PRO STOCK
"To pick up our fifth win at our sponsor's title race and join that elite group of racers is just incredible. It's something I never would have dreamed of.” — Dave Connolly after defeating V. Gaines in the final to earn the 17th national-event win of his Pro Stock career
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"Putting it on the pole was definitely a goal and to get our fourth of the year sets a career-high for me.” — Jeg Coughlin Jr. after going 6.645/207.27 to steal the top qualifying spot from teammate Connolly
"It would help us if Jeggie (Coughlin) and AJ (Allen Johnson) would get lost on the way to the track tomorrow.” — Jason Line on his fading countdown chances after qualifying 10th behind his two closest rivals for the final transfer position
"Richie and I staged a starting-line battle and I came out second-best. I had my worst light of the season.” — Kenny Koretsky on his .137 reaction that preceded a loss to Richie Stevens Jr. in round one
“That's why God made teammates.” — Allen Johnson, who lost to Kurt Johnson (no relation) in round one, on his teammate Stevens ousting KJ in round two, which relegated him to 5th place in points and allowed A. Johnson to clinch the fourth and final transfer spot to the countdown
"I had to push it up there. Connolly had us covered a couple of hundredths (of a second) going into the semis and I had to go up there and kind of push it. I saw yellow, but it still went red. But we couldn't have beaten him with a perfect light, anyway. He was .018 on the tree. Even if we'd have been an .000 it still would have come up short.” — Stevens after fouling out in the semis against Connolly
"It is something I never even dreamed of. I just wanted to race Pro Stock and here we are getting put on a list that is only four people long. It was definitely a big win for us.” — Connolly on joining Anderson and Pro Stock legends Bob Glidden and Ronnie Sox as the only drivers in the class to win five straight events, though he still has a way to go to match Glidden’s record nine-straight in 1978