"We just made a horrible run on that last one. But, it was a great weekend for us. I have nothing to complain about." -- Morgan after losing to K. Johnson in the semis

"That's the longest drive in drag racing -- running the entire quarter-mile with your opponent's win light on. Everything just added up. The track had gotten better, and the sun was off the tree, which made those LED lights easier to see. We got after it for the final, putting some more clutch in it and raising the rpm's, and came up ten thousandths of a second short." -- Kurt Johnson on his -.010 redlight start against Anderson in the final round

"This one shows that we're for real. The first one was great but it's like a pro golfer winning a major -- unless you come back and validate the first one then people can always say it might have been a fluke. Today we proved that we're no fluke." -- Anderson on winning his second U.S. Nationals title

PRO STOCK BIKE

"Racing in the NHRA on a Pro Stock Bike is all I ever wanted to do and now it's finally here. Ever since I saw Terry Vance and Dave Schultz, I've had it in my mind that someday I would race a Pro Stock Bike. To top it all off I get to debut at the U.S. Nationals on a Kawasaki." -- Josh Helvie, who works as an investment advisor with John Hancock, before attempting to qualify for his first race. He wound up .107 seconds short and 26th of 38 entries

"Reggie [Showers] got by me in the K&N Shootout last weekend, winning the one-dollar standing bet we have every time we go to the line against each other. He won the dollar, and the race, so obviously I have revenge on my mind. It's payback time." -- Craig Treble before losing to eventual event winner Showers in round one

"This is the leg that kicked that ass!" -- Reggie Showers while holding aloft one of his prosthetic legs in victory lane after beating Geno Scali in the special-event K&N Pro Stock Bike Klash final

"We had that kind of run in us earlier in the day, but I screwed up." -- Angelle Savoie after running 7.154 at 189.12 mph in the last round of qualifying and taking the top spot for raceday

"I think I staged too deep. I really wanted to cut a good light, but I went too far." -- Savoie's teammate Antron Brown on his redlight loss to Shawn Gann in the semis

"I am so happy for that guy." -- Gann on Showers' victory after losing to a holeshot by just one-thousandth of a second in the final round

"I've watched my heroes, John Myers and Dave Schultz, win this race and for me to do it myself is just unreal. On a holeshot no less. I don't think this will sink in for quite awhile. I still don't understand what I've done here." -- Showers in victory lane

"I've been on an incredible journey. Last year I made a tough decision to change crew chiefs even when I had no idea George Bryce would be available. But I guess God had a plan and he got us together, and look what's happened. I used to know my place. I was a bottom-half qualifier who maybe could luck-out and win a race. Now we're a team that can run with anyone." -- Showers again, on what appears to be his breakout season