"We don't usually have a problem with parts breakage, so when it does happen it really bums us out. I sure wish we could go back out there and do the round over again." -- Tim Wilkerson on the broken idler pulley that handed a first-round win to Tommy Johnson Jr.

"We raced here and we raced last week too. They gave us lane choice last week. Today they didn't." -- Bazemore after losing to teammate Gary Scelzi in round two

"I gained some ground today but not enough to make much difference (in the race for the championship)." -- John Force after his semi-final loss to Scelzi

"I went over and shook Skuza's hand and said 'good job.' His team is a lot like ours. It's just starting to come around, too." -- Cruz Pedregon referring to his seven round wins at the last three events after losing to Dean Skuza in the semis

"The car, the clutch, everything was working great. . .we just didn't have enough horsepower." -- Jim Yates after failing to make the Pro Stock field for the second straight race

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"We may not have been worried going into that last run, but we were certainly a little concerned." -- Kurt Johnson after qualifying 13th in his final attempt

"We seem to be running AJ a lot lately, but it's better than not running at all." -- Larry Morgan after losing to Mopar teammate Allen Johnson in round one

"I guess you could say we were at the wrong place at the right time." -- Warren Johnson on having to race his son and teammate Kurt Johnson in the first round, where he lost to a holeshot

"You can just see the confidence building over here, and our performances have matched. I think you'll see us make a move here in the second half of the season." -- Gene Wilson after going out in the quarter-finals against Greg Anderson

"The wheels were spinning from fourth gear to the finish line. It wasn't a good run." -- Scott Geoffrion after losing to Kurt Johnson in round two

"The bottom line is that we need to find three hundredths, so it's time to get to work." -- Kurt Johnson after losing to Anderson in the semis, despite cutting a perfect .000 reaction time

"We thought we were going to run better. I know we're all a little disappointed with the number. We thought we hopped it up." -- Baca on his 4.805 against Dixon in the Top Fuel final

"This feels like going through the Iron Man Triathalon and coming out on the right side." -- Dixon on the grueling challenge of becoming just the fourth team to win all three races of the NHRA's western swing

"I'm one happy little Italian right now." -- Scelzi in his TV interview immediately after winning his career-first nitro Funny Car race

"We knew we were going to have our hands full in the final round. We stayed focused as a team all weekend and eliminated making errors." -- Jeg Coughlin after his holeshot win over Greg Anderson in the Pro Stock final