"When track conditions go bad, we shine. It levels the playing field between guys like us and the mega-dollar teams." -- Howard Weis on his team's success in Gainesville

"This is still a dream come true for me." -- Grubnic after losing in the semis to Darrell Russell

"I've wanted to win this race my entire life." -- Schumacher after beating Russell in the final, on the history and prestige of winning the Gators

"This is a zero tolerance class and you can't put yourself in the position to have to break into the field in the final qualifying session." -- Troy Coughlin on missing the cut with an 18th-place qualifying effort

"I'm glad it's over, and we learned a lot this weekend. We learned that you better stick to your game plan and don't panic, even if you get a run or two behind. That's what we did. We got behind and started changing too many things, and we got lost. We just had to sit down, take a timeout and regroup, and just put everything back where it needed to be and make and then just go make a lap." -- Greg Anderson on the process that led to his third straight number-one starting position this year

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"As for tomorrow, I've always been of the opinion that you have to take it one round at a time, and knock them all off, no matter who is in the other lane. Although a few may lie about it, I haven't seen anyone out here walk on water yet, so we like our chances." -- Warren Johnson after qualifying 9th for raceday

"We left a lot on the table in the final session and now we can go into race day armed with great data on our new engine." -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. on the improvements seen in his car while qualifying third at Gainesville

"The car has just not been happy this weekend. I can feel it in the car that something just isn't right." -- Kurt Johnson on the qualifying passes that put him 7th on the ladder

"Just to be racing on Sunday is the whole key." -- Kenny Koretsky after his first-round loss to Bruce Allen

"I'll take what we got. We gained some rounds and got back in the top 10." -- Jim Yates on his jump in the points after making it to the semis against Coughlin Jr.

"There is only one guy happier." -- Coughlin Jr. after falling to Anderson in the final round

"I'm very proud of light I had in the final." -- Anderson on his .045 reaction against Coughlin's .048