"Driver error, plain and simple. I got distracted
and my brain just said for me to 'go.' You can't
think up there (at the starting line), you just
have to react. I'd like to blame it on someone
else or on something else, but I can't." --
Force on his red light start against Bob Gilbertson
in round one, his third this season after having
only four such infractions in his first 25 seasons
on the NHRA tour
"I never saw him, but I knew we'd put a cylinder
out near the top end. He came by me after the
finish line and I still thought we'd won." --
Johnny Gray after losing by 15-ten thousandths
of a second to Bob Bode in round one
"We just got pummeled. They ran a 4.95 in the
heat of the day. That's pretty darned impressive.
Unfortunately, I watched the whole thing from
where I was sitting." --
Scelzi on his second-round loss to Tony Pedregon
"We got beat as a team. I'm upset because we
got beat; I'm not upset for any other reason.
We just needed to win this race today and we
didn't." -- Bazemore after
being eliminated by Frank Pedregon in round
two
"Disappointing, but we did put some more points
between ourselves and Bazemore and the car was
running really well. It slowed down just enough
to let Wilkerson get by us in the semifinals
but beating Del and Scelzi was a big confidence
builder." -- Tony Pedregon
after scoring his first elimination-round wins
in the past four races
"We tried to pick it up there for the finals
a little bit, but the track got better than
we thought and it stuck the tire a little bit
and went to the clutch early. When it did that
it just didn't run in the middle and that's
where he got me." -- Tim
Wilkerson on his final-round loss to Gary Densham
"What a way to come back from Sonoma (and a
DNQ). We've struggled with the new car but it's
not the car, it's a great car. It's just taken
a little while to get used to. With all the
talent we've got here (at Team Castrol) though,
it was just a matter of time until we figured
it out." -- Densham after
earning his second event title this year
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"I have been going to races at Brainerd International
Raceway since I was five-years-old; however,
the only advantages I have as a Minnesota native
coming into this race is the support of the
crowd and knowing the way to the track." --
Kurt Johnson before qualifying number one with
a 6.876-secs pass on Friday, then setting a
new track speed record with a 201.01-mph pass
on Saturday
"We over estimated the track and were just
too aggressive down low. The positive side is
that we know what not to do on race day." --
Jeg Coughlin Jr. after qualifying 4th
"This morning, we thought the track would be
a little better than it was, so we went for
the throat. We ended up being a little too aggressive
with the set-up, and as a result, blew the tires
off. We calmed it down this afternoon, which
gave us a direction to go in, so we'll be in
good shape for tomorrow."
-- Warren Johnson after qualifying 6th
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"Normally
we are in the top three or four in speed but
we were in the mid-to-tail-end of the pack at
this race." -- Scott Geoffrion
after qualifying 12th, then losing in the first
round to Troy Coughlin
"We have been running some nice speeds, and
we're also getting things squared away in the
clutch area. I'm pretty pleased with where we're
going with this whole team." --
Gene Wilson after losing to Jeg Coughlin in
round one
"I really can't explain what happened. In fact,
I was surprised when I looked over after putting
the car in third gear and saw the win light
in the other lane. What's even more puzzling
is that when we reviewed the tape, we were able
to count a full 25 frames between the red light
coming on and the car actually moving. That's
the problem with those pesky electrons -- you
can't trust what you can't see." --
Warren Johnson on his red light start against
Larry Morgan in the first elimination round
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