“It's a little different set of circumstances from last year, though. That was the very first GTO in competition and an inherent advantage in itself. They're all GTOs now, so that advantage no longer exists. But still, new cars and new pipe always provide a benefit and the sooner you can get them running and get them figured out, hopefully that helps you improve just a little bit quicker."— Greg Anderson after qualifying 3rd, on debuting a new car at Denver for the second-straight year
“That's the hottest that we've raced in in a long time. We'll just go back through our tuning records and find a combination that will go down the track. It's supposed to be hot again Sunday."— Jim Yates after qualifying 10th
"I'm getting more used to the car. My first pass was on Friday, and it's taken my a little time to get used to it. I told the guys to just bear with me for a little while, and they've been great.”— Erica Enders after qualifying 13th in her first race as a Don Schumacher Racing driver
"We get to make runs on Sunday.”— Mike Thomas after squeezing into the 16th and final qualifying position
"It wasn't as good of a run as we had planned on making as far as ET goes, but that stuff happens.”— Enders after falling to Ron Krisher in round one
"We were racing the number one qualifier, so I tried something off beat. When you don't get the car moving down low in this altitude, the whole run suffers. When I say we made changes, we changed almost everything. Unfortunately, we don't really know how much worked, or didn't work, because of the altitude."— Eddie Guarnaccia, crew chief for Thomas, after their first-round loss to Line
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"We know what not to do. I love this track, but I'm glad we don't have to come back for another year.”— Yates after a second-round loss to Greg Stanfield
“David (Nickens, crew chief/engine builder), the boys, Dustin (Stricker) and Rick (Pearson), did a hell of job this weekend. The conditions were just miserable.”— Richie Stevens praising his team despite losing to Line in round two
“The driver didn't do his part and the car didn't perform like it should, but the bottom line is that I got beat by a better car and driver today.”— Anderson after losing to teammate Line in the semis
“Personally, it's the best start to the Western Swing that I've ever had, so to head off to the second race of this set of races with a runner-up is not a bad start. I just need to do a better job of driving."— Line after losing to a holeshot by Connolly in the final round
"I guess I saved my best light for the finals."— Connolly on the .008 reaction that secured the win for him
"We're on a little bit of a high right now. Since Tommy Utt (crew chief) came aboard at Atlanta, this Chevy Cobalt has been a tremendous racecar and we've been to four finals and gotten three wins. We kind of had a wacky start to the season and it's kind of funny that now we find ourselves right in the thick of the points chase."— Connolly again, on his change of fortune
