FUNNY CAR

"What does that tell you about how stout this race track is? That we run a career best and just get in on the bump spot." -- Cory Lee after going 4.893 and 285.17 mph in qualifying

"In our team's history, I won't deny there were some times when we were really searching, and really wondering if we could compete with the best guys out here. That's not the way it is anymore." -- Del Worsham before qualifying fifth

"I felt like I had an extra 1,000 pounds on my shoulders, but it all went away when I went through the lights." -- Bob Bode after qualifying 11th with a career-best 4.825 at 310.05 mph

"We're going to jazz it up and go out there tomorrow and whoop Worsham's ass. We're gunning for him. I just hope the ol' girl's got it in her." -- Tim Wilkerson after qualifying 12th

"The thing threw a spark plug out of it at 600 or 700 feet for some reason. I really don't know why it did that." -- Wilkerson after narrowly losing to Worsham in the opening round

"The car runs good when the tune-up is right on the money, but we can't be off a little because it shakes the tires." -- Tommy Johnson Jr. after losing to teammate Ron Capps in round one

"We race, no matter what." -- Capps on having to face off against his teammate

"We got to play a part in who left here with the clear advantage for the POWERade Championship. Frankly, I don't care who wins it, but it was our duty to make these guys earn it, and I guess we did Tony Pedregon a big favor." -- Lee after taking out then-points-leader Whit Bazemore in the first round

"Things change so quickly in this sport. We went from wishing the season was over yesterday to wishing today we had 10 or 20 more races to go." -- Bazemore on losing the opportunity to extend his lead

"I was prepared for him, but not for the wheelie my Oakley car performed. It was shaking and I had to shut it down." -- Scotty Cannon after his first-round loss to Phil Burkart

"If Mike Neff says it can be done, he's the man who knows." -- Gary Scelzi on his crew chief's prediction that they may surpass 330 mph this year, after Scelzi ran a personal

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best F/C pass at 4.738 seconds and officially reset the national speed record to 329.18 mph in the second round of eliminations

"I was in disbelief at first. Then I was mad at him for second, because I figured we would have been fine and they shouldn't have shut us off. But when we got back here and looked at it, we saw that the line would've blown if I would have launched, and they did the right thing." -- Burkart referring to starter Rick Stewart, who told him to shut it down just before the final because a small oil leak was detected under Burkart's car

"Sometimes you need a little luck and we had some today. But we've had our share of misfortune this year, too. So I guess it all evens out." - - Tony Pedregon after winning his 26th career F/C race title