"We were well on the way to running quicker, but we had a spark plug fail. It shot out a spark plug at 1.5 seconds into the run and still ran 4.63 on seven cylinders. To have a cheap part fail really ruins the day.” — Lee Beard, crew chief for Whit Bazemore, on their first-round loss to Melanie Troxel
“I'm glad we were able to give the fans a good show.” — David Grubnic after losing to teammate Kalitta in round one, their first pairing in eliminations this year
“That was disappointing.” — Todd on going up in smoke against Cory McClenathan in round one
"That is quite a milestone. And it puts me in good company with the likes of John Force and Kenny Bernstein. I really didn't pay much attention to how many round wins I had, but this quite an accomplishment." — Cory Mac on reaching 400 career round wins with his defeat of Todd
"I don't really know what happened, but it seemed that we were down on power almost right from the start. The car I had today was definitely not the one I had yesterday." — Schumacher after falling to Lucas in the first round
"We had some gremlins to work out of our car and you can now see the results.” — Lucas, obviously pleased with his ousting of the defending series champion in round one
"We always have fun about who is going to leave first and he was quicker than the speed of light.” — Millican on Larry Dixon’s .009 light against him in the opener on his way to advancing
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“The team did their job, I did my job, and we were fortunate enough to have everything fall into place.” — Brandon Bernstein on beating Bob Vandergriff in round one, his only competition for the fourth and final countdown transfer
"We really didn't change anything on the car from the first round. The guys did move me over into a different place on the track after my burnout, but that wasn't the problem. The tires went up (in smoke) fairly quickly after I hit the throttle. I waited before I pedaled it and when I saw Melanie pulling away, I shut it off.” — McClenathan on his second-round match against Troxel
"We never lost faith that we could get it done, but we've struggled so much this season. This win will take away a lot of frustration in our team.” — Kalitta on scoring his first event win since last summer at Memphis