“I would say we finally got it together, and it was really cool to race Greg in the final. That was the best part about it—especially beating him because not many people get to say they do that.”— Jason Line on taking out teammate Greg Anderson in the final round
“You've got to make the hay while the getting's good, and tonight's when you had to do it because tomorrow's supposed to be another beautiful day like today. When that sun's out, the rubber's a little slicker.”— Anderson after going a track record 6.734 seconds at 204.26 mph to earn the provisional pole on Friday night
"We lost that run when I made a mistake in setting the fuel pump inside the car after the burnout. I didn't set it correctly, so instead of us getting the fuel load of fuel I essentially shut things off. When the car left the starting line it just nosed over and quit.”— Mark Pawuk accepting blame for wasting Friday night’s qualifying opportunity
"I didn't really think we'd go much faster today, but I was wrong. There was something we definitely missed in the air or racetrack that we didn't see.”— Line expressing surprise at earning the number-one spot on Saturday by setting both ends of the track records with a 6.727-seconds pass at 204.66 mph
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"We've had a different winner at every race this year. I hope I can change that, but really it looks like that trend could go on for awhile and we're going to have a bunch of different winners. You're going to have a real, real dogfight which is great for the fans. It's ulcer-creators for us, but it's great for the fans.”— Anderson after qualifying 2nd, on Pro Stock parity this season
"We were using a brand-new engine this weekend that we really didn't have a handle on. In fact, I had already left for Bristol when they dyno’d it. However, it showed some promise, so we decided to bite the bullet and start working with it here, because if it does show potential, as it did in qualifying, we need to get a second one done for (son) Kurt's car as soon as possible.”— Warren Johnson after placing 4th in qualifying
"We are enthused with our performance.”— Jim Yates on qualifying 6th for raceday
"I'm not disappointed at all, because all you have to do in Pro Stock to have a shot at winning is qualify, and we've done that.”— Kurt Johnson on his 14th-place starting position
"It's nice to be starting.”— Dave Northrop after slotting into the 15th-place position
“If someone had said we’d run 6.74 in the staging lanes, I would’ve taken it. We did exactly what we intended to do. I had a good reaction time and he beat us. He did what he needed to do.”— Yates on losing to a holeshot by V. Gaines in round one
"Considering how the weekend started, and where we qualified, this was a pretty satisfying day.”— KJ on bowing out in the semis to Anderson
"The truth is I owe this one to Greg really because he took this Rick Jones car [testing] and just ran it until they figured out some things that were slowing us down. I stayed back in the shop and worked on the motors and they fixed my car.”— Line giving credit to his final-round opponent for the win
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