"We've got to quit doing this, it's killing me." -- Scott Weis on getting into the show (14th) with his last qualifying attempt

"The car just kept pulling all the way down the track. It's like someone winds you up in a rubber band and then lets you loose." -- Rod Fuller after running a career-best 4.593 and qualifying 15th in the quickest Top Fuel field ever assembled

"I just got lucky on that run." -- Clay Millican on his holeshot win over Doug Kalitta in the opening round

"We tried to step it up too much. We gave it too much motor and clutch and it didn't want both." -- Don Bender, assistant crew chief for Dixon, on going up in smoke against Scott Kalitta in round two

"We thought the track could hold what we were putting into the tune-up, but I guess not." -- Brandon Bernstein on losing traction against Lucas in round two

"It was definitely driver error. I actually got into the throttle too early and tried to compensate and I threw off the timers." -- Schumacher explaining his tire-smoking loss to Doug Herbert in the second round

"Given us getting beat in the second round, that record doesn't mean very much right now." -- Schumacher again, on officially upping the national speed record to 334.65 mph

"I've never won here, so this is special. Dad (crew chief Connie Kalitta) won here way back in 1967, so it's been a long time since we've celebrated here. It's a great time and I'm having fun. If we weren't enjoying ourselves, we wouldn't do it. We certainly don't have to race. We want to race. And when you race, you want to win." -- Scott Kalitta after defeating Herbert in the final round (Zak Hawthorne photo)

FUNNY CAR

"At some point during the run, a strut broke and shoved itself through the body, laying the parachute levers over. I knew something was wrong the first time I went to hit the levers. Normally, there are two levers there - primary and the backup. I only felt one when I made the initial hit. I went back and took another swing at it, and it wasn't there. The one that was there didn't feel right. And in the half seconds that are going by, you're traveling hundreds of feet.

"The third time I went to hit them, I had a pretty good idea where I was at and knew I was in trouble. At that point, I didn't want to release the brake and slow it down. I did scrub some speed off before I hit the sand, so it could have been worse. It's pretty slushy down at the end of the track from the rain and I guess they put a lot more sand out there as well. It was a mess, but it actually looked worse than it really was. I think that car will live to see a quite a few more days." -- Tony Pedregon on his messy ride into the sand trap after stealing the number-one qualifying spot with a track record 4.681-second pass (Zak Hawthorne photo)