Todd Dziadosz photos below
"Obviously, it was an unbelievable weekend. I was told a fact that is probably the coolest thing to ever happen to me in racing, the fact that the only other guys who have (had a perfect 138-point weekend) are Warren Johnson, Greg Anderson and Bob Glidden. That's pretty good company for a knucklehead like me to be in, that's for sure. But this is a Pro Stock track if there ever was one. The air was phenomenal. This record's going to stand for a long time. We're going to have to make a lot more power and see some killer conditions for us to go this fast again."— Jason Line on running the drag racer's table: winning the race after qualifying number one and setting low E.T. and top speed of the meet, both of which also set new national records
"For now, it's fun. It's fun for everybody. We all get to go faster than we've ever gone before, and that makes it fun for us and the fans.”— Line after qualifying number one with the quickest and fastest Pro Stock run in NHRA history (6.571/209.49) to pace the quickest field ever with a 6.630 by 16th-place Erica Enders
"I knew the car was on a good run. It really yanked me into the seat when it took off.”— Tommy Lee on the career-best 6.602 at 208.17 mph that he ran in Saturday’s first session to qualify 6th
"When the guy in the other lane is the points leader and he goes out there and runs the best pass ever, there's not much you can say or do beside shake his hand and tell him, 'Good job.’”— Enders after Line improved his records to 6.558 and 209.75 mph in an opening-round win over her
"We got a little too aggressive. Jim (Yates) got out of shape further down track and only ran a 7.68 so he was there for the taking. We just didn't have the right set up.”— Jeg Coughlin Jr. in his return to Pro Stock action on losing in round two to Yates
"I can't explain it and I don't have a solution for it either. No matter what we do, things just aren't clicking for us.”— Mark Pawuk after running a career-best 6.633 in qualifying, but ending up 17th for the eighth time this season
"I'm seriously debating whether or not we'll compete in the year's last two races. We're obviously not involved in the points race, nor are we competitive right now. Add into that some serious problems I'm having outside of racing and, in all candor, right now I just don't have a lot of enthusiasm.”— Pawuk again, on the mounting frustration of this season for him
“I felt like this was a big weekend for us, a deciding weekend where we were really going to make a run for the championship or not. I put a lot of thought into it and it went unbelievably well.”— Line on leaving Richmond with an almost insurmountable 119-point lead over teammate Greg Anderson with only two events remaining
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