“I guess the best news is that Greg and I are on the opposite sides of the ladder."— Line after finishing 3rd in qualifying while teammate Anderson seized the number-one spot
"It's not as good as last year, but we'll take it."— Richie Stevens on his 4th-place qualifying position after starting from the number-one slot in 2005
"We still haven't found the sweet spot to match our car's power to the track. For example, we're near the bottom of the page at the 330-foot mark, and yet our GM Performance Parts GTO is consistently the fastest car in the back half. Obviously we're missing the mark someplace—it’s right in front of us and we just can't see it yet.”— W. Johnson after qualifying 11th, with his 207.08 mph top speed being the fastest in qualifying for the class
"The car has definitely improved. It's getting off the starting line better and is making much better runs, but we still aren't where we want to be."— Dave Connolly after qualifying 13th
“It is nice to qualify, but we didn't come here just to qualify. We want to win races."— Terry Adams, crew chief for Connolly, on their raceday expectations
“It’s hard to win a race on seven cylinders.”— Connolly after his engine went sour as soon as he hit fourth gear in his first-round match against Stevens
“We can see things changing with every run we make. We just need more experience with the combination.”— Jim Yates on his new Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins power after coming up short in the second round against Anderson
"We lost lane choice by two-thousandths, and that probably cost us."— Stevens after losing to Greg Stanfield in round two
“It went into second gear for a tenth or two of a second then came out. We had a little bit of tire shake so that could have been the cause making it jump of gear or could have even broke it.”— Anderson on why his car slowed in the final against former mentor W. Johnson
“This is their first win as a group and I really enjoyed seeing how excited they are about winning." — W.J. on his new crew, including Dain Schwan, Adam Drzayich, and Mike Smith
Tommy Grimes, TF Harley winner.
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