"I started racing when they had wood-spoke wheels, I think.” -- W.J., 61, on surpassing Eddie Hill as the oldest pro class winner in NHRA history

"Given the fact that we seem to be relatively competitive right now, I honestly think we can pick up the pace significantly more in the next four or five races. And I look at this year being as good of a year as those years when I won the championships.” -- W. Johnson again, perhaps foreshadowing bad news for the rest of the class after scoring his 93rd career victory

"You all didn't listen; I said I wouldn't be driving the GM Performance Parts Pontiac Grand Am any more after this year. I didn't say anything about some other car. I might drive again next year. I'm still having fun. If I do it will be as part of a three-car team. We'll just have to see.” -- The Professor once more, hinting that school may not be out after all

"Unfortunately, we had some sort of a problem that caused the car to bog right at the start, almost as if it had no power. When I got to the end of the track, I figured it had run a 6.76 or .77, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it ran that 6.72. However, even though we improved, we know the potential was there to do even better, so we'll work on it tonight to find and fix whatever is wrong, and get after it tomorrow." -- Kurt Johnson on being 6th after his first pair of qualifying attempts

"We totally destroyed the clutch in Saturday's first run. The transition from an eight-inch to a six-inch clutch is tough. There's a stiff learning curve. Obviously we're still learning, but it's no different from any other team out here. We got behind this weekend and we didn't catch up." -- Eddie Guarnaccia, crew chief for Kenny Koretsky, after they missed the 16-car cut by just five-thousandths

"I cannot even believe that we're still in the field." -- Richie Stevens on being 16th, despite suffering either electrical or mechanical woes on each of his four qualifying passes

"I didn't even think I redlit. I didn't know I redlit until they told me on the radio. Until I went through to the finish line and didn't see the win light come on, I thought I had been either near perfect or really good at the light. I didn't see him (next to me), I didn't see him, and I thought we were going to the next round, but I beat myself. I had to go for a light. He went a 6.69 (ET) yesterday and we hadn't made a decent run all weekend. I didn't think I pushed it that hard, but I guess I did. That's the way it goes.” -- Stevens on leaving .024 too soon against WJ in round one

"I knew I had to leave on Jason at the line because they had the power advantage this weekend … I tried too hard and got the red light.” -- Erica Enders on leaving too soon against Jason Line in the first round

"It's hard to beat a .008-second light. I would have had to have a perfect light (.000) to even have a chance and although that's possible, it's not probable.” -- Jeg Coughlin on Line’s reaction time against him in the second round

"I kind of had to go for it there in the finals. We were at a little performance disadvantage today, and I had been close on the tree all day for some reason, so I didn't try to do anything different and it just came up red.” -- Jason Line on leaving with a -.008 light in the final against W. Johnson