"Bazemore put up a good fight and as far as I'm concerned, he's a champion, too."
-- T. Pedregon in a TV interview after clinching his first NHRA POWERade Funny Car championship

"It's a great feeling. Whether it's as a driver or as a car owner, a championship is what you race for." -- Force, owner of T. Pedregon's team, after his teammate ended his streak of 10 straight championships

PRO STOCK

"Any time you get above the 16th guy here in Pro Stock you have to smile a little bit."
-- Allen Johnson on sitting 11th after the first day of qualifying, but before being bumped to 19th when qualifying finished

"I think if there was a chuck wagon in the other lane, it would probably have out sixty-footed us this weekend." -- Warren Johnson after suffering a rare DNQ

"We just did not have what it takes today." -- Mark Whisnant after a disappointing weekend that left him 23rd after qualifying concluded

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"I think we could have improved in that last session, but made a simple mistake." -- Gene Wilson after a cockpit malfunction aborted his final qualifying pass, though he still qualified 14th

"We are glad we can come out and play here on Sunday." -- Jim Yates on qualifying seventh, after not making the field in Las Vegas last year

"I knew that we were on a good run the second I went past the 330-foot clock." -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. after qualifying fifth with a 6.887 at 199.82 mph.

"Unfortunately, it's hard to be too happy considering the problems Dad had on his car. It brings everybody down on both teams." -- Kurt Johnson on qualifying third, while his father, Warren, failed to make the cut

"This proves that you can run a two car team successfully." -- Greg Anderson on winning his 13 top-qualifier award this season with a track-record 6.866, and teammate Jason Line qualifying second at 6.882

"The car launched pretty good from the line and then went into tire shake. I had a hard time seeing and was forced to shut off." -- Troy Coughlin on his first-round loss to Taylor Lastor

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"We missed another opportunity because some of the drivers ahead of us went out and we didn't take advantage of it. Every time we get a chance to do something like this, we trip over our own feet." -- Yates after losing to Larry Morgan in round one

"This is the last race I can compete at and still be eligible for the rookie of the year title next season." -- Line after losing to K. Johnson in the semis

"It just seemed like all weekend long, both in qualifying and eliminations, no matter what lane I was in, the other one was a little bit better." -- K. Johnson after losing in the final to close friend and former teammate Anderson

"Today it is good to be Greg Anderson." -- Anderson after tying Darrell Alderman's record of 11 event wins in a season and resetting the most-round-wins-in-a-season record to 63 with one race remaining