"It broke an air line in the clutch management system and so the car went right up in smoke." -- Bazemore on his second-round loss to Worsham

"Man, I'm just glad this season is over. I'm gonna' lose 15 pounds, get my motivation back, and win back my title." -- John Force after fouling out in round two with a redlight against Gary Scelzi

"I pedaled it and saved it, but my head hit the cage so hard when it shook it kind of disoriented me a little bit. I saw him ahead of me. He was on the throttle. I figured he was marching away, the party's over. Why stay on the gas? Plus my bell was rung a little bit. I just shut off thinking that I didn't need to take the chance of clipping the wall or anything. Then he shut off. And it was too late to get back on it." -- Scelzi on his semi-final loss to Lee

"It really stinks to get beat by such a little amount. But they did a little better job than we did." -- Tim Wilkerson on losing to Worsham by .006 in the semis, the closest F/C round of the day

"The car was just hauling, I knew we were on a career pass, so I took a peek at the scoreboard and saw Cory's win light on. When I did that, the car got a little out of the groove on me and headed for the wall, so I lifted, knowing we'd lost." -- Worsham after redlighting in the final, but still getting his third win of the season thanks to the "worst-or-first" rule when teammate Cory Lee also was disqualified for crossing the centerline

"I had no idea he had red-lit, so I was just giving it everything I had to get it to the other end. It got over on the centerline, and I wasn't lifting. I figured I was in a race for a trophy, but it got the cone and I was done." -- Lee on what went on in his lane in the final round

"What a crazy way to win." -- Worsham again, after his third victory of the 2003 season

PRO STOCK

"We've got one more goal to accomplish before the year is over. That's to go out, win the race tomorrow and get our name in that record book." -- Greg Anderson after earning his 14th number-one qualifying start in 2003, but before resetting the P/S single-year wins record to 12

"The car feels great, but when that right lane gets some sun on it, it gets pretty slick."
-- Darrell Alderman before winding up 21st of 28 entries

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"We've had problems for quite a while and made changes according to what [crew chief Eric Luzinski's] computer program said were the right ones. But our performance didn't get any better. What they discovered was our laptop computer had a virus and the MSD technicians found there were 80 miscommunications in just one of the ignition boxes."
-- Scott Geoffrion before missing the 16th-place cut by just three-thousandths

"Had I not made a mistake this morning and got all over the track, I would have qualified in the top four or five cars." -- Larry Morgan after securing the 11th qualifying position

"We are leaving some on the table between second and fourth gear. The guys have been busy working improving our set up without being too aggressive." -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. after qualifying third

"We made an engine change and replaced an ignition box for the final qualifying session. Everyone had their backs against the wall and stayed focused as a team. Being in a situation like that is what makes a team stronger." -- Troy Coughlin after qualifying in the number-11 slot

"We have three months to revamp, find about 30 horsepower, and make things better for next year." -- Allen Johnson after falling to Anderson in the first round

"We just blew the tires off of it in second gear, but we did make a decent run for the right lane." -- Morgan after Mike Edwards ended his day in the opening round