"I pedaled it, but by the time it started to
recover, Toliver came by me and I knew it was
over." -- Rookie Eric
Medlen on his first-round loss to Jerry Toliver
"We knew it wasn't going to be perfect in the
beginning, we knew we would have our share of
learning curves." --
Tony Pedregon after going up in smoke in the
first round against Cory Lee
"It was way cool." --
Terry Haddock on running his career-first 4.80,
a 4.873-secs pass in a losing effort against
Gary Scelzi in the opening round
"We battled ignition problems all weekend."
-- Whit Bazemore after
losing to teammate Scelzi in round two
"I don't know what to say, other than I'm very
sorry." -- Lee on redlighting
in round two against Toliver
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"It
picked up where it was supposed to pick up,
but it just went into shake. So something happened
between the second round and the third round.
Either the clutch hat (plate) is warped or something
warped in the clutch to make it do what it did.
We're not really sure." --
Scelzi on his semi-final loss to Gary Densham
"This one really hurt. This is my home track
and this was the best chance I had to win here
in 36 races. But at least we know we've got
a fast hot rod." --
Densham after shaking the tires in a final-round
loss to Toliver
"It wasn't easy out there today. But when the
racing gods are with you, it is just your day
and I had a good feeling all weekend." --
Toliver after his Toyota flopper became the
first foreign brand to win in NHRA history
"It's wonderful to be back." --
Toliver again, on winning his first event since
March 2002 and after sitting out the 2003 season
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"I believe it has the potential to be the best
race car I have ever driven. Now it's time to
prove it in competition." --
Kurt Johnson on his new Cavalier after returning
from an unexpected test session in Phoenix,
to resume the rain-delayed NHRA season opener
"As good as the car was during our winter testing,
it threw us a curve here." --
Jamie Yates after his father, Jim, missed qualifying
by just one-thousandth of a second
"We got too aggressive with our set up down
low and it hurt us." --
Jeg Coughlin Jr. on the tire shake he encountered
in a second-round loss to K. Johnson
"We're actually fairly pleased with our performance
this weekend, coming in with a new and untested
race car and leaving with a third place finish."
-- K. Johnson after
losing to his father, Warren, in the semis
"If you look at this realistically, we may
have lost, but there is only one guy who feels
better than us." --
Warren Johnson after losing in the final round
to Greg Anderson
"In order to see the tree, I had to crane my
neck outside of the roll cage, which was extremely
uncomfortable, and that may have contributed
to my less-than-perfect reaction time." --
WJ again, on his .100 light in the final
"When you get out of the car at the finish
line, especially with a guy like Warren in the
other lane, it's pretty gratifying."
-- Anderson after winning his 17th national
event title
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