"You get older, and you start to wonder what it's going to take. I've had to monitor how I sleep the night before and what I eat. I used to coffee-up. I did oxygen, but it didn't do nothing. I took [Gary] Scelzi out for some drinks at Hooters the other night. Maybe that's the key. You can drink too much coffee and POWERade and cross your mind up. You gotta’ watch your medication. You can take Viagra and you end up looking in the stands instead of at the tree."— Force on his efforts to maintain concentration and cut good lights in his quest for a 14th championship
"They could not have possibly scripted that to make it any more awful. We sat around all day in this piddly rain that barely got you wet, and there's nothing more exhausting than a rain delay. Then, we go up there in the 13th spot and before I can even get my helmet on four cars ran quicker and knocked us out. After that, just to add some suspense, we had the Capps oil down and that took forever to clean up. I was going pretty much nuts in there, but I wasn't getting out so I tried to stay focused. I talked to the guys about the tune-up, and I waited. And then I waited some more. The tension was building and building, like some sort of horror movie.”— Del Worsham after running 4.788 to secure the number-14 starting slot in the quickest Funny Car field in NHRA history
"It's refreshing to be at a track like this where the surface is good and then to be blessed with good weather. Good weather for running a car, that is. And it's worth waiting around all day to do that.”— Whit Bazemore after going a career-best 4.674/330.88 to qualify second on Saturday evening
“I'm just happy we're racing on Sunday.”— Ron Capps, the current points leader, on finally breaking into the field with a 12th-place run in Saturday’s lone session
“Tonight we're going on a gremlin hunt. We're going to kill that little bastard.”— Gary Scelzi on being slightly off the pace, despite qualifying 8th for raceday
"Last night I was hoping for rain, but this morning I wanted a shot at the (national) record."— Tommy Johnson Jr. after qualifying number one on Friday night with a career-best 4.672 at 328.70 mph, the third-quickest pass in NHRA history
“There's a chance it's going to be sunny tomorrow and if it is, I hope it's a different track out there. Maybe that will screw them up a little bit and be in our favor."— Tim Wilkerson after anchoring the field with a 4.802, on having to face T.J. in the opening round of eliminations
"When it's cool and the track is as amazing as this place, the guys with the big power and the big reputations tend to pull away. A 4.72 would have been tough to beat, but we gave it out best shot. We did run 330 mph, so that's something to actually pat each other on the back about. With the rev limiters they have on us now, running 330 in a Funny Car is no easy deal. It's a great accomplishment to check off the list.”— Phil Burkart after falling to Force in round two
