“I was on a great run the last session but we had an O-ring that blew out on the fuel pump, so we were kind of lucky that the thing didn't catch fire, to be honest with you. We feel like that was our lucky break of the weekend right there." -- Ron Capps after qualifying 12th

“We're just struggling. The car had trouble adapting to the conditions here and is not reacting to Lee's input consistently yet. We're working on it.” -- Whit Bazemore referring to crew chief Lee Beard after vaulting from the bump spot to 8th place in the last qualifying session

"Our car did pretty much what we wanted it to do, and it went right down there twice. We did switch bodies between today's runs, back to the Monte Carlo we ran at Pomona and Phoenix. We had a brand new one on the car yesterday and this morning, but at the top end of the first run today the hood cracked and that disrupted the airflow into the injector. We couldn't figure out why it slowed down at the top end; then we saw the crack running the width of the hood. The guys got to work fixing it, but finally my dad just thought it was best to bring back the other body and not thrash on this one.” -- Worsham on his progression to the 4th starting position

"Were trying to get on the right side of the tune-up and it's just not happening … I still feel going back to our old set up is going to be the better choice in the future; we just have to get to that spot where we know what we're doing. And so far, we're not there yet.” -- Tim Wilkerson on his struggles in qualifying before finally securing the 15th spot for raceday
"We're being aggressive trying to go fast and sometimes you overpower the track and spin the tires. I do not know if something happened mechanically, but I know my team was aiming for the first qualifying spot and sometimes, you just push a little too hard.” -- Cruz Pedregon on losing traction in his final qualifying pass

"On Friday, on that cold track, we could never get up enough early wheel speed to keep from shaking. Today, in the sun, we ended up with way more wheel speed than we've ever seen and we couldn't calm it down enough to get anywhere. For two runs we were way off the scale one way, and then for the last two runs we were way off the scale the other way. We never got it in the middle … It just never clicks in your head that you might not even get to race on Sunday. A lot of people have said this before, but I'll say it again. This is a very humbling sport.” -- Burkart, the points leader heading into Gainesville, on his uncharacteristic failure to qualify

"The car didn't respond to the changes that we made to counter the hotter conditions that we saw today." -- Johnson Jr. on his first-round loss to Jeff Arend

"It was great to win the first round, especially on a holeshot." -- Arend savoring the victory, his first elimination-round win since the start of last season