"Now, that was a ride, [but] no matter how good that felt to me, we still lost, and that's what counts." -- Rod Fuller on running a career best 4.560 at 327.51 mph in a losing effort against Schumacher in round two

"In qualifying I could catch every tire shake issue with the brake handle, but this time for some reason the last one caught me off guard.” – Morgan Lucas on losing traction about half-track in the semis against McClenathan

"An on-track incident is not the way I wanted to start this season." -- T.J. Zizzo on getting tangled up with Bobby Lagana Jr. as they were exiting the shut down lane following their first qualifying attempt, leaving both vehicles damaged

FUNNY CAR

“I can’t believe it. I couldn’t believe it when I was doing the clutch on John’s car. I thought I’d made it then, but to have an opportunity to drive a car of this caliber for a crew chief like Jimmy Prock, I’m just very lucky.” -- Hight on winning the first race of his career in just his fourth start

“Before the race John came to me and said, 'I want you to try your best to kick my butt. Come after me.' So that's what I did. I didn't even realize he didn't get down the track until later." -- Robert Hight on facing off against Force, his team owner and father-in-law, in the semis

“This whole day has been a blur. I tried to stay busy so I wouldn't get nervous or even think about where I was, but don't get me wrong, I was still plenty nervous. John did tell me how many finals he'd been to before he won (nine) and he told me he'd worry himself sick for no reason. He told me to just relax and race like it was any other round.” -- Hight again, on the advice he received from Force before scoring his breakthrough win

“Sometimes, something as small as a $20 switch can have major consequences and take all the other elements (of the car) down. It is very disappointing when you make it all the way up there and the engine does not start.” -- Tony Pedregon after electrical troubles prevented him from making his second qualifying attempt

"The track got tighter during the second run and we unleashed a few too many horses too early. We were a little too aggressive for the cooler air temperature and the high humidity. And we also were the first pair to go down the track.” -- T. Pedregon on losing traction in round two against Worsham

"I didn't know where he was, but the thought went through my head very quickly: I could hit the 'chutes and get it stopped, or I could point it straight and hope to coast through there. I got it across the finish line and he came barreling by me just a split second later, but we got the win light. For some reason we hung a valve open and that caused the backfire. The biggest problem was it damaged the body pretty badly. We had to swap out a lot of stuff between rounds." – Del Worsham on his second-round win over T. Pedregon despite banging the blower about half-track