PRO STOCK BIKE
"Just like a pitcher in Major League Baseball we had
to break out of a slump. The bike wasn't struggling, I was.
Drag racing is a very mental sport and for the last few
races my mental wasn't very good. But today we moved from
eighth to second and that just shows how valuable those
POWERade points are." -- Chip
Ellis after easily defeating a late-on-the-tree Geno Scali
in the final round
"I was certain we could improve from yesterday."
-- Antron Brown on jumping from
8th on Friday to 2nd for raceday
“We all miss the leadership
of Ken Johnson but I've got a great guy in Rick Maney filling
in for him. We're going after them tomorrow, one round at
a time. Hopefully, each round will be better than the last."
-- Ellis after qualifying 3rd, referring
to his crew chief being injured a week earlier in a non-racing
accident
"We'll be fine. As we all know, getting the job done
on race day is the priority." --
Angelle Sampey after dropping from 4th on Friday to 7th
at the conclusion of qualifying
"Going into the last qualifying session and needing
to put down a solid number is a tough position to be in.
Harry set a direction and we stuck to it, and it paid off
with our best run of the weekend." --
Craig Treble on breaking into the 11th slot with his final
pass at his first event with new partner Harry Lartique
"My .030 light wasn't bad, but Ryan slapped a .014
on me and that put him at the stripe first by .004 seconds,
that's a flat out good race.” --
Treble giving credit to first-round opponent Ryan Schnitz
"We all had to work together this weekend and whatever
we did, right or wrong, paid off. I never realized how much
Ken did 'til he wasn't here. It took four of us to replace
him.” -- George Smith, co-owner
of Ellis’ race-winning team, again referring to injured
crew chief Johnson
