“Half of the battle's over with, and now we have
to go win the war.” -- Mike
Edwards after running an identical 6.743-secs E.T. as W.
Johnson, but being relegated to third due to his slightly
slower speed of 204.39 mph
“It's all about getting the power to the ground,
and I think we're getting a handle on it.” --
Kurt Johnson after qualifying fourth
"We may have qualified 16th, but we're still racing
on Sunday and that's what matters most."
-- Erica Enders after becoming only the fourth female to
ever qualify for a Pro Stock field and the first in 13 years
"What a bummer." -- Kenny
Koretsky on finishing 17th after four rounds of qualifying
and missing the raceday field by just two-thousandths of
a second
"I don't want to put a negative on it and say that
we didn't think we would qualify No. 1, but to do it as
quickly as we have is definitely a surprise.” --
Richie Stevens after posting a career-best 6.735 at 205.35
mph and setting both ends of the track records in the process
"It was exciting making the show, now I want to know
what it's like to win.” --
Enders after Stevens put her out in the first round
"From third gear on the car was loose. I managed to
make it close, but in this game, close isn't good enough.”
-- Dave Connolly after his opening-round
loss to Ron Krisher
"I have never had a bearing fail in the rear end of
a race car, which is what happened today.”
-- WJ on suddenly slowing before half track and handing
an almost certain win in round two to Krisher
"We
just never really seemed to get a handle on this racetrack.
Last year we almost always had a handle on the track. But
we'll be back. Don't count us out yet.” --
Greg Anderson after dropping his first-round match against
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
“It just blew the tires off down there when I let
the clutch out. It never really connected to the surface.
It was loose pretty much the whole way down. We never got
a good baseline start, so it was just junk right from the
hit.” -- Stevens on his second-round
loss to teammate Coughlin Jr.
"It looks like we dropped a valve. We had a good enough
light that he couldn't outrun me. We could've beat him.
I don't like broken motors. That doesn't make me feel real
good.” -- Krisher after losing
to Allen Johnson in the final
“We've been dominated by Greg (Anderson) for the
last two years so the rest of us are pretty anxious to get
some wins ourselves. He's been two or three hundredths ahead
of everyone, but I don't think there were many races today
decided by more than a thousandth of a second. We'll probably
see 12 to 14 winners this year like we did in 2002."
-- A. Johnson on parity returning
to the Pro Stock ranks
"It's been awhile since Mopar has won a race in Pro
Stock so it's nice to put them back in the winner's circle."
-- Johnson again, on earning the
first Pro Stock win for Dodge since Larry Morgan did it
in 2002 at Sonoma
