"That was my favorite motor and I hate to see it die, but at least it went out a winner.”— Chip Ellis after breaking his bike’s crankshaft halfway through the final run, but still picking up the win since Antron Brown redlighted at the start
"It was great to qualify number one for the first time this season, especially considering it was the quickest field in NHRA history."— Andrew Hines after going 6.974 seconds at 192.69 mph to take the top qualifying position for the 19th time in his career
“My God, the company we're in with the 6-Second Club—what an elite group! We're just this little team from Wisconsin on a shoestring budget. How can it all be happening? We
hoped, we believed we could do it. We got here and obviously did everything in our power to make it happen. Now everybody's got sore jaws from smiling so much.”— Tom Bradford on becoming the fourth member of the exclusive Mickey Thompson 6-Second Club after running a 6.981 in the final qualifying session to secure the second-place starting slot
"I hate making excuses, but I did make a tactical error in changing the face shield on my helmet. I went to a little darker color, and that slightly altered how the lights appeared to me. I thought I left on a solid yellow light, but it came up red, so that's all there is to say.”
— Steve Johnson on going red in round two against Brown
"We had some mechanical issue bite us.”— Angelle Sampey after losing to Bradford in round two
"It was dead even most of the away, then he pulled me a little bit. It's pretty funky what the wind can do there. It can switch from a tailwind to a headwind just like that. And it's a strong wind, too. That's why everybody slowed in the semis. We could have used a gearing change."— Bradford explaining his semi-final loss to Brown 
"Man, this is a tough one to take. It was right there for me to grab and I didn't get it done at the starting line.”— Brown on giving away a sure win with a .009 redlight 
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