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"I drove back from Memphis on Monday night, arriving at the shop around 11:30. When the transporter arrived shortly thereafter, I tore our race engine down and did some work on the heads, leaving the shop around 4:30. After a few hours sleep, I was at Atlanta Dragway doing some tire testing for Goodyear on Tuesday. It all comes down to doing what it takes to succeed." -- Warren Johnson before qualifying third

"We were not shooting for the pole. We just wanted get down the track clean and make sure we qualified. I guess we over shot our goal." -- Greg Anderson after earning his 10th number-one qualifying spot with a 6.739 at 205.07 mph

"We felt we were safely in after the first session, so we put this engine in, which has a completely different power curve. Unfortunately, we burned the clutch out of it on that last run, otherwise it would have gone well over 205 and most certainly bettered the 6.77 we ran in the early session. It definitely shows potential." -- Kurt Johnson after qualifying 12th

"Hey I'm just glad that I qualified." -- Mark Whisnant after losing to Anderson in the opening round

"Definitely not the run I was looking for." -- Gene Wilson on his first-round loss to Jim Yates

"Losing stinks, but it really stinks when you lose on a holeshot." -- Jason Line after Larry Morgan beat him by .006 in round one

"It seemed pretty loose. We sure didn't make the run we wanted to out there."
-- Allen Johnson after Bruce Allen put him out in the first round

"We burned the clutch out of it again. We had done the same thing during our second qualifying run, so we stacked it up this morning, putting five grams and 40 pounds on it, which should have made a significant difference, but it didn't, so for the second round we

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put a more aggressive disc in it, and still there was not a discernible change."
-- K. Johnson after losing to Jeg Coughlin Jr. in round two

"Something happened between the blueprint and the result on that run. According to the numbers, I was late. I'm not quite sure what happened, and even though some of our data doesn't quite agree, it doesn't change the outcome, so we'll take our medicine and move on." -- W. Johnson after losing to a holeshot by Bruce Allen in round two

"I couldn't be more pleased with how this team has run. We have the horsepower and this new Stratus is just an awesome, awesome race car." -- Morgan after losing to Anderson in the semis

"That is a heart breaking loss, but I did it to myself. It makes me sick to think that I had him covered and gave it away on the starting line." -- Anderson on his .001 redlight start in the final round against Coughlin Jr.

"I was pretty busy trying to get my ride back into the center of the groove in the final round and didn't see the win light right away. I had my hands full behind the wheel, we were on the aggressive side in the final." -- Coughlin Jr. after notching the 61st NHRA national event win for his famous racing family