one as quick as this one, is a real handful and I'm certainly soaking up the experience." — Fuller after falling to Herbert in the semis

"For the first hour or two after you lose you're bummed out, but when you look back at the weekend as a whole, we made huge strides in qualifying, made it to the semis and, unfortunately, we lost.” — Troxel after losing traction in the semis against Schumacher

FUNNY CAR

“You win with heart. There’s a young guy inside this old body and I found him today. I found the fountain of youth. I know my time’s running out. I’ve got five or six years good years left, but they’re wearing me down.” — John Force after racing unopposed to the win with the quickest time of the day (4.797 seconds), after final-round opponent Frank Pedregon broke on the line