"Actually, we are about as happy as we can be for losing in the first round." -- Doug Herbert on the engine data gained after being eliminated by David Grubnic

"We has a good old drag race going until the tires let loose. I saw him drive away, so I shut it off rather than hurt parts. Get us to a two- lane racetrack please." -- David Baca after falling to Doug Kalitta in round two

"Those guys have our number right now. It is frustrating. We have gone to the finals in the last three races and won one of them, but we still can't make up much ground in the points." -- Doug Kalitta on losing in the final round to points leader Larry Dixon for the second-straight time

"I'm not at all discouraged. We've had a mechanical problem that we're working through. That happens during any season." -- Funny Car points leader Tony Pedregon after his second consecutive first-round loss

"This is the only drag racing track I've been on where I used skills I learned testing IROC (International Race of Champions) racecars that turn left and right. We are ready to put this track behind us and move on to Sonoma." -- Ron Capps after losing to teammate Tommy Johnson Jr. in round one

"I tripped a few of those win lights back in the old days, in my old Boston Strangler alcohol car, but this one was a thrill to remember." -- Arnie Karp on his career-first nitro round win over Gary Densham

"I understand; Baze is in the POWERade points chase and we raced. We gave up lane choice to them and we raced." -- Gary Scelzi after having the bad luck to face teammate Whit Bazemore in the second round

"Without lane choice there, we just went for the best E.T. we thought that lane could handle, and we gave them a great race. This place has been like this for years, so hopefully one of these days they'll find a way to make it a two-lane track and give the fans a little more suspense. But it is what it is, and we did the best we could." -- Johnny Gray on his semi-final loss to Bazemore

"We basically lost the race in the semis. We did everything we could do in the semis to get lane choice for the final, then dropped a cylinder and came up a little short. Force's team was perfect and they had lane choice. And for the Funny Car class that pretty much spelled the result." -- Whit Bazemore on racing from the left lane in the Funny Car final

"If we can figure out how to get .020 reaction times, we have a car good enough to win races. One of these days we'll get the driver doing his job perfectly when the crew does its job perfectly." -- Scott Geoffrion on losing to a holeshot by Allen Johnson in the first round of Pro Stock

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"We have the horsepower, our speeds this weekend have been the best of the Mopar camp. I'm very encouraged." -- Gene Wilson after losing to Warren Johnson in round one

"Certainly, not having lane choice against Anderson didn't help, but we were fully capable of winning that round. Developing this car further will go a long way towards further improving our chances of success in future encounters." -- W.J. on his semi-final loss to Greg Anderson

"(Crew chief) Bob Glidden has brought a lot to the table for this team. We are making the right calls on the set up, along with having some nice horsepower on the engine side. We're going to be making a lot of noise as the second half. I told everyone we had turned the tables in St. Louis." -- Larry Morgan after losing to Greg Anderson in his first final-round appearance in nearly a year

"If you ran a 4.67 you'd probably win the race." -- A remarkably prescient Larry Dixon the night before beating Kalitta in the final round with a 4.672 at 316.82 mph

"Seeing that win light come on, it's a good thing I had a chin strap over my helmet, because it kept my chin from hitting the ground." -- Dixon after winning the T/F final from the left lane

"I think they took us a little lightly and they probably shouldn't have done that. They felt as though if they put us in the left lane, we were done. That's one thing about this team, it's never over 'til the fat lady sings." -- Dixon's crew chief Dick LaHaie on his opponent's efforts in the final round

"I had six crew chiefs out there on the starting line reading the conditions. That gives you a lot of confidence." -- F/C winner John Force on the abundance of help available after early-round losses by his teammates Tony Pedregon and Gary Densham

"My guys back at the shop are building awesome horsepower and that is what won this race today." -- Greg Anderson on overcoming a holeshot by Morgan to post his sixth P/S win of the year