"Robert's a tough draw for tomorrow. He'll probably go low E.T. of the session. But we're just going to go down the track and try for a 4.90. If he goes 80-flat, we're not going to beat him anyway. Hopefully, the sun will be high in the sky and it will be so stinking hot that everyone will be afraid to do anything. Then we might have a chance." — Tim Wilkerson on having to face Robert Hight in the opening round of eliminations after qualifying 15th
"We had to go down the left lane and we did. We were a little too conservative (with the tune-up), a little too careful, that's all.” — Whit Bazemore after losing to John Force by .055 in round one
"I had the race won until just before the lights when the engine banged and Tony passed me while I was coasting. It's disappointing to lose by just inches. The good news is that we learned a lot about how to tune for the hot weather.”— Bob Gilbertson after losing by just one-thousandth of a second to Bartone in the first round
"It just goes to show you that you don't have to make a monster run in order to win, you just need to make it down the track." — Wilkerson after going 5.010 to beat Hight's 5.180 in the opening round
"There are so few ways a driver can step up and win one for his team, but there's like a million ways he can lose one for them. You have to leave on time, keep it in the groove, catch it when it's in trouble, pedal it if you have to, all those things. I just left early, plain and simple … But it stinks that it all happened the way it did. They don't give you 'do-overs' in this sport, so I have to live with it. As soon as my foot went down I wanted to go back and do it over." — Phil Burkart Jr. after leaving too early against Capps in round two and giving away the win despite running quicker than the points leader
"The track was over 130 degrees for that run and the car just wasn't having any of that at all. We had way too much in it. In the first-round we made it down and then we weakened it up a little for the second run, but it was still too much. It got out there and started smoking the tires. After the fourth pedal it pulled the rod apart and then it was on fire. That part wasn't a good Father's Day present for me at all, because you know how much I hate tearing stuff up.” — Wilkerson on his loss to Johnson Jr. in round two
“We have the car running better and were pretty successful in very tricky conditions—you had to tiptoe down through there. Almost made it—it just barely came loose.” — Johnson Jr. on falling to Capps with wheelspin in the semis
“You can't help but want to go more rounds, but in general it was a good weekend.” — Bartone after making it to the semis, where he lost to defending class champion Gary Scelzi
“I rolled in there trying to jump on Capps because my lights had been good all day, and I almost double-stepped it. I almost hit the gas, and I caught it, then I was late. I mean, it's just a dumb mistake that happens sometimes.” — Scelzi on cutting his worst light of the day in the final round
"It was great we won, but the look on Scelzi's face didn't make me feel good at all down there." — Capps after beating teammate and close friend Scelzi with a holeshot at one of only three tracks Scelzi has never won a race
"We have good news and we have bad news. The bad news is, we're not very good on good race tracks. The good news is, we're not going to any good race tracks for a while.” — Ed “The Ace” McCulloch, crew chief for Capps, on struggling somewhat at Englishtown before putting it all together for the win
