PRO STOCK BIKE

"The CMKXtreme Pro Stock Bike is running like a 7.20 bracket bike." -- Connie Cohen after winding up 18th on the list with qualifying passes of 7.234, 7.248, 7.212, and 7.262

"Just awesome." -- Angelle Sampey on the track record-setting 7.055-secs pass that secured the number-one starting position for her

"I should have cut a better light. We needed to go rounds today and didn't." -- Sampey on losing to a holeshot by Mike Berry in round one

"I'm looking forward to putting the gloves on tomorrow. It's time to get it on." – Antron Brown after finishing qualifying in 3rd place

“The loss is no one's fault but my own. I should have had a better reaction time.” -- Andrew Hines on the dismal .209 reaction that cost him a first-round win over Karen Stoffer

"Going to the semi is a big boost, especially since I haven't been there for a while." -- G.T. Tonglet after joining his teammate Hines in losing to Stoffer

"We never underestimated Matte. We knew we needed a good number so we got a little aggressive with the tune-up. It spun hard off the line but we were able to hang on.” – Karen Stoffer on beating Kurt Matte in the final to defend her 2004 win at Houston

"If we could just talk the NHRA into running all 15 bike races here I'd be happy.” -- Stoffer once more, on both of her national event wins coming at the Houston strip

PRO MOD

"This is where we're supposed to be." -- Josh Hernandez on sitting 4th after two rounds of qualifying

“You couldn’t have scripted a better Cinderella story. I couldn’t be any happier than I am right now. This is a dream come true and I am very proud of what we accomplished today.” -- Hernandez on winning his career-first Pro Mod race at the same track where he had an accident during pre-season competition