"We were ahead of him at half-track, but then the engine broke."— Cory Mac on losing to Todd in the opening round
"I feel like we were kind of behind the 8-ball all weekend. We didn't really have a good setup coming into this event, so that hurt us. When we came here last year it was our first event as a team, so we were using all hand-me-down parts and equipment, and what we had did not really translate to the new equipment we are running this year."— Troxel after a first-round loss to David Grubnic
“We were gaining on him and for some unknown reason the cable came out and the parachute deployed way too early, causing us to fall short at the finish line."— Hillary Will on the unusual circumstances of her loss to Todd in round two
"I made a fatal mistake at the starting line. I was thinking. I should have just done my usual thing and turned my brain off but I started thinking about where we are in the points and how I really wanted a good light so I could beat Doug and darn if it didn't bite me.”— Baca on his .079- to .139-second reaction time deficit that led to a win for Kalitta in round two
"We had to change engines after we were nearly done with our service and due to the time constraints there wasn't enough time to warm the car. We went up there with the engine cold and it was just an educated guess on the clutch, timing and all parts. The car was more aggressive and it smoked the tires. I pedaled it and it still made a decent run, but J.R. (Todd) made a better run."— Dixon after losing to Todd in the semis
“I was on a wild ride and I was more upset that the car went into the sand than I was excited that we were going to the final.”— Todd after his chutes failed to deploy at the end of his semi-final win over Dixon
"When you get this close to another victory, you always want to close the deal, particularly for our soldiers. But, we did have a good weekend just the same. The last two races we cut into the lead for the championship and that's the big picture that you have to look at."— Schumacher after losing in the final to Todd, referring to his win at the previous NHRA event in St. Louis
"I'm in shock. Schumacher was running great all day and I was waiting for him to come around me, but he never did.”— Todd after getting the holeshot and outrunning the defending series champion in the final round
“When I went into that final against Cruz, I said, ‘You are not taking this away from me. There's no way. I've come this far. I'm going to win Denver.’ And lucky enough we did.”— Gary Scelzi after defeating a tire-smoking Cruz Pedregon for the event win
"It's a challenge to race here and I never have done well on Friday at this track. I always have to sweat it out overnight. Not now. I'll sleep like a baby tonight."— Gary Densham after running a 4.893 at 292.20 on Friday night to sit on the provisional pole
"That number-one slot has pretty much been owned by the Force group and the Schumacher group. For us to be able to unseat them for just one race is pretty darn exciting.”— Densham again, after his Friday night pass stood up to earn him his career-first, number-one qualifier honor as a car owner
