“That 4.73-second pass that we made in that first run today was pretty much in the heat of the day and it was an eye-opener for me, for sure. I wasn't ready for it as a driver because we were supposed to be running a mid- to high .70. It was awesome. It was so much fun.”
— Ron Capps on his Saturday qualifying efforts before slotting in at the number-six position
"I think we had a bad set of tires. We had a tire vibration during the burnout on Saturday's first run, so we came back and balanced the tires and it went out and smoked the tires in almost the same place. I don't think (crew chief) Mike (Green) needs to change the tune-up; we need to put a different set of tires on the car.”— T.J. Jr. after going up in smoke in both qualifying attempts on Saturday, but qualifying 12th based on the 4.780 he ran in Friday’s opening session
"The truth is that we ran out of gas. I did a longer burnout in that third pass and took a little longer to stage than I usually do, so we burned off a little too much fuel. I guess we had enough for 1300 feet, not 1320, so at the 1320 mark we blew up and had a small fire, but it wasn't a big deal at all.”— Mike Ashley describing his third qualifying attempt
“If the temperature goes up and the track gets slick, you might see all sorts of excitement in round one. All we can do is our best, so that's the plan and we'll see how it all works out.”— Phil Burkart after qualifying 9th
"We haven't had perfect runs yet, but we're working hard to make that happen.”— Whit Bazemore on his 11th-place starting position
"I don't think lane choice is going to be an issue tomorrow. Both lanes are good.”— Wilkerson after slotting in at 15th on the qualifying list
"Well, we got in. It certainly wasn't a stellar performance, but at least we get to play on Sunday.”— Scott Kalitta after securing the 16th and final qualifying spot
"The red light was really pathetic and the tree was just a little longer, I was fired up, and my foot went down. It doesn't happen very often, but it happened, and I'll take full blame for that, obviously.”— Bazemore after leaving .210 too soon against teammate Capps in round one
