"That was like mud wrestling in a pool of razor blades. It was pretty bloody out there, and it was unfortunate that we got tangled up in all that redlight madness. But our drivers are trained, professional panthers and these bikes react so quickly. That was the most redlights we've had at a national event, and after we only had one at Gainesville. So there was something different at Houston. The 60 foots were better at Gainesville and the reaction times were worse. At Houston it was the other way around, so the rollout was shorter. I know it sounds like sour grapes, but that's the way it was."— George Bryce, co-owner of Ellis’ bike and G2 director of racing operations, after 43 percent of the riders in the first three Pro Stock Motorcycle rounds redlighted 
— Andrew Hines on turning on the red bulb in his first-round match against Tom Bradford |
I came up with the wrong color at the starting line on Sunday but I still think we figured out some tuning aspects that are going to help us throughout the season. 
"The rain just forces you to over-think everything. We just sat around all day Saturday, thinking about what we did on Friday and what could happen on Sunday.”— Eddie Krawiec, teammate to Hines, after also leaving too soon in round one against Peggy Llewellyn
"I thought I'd lost. Then I saw the cameras coming over to me at the end of the track. I had to take my helmet off, and I have my gloves taped around my wrists. It's a habit I've always had. There's a lot of extra material around the wrists, and I guess my wrists are pretty small. So my hands were shaking and I had a hard time taking off my
gloves and helmet for the interview. But I'm sure I'll have more practice!"— Llewellyn on her career-first Pro Stock Motorcycle round win
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“What can I say? I lost it again at the starting line. At the last race, I was too slow in reaction time and today I was too quick. I guess I'm going to have to find a happy medium before the next race.”— Antron Brown on losing in round two after posting a slightly worse .003-second redlight start to Bradford's .002-second early leave
"I knew my light was bad. I just wanted to make sure it was green. There were what, nine red lights today? I sure didn't want to give it up like that.”— Sampey explaining her tardy start in the final round
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