"We've had the best car for the last four races—Englishtown, St. Louis, Denver, and here—so this isn't a big surprise to me. We've struggled a little with our race day tune-up and we especially stubbed our toe in Denver in the first round, but that mistake really taught us what we needed to know to get down these hot, gummy racetracks. If we hadn't done that there we probably wouldn't have learned enough to do well here.”— Allen Johnson on making it stick for his fourth career win after final-round opponent Tom Martino got out of shape at half-track and had to lift
"That felt really good in the car and I guess the scoreboard agreed.”— Jason Line after going 6.690 to record his second-straight top qualifier position, his fourth this year, and the eighth of his career
"The bottom line is that we made a good run when we needed to, which is what this sport is all about.”— Kurt Johnson on jumping from 7th to 2nd in Saturday’s first qualifying session
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"We gave up a little (elapsed time) because I didn't keep the car in the groove.”— Dave Connolly explaining his 7th-place starting position
"I think we picked a good race to be in the top half, because I think lane choice will be a factor tomorrow. That right lane is definitely smoother than the left.”— Richie Stevens Jr. on the advantage of qualifying 8th
“Overall, even though we're not pleased with the position we ended up in, we're happy with the progress we've made. If you look at the big picture, we've hopefully turned the corner on this thing permanently, which will allow us to be more effective in qualifying and on race day for the rest of the year. Progress being what it is, we just need to file off the sharp corners and we'll be in good shape.”— Warren Johnson after qualifying 10th
"I was a little nervous because it's always an odd position.”— Erica Enders on entering Saturday’s qualifying sessions in the 16th position, then falling to 18th and missing the raceday show
“I think we were learning more about what the car wants. We just ran out of time."— Eddie Guarnaccia, crew chief for Mike Thomas, after finishing 19th on the qualifying list
"The 60-foot (incremental time) was good, but just as I was shifting into second gear the RPMs ramped up and it was over. I tried to go through the gears to get by it, but it was too late. I knew the run was over when I pulled second gear, but at that point your adrenaline is running so much, you don't want to believe it.”— Shaun Carlson on his third qualifying attempt at Seattle, after suffering his 13th DNQ in 14 races held so far this year
