PRO STOCK

"Three-thousandths of a second; three-thousandths of a second." -- Jim Yates on missing the 16-car field by just that much

"We don't want to make any excuses because we ought to get it in there anyway." -- Darrell Alderman after winding up 22nd in qualifying

"We are working hard. Sometimes it seems like we are making head way, but today it does not feel that way." -- Mark Whisnant after qualifying 26th of 32 entries

"We need the motor to be running at 9,700 or 9,800 (rpm) to be competitive. We've been in the 9,300 to 9,400 range." -- Scott Geoffrion on his team's recent struggles before qualifying 14th

"We may have been consistent, but we are certainly not pleased." -- Warren Johnson on making three of his four qualifying attempts within five-thousandths of a second of each other, but ending up eighth on the raceday list

"We did what we need to do as team today and rebounded." -- Troy Coughlin on moving from outside the field after one day of qualifying up to seventh on the ladder

"This place is made for Pro Stock racing." -- Greg Anderson on the all-concrete Texas Motorplex surface after qualifying number one with a 6.826-secs pass at 203.11 mph

"We were actually lucky to make it to the starting line in time. When we started the car this morning, it was running on five cylinders." -- Warren Johnson on the last-minute thrash to replace his car's ignition system before facing off against Gene Wilson in round one

"Although a .044 light isn't bad, I certainly should have had a better light than that. I might have lost focus with the hassle of getting the car running." -- WJ again, after running 6.799 at 203.71 mph against Wilson, which turned out to be the quickest and fastest pass of the meet, but still came up short because of Wilson's perfect .000 reaction on the start

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"There are a bunch of other cars out here this weekend that went home early. I guarantee you that they would like to trade positions with us." -- Wilson after losing in round two to Anderson

"We might have made it look easy, but it wasn't, trust me." -- Anderson on clinching his first POWERade Pro Stock Championship merely by staging his car against Wilson

"There's not much you can say or do about five thousandths of a second. We had the clutch linkage stretched out and kept giving it more air gap, and it still reacted quicker. In addition, we ran a set of tires that we hadn't used since Denver, which I knew would really hook up in the second round. My reaction times usually improve in the second round, and I had an .020 in the first round, so maybe we should have left it alone. It's one of those things where you live by the sword and die by the sword." -- Kurt Johnson on losing with a redlight start against Allen Johnson in round two

"It was my own fault on that last one. I should have been a little more aggressive staging, but I will from now on." -- Larry Morgan after being automatically DQ'd from the second round against Jeg Coughlin Jr. for waiting too long to stage

"I'd rather be lucky than good on any day." -- Allen Johnson after advancing to the semis courtesy of redlight starts by Bruce Allen and Kurt Johnson, only to foul out himself against Anderson

"We were a threat all day and we look forward to continuing this trend for the rest of the year." -- Coughlin Jr. after redlighting away his chances in the final against Anderson

"The mind games are a big part of this deal and I want people thinking about us so much that they might screw up. It's already working. The iceman, Jeg Coughlin, just red-lighted against us and I think it was because the pressure got to him a little bit. The intimidation factor we've earned is already paying off." -- Anderson after winning his 10th race this year, just one short of Alderman's record