"Boy we got lucky, we never should have even qualified for this race the way the car was running."— Gilbertson after going up in smoke against Capps in the final
"We had a lucky horseshoe up our butts today.”— Tommy Delago, co-crew chief for Gilbertson, agreeing with his driver’s assessment
"We had a hurt motor and I knew it. I did the burnout, and I backed up and I was telling my guys, ‘It's not good.’ So I was picturing it was going to go away, which it did at half-track. I
couldn't lift so there was a chance we would get an oildown (penalty) if it hurt itself. We didn't get an oildown, it didn't spray oil, but it just started going away really bad … That was a weird final round, to step on the throttle and have it go away at half-track and knowing that I had to stay on the gas to get the victory, at the same time not wanting to hurt yourself or get caught on fire. It was just a grueling day."— Capps on the final round that netted him his 18th event win and tied his crew chief Ed "The Ace" McCulloch's win record as a Funny Car driver from the 1970s through early ‘90s
"Well I don't know what to say, but we drew a little out of the luck bank there in the final round. It wasn't real pretty, and I'm not real proud of it [but] we'll take the win any way we can get it.”— McCulloch on the 5.005 at 203.47 that got the job done
PRO STOCK
"It's been a long time since we accomplished this feeling. It's quite a feat to even qualify for this class anymore as tough as it is, but to come away with a victory, we're just tickled to death.”— Mike Edwards on earning his 12th event title, but his first since 2002
"Kevin (Horst, car chief) had been keeping an eye on the track throughout the session, and when he saw two quality cars jump up and act crazy for no apparent reason, he ran out to check. He saw water on the racetrack, and made sure the NHRA took the time to correct the situation. I have to give my crew a lot of credit for taking care of things tonight."— Kurt Johnson on water seepage through the racetrack on Friday night
"Anytime you can out qualify my teammate Greg Anderson and the rest of the field, you've started the weekend out on a high note.”— Jason Line on earning the top qualifying spot with a track record 6.689-seconds pass
"We need to get things figured out and run a low 6.70 (seconds) or a high 6.9 on race day. As close as the Pro Stock racing is, the guy doing the best job of getting off the starting line will go to the second round."— Jim Yates after qualifying 10th with a 6.720-seconds effort
"That last run was a very strange deal. Without warning, it didn't sputter; it didn't do anything. It just didn't have any power, pulling it down to 4,400 rpm, slowly driving off in the sunset. It was fine on the burnout; it staged like it was supposed to, going right on the rev limiter, but when I let the clutch out, it decided it wasn't going to work on that run.”— Warren Johnson after placing 11th, describing his final qualifying attempt