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"Once the disappointment of losing in the final
wears off, I think we'll realize that, all in
all, we had a good weekend and we made a lot
of progress." -- Bazemore
on lessons to be learned from his runner-up
result against Burkart Jr.
"Any time you get to the final round in one
of these races you have to feel good about it."
-- Lee Beard, crew chief
for Bazemore, on his level of satisfaction despite
coming up short in Las Vegas
"It seems that I race better when I am coming
from the bottom half of the field. I guess we
just dig down a little deeper when we are the
underdogs." -- Burkart
Jr. on starting from the 12th-place spot on
the ladder and going on to win the event
"I wasn't going to let off the throttle and
let him come by me, but that's the kind of mindset
you have when you're racing to win."
-- Burkart Jr. again, on losing a couple of
cylinders and spinning the tires down track
in the final round against Bazemore
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"That's the trouble when you only have two
tries. It's frustrating ... just real frustrating."
-- Jim Yates on missing the field after an exhaust
valve broke during his final qualifying attempt
"We were actually surprised at how good the
surface was today, because we had rain here
a few years ago, and when we finally ran there
was no race track to speak of. Obviously, it's
been worked on since then."
-- Warren Johnson after qualifying fourth for
raceday
"It's not very comforting to be in that position
because it's a one-shot deal and anything can
happen." -- Greg Anderson
after his first qualifying attempt was thrown
out due to a timing error, leaving him only
one chance to make the show since rain washed
away Friday's two scheduled qualifying sessions.
He qualified number one after setting both ends
of the track record with a run of 6.812 seconds
at 202.03 mph
"The ACDelco Chevrolet made a real nice run
tonight, but it hit that bump down at the end
of the track and the car just went crazy. It
started spinning, shot to the wall and actually
got pretty ugly there for a minute."
-- Kurt Johnson on his second qualifying attempt
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"We're qualified seventh and the last time we
won here we were qualified seventh. Maybe lightning
will strike twice for us on Sunday." --
Mark Pawuk on his chances to win his primary
sponsor's title event
"We left a lot on the table in both qualifying
sessions." -- Jeg Coughlin
Jr. after qualifying 11th
"We did not advance to the next round, but
we solved some set up issues we were having.
I think we learned something pretty big today
and now we will just have to take what we learned
and get it done at the next race in Houston."
-- Coughlin Jr. on his second-round loss to
K. Johnson
"The bottom line is that we need to find more
power. In the final, we were right with him
in the first 330 feet, but by the top end we
were down a few hundredths and one mile per
hour in top speed, which is all horsepower.
That's all it is, so we'll just keep working
at it until we find more." --
KJ on losing to Anderson in the final round
"This is just a great place for us to win here
in front of my team owner. It's certainly great
for job security." --
Anderson on winning in team owner Ken Black's
hometown of Las Vegas
"I think what we're seeing now is that teams
are taking chances against us. We've pushed
some people outside their comfort zone and they're
making mistakes." --
Anderson again, on his recent dominance of the
Pro Stock class
"Tomorrow I'm going to lobby the NHRA to run
about 10 more races here, that's the way I feel
about this place." --
Anderson once more, on his success at The Strip
at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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