“We've always played the consistency game and, right now, we're just not consistent and we're not going to start winning until we get that back.” — John Force after losing traction against former teammate Tony Pedregon in the opening round
”We were pretty equal and when we got off the concrete onto the asphalt, that's where
the big dog started to eat.” — Gary Scelzi on his car taking over on the top end to edge teammate Ron Capps in the final by about four feet at the finish line
“We were getting to the end and then ‘Boom!’ I screamed because it scared me. I wasn’t expecting it. There was some fire in the cockpit and I could feel the heat, but I also knew my helmet was sealing me off since I wasn’t getting any hotter. My first instinct was to go
for my radio, but then I got on the fire bottles. It was slowing down after that. It stayed in themiddle the whole time. There was a moment when I couldn’t see, but when I could see again, I was still right in the groove.” — Ashley Force on the engine fire and explosion she experienced in the third round of qualifying
"Early in the day today, the track was really bad, so, I used the run to test something, and it did just what I thought it would. I was able to work off of that and it went down the track on the last run.” — Tim Wilkerson after being the only driver to break into the field with his last qualifying shot to start 15th on raceday
"It really did come down to a one-session deal, with just about everybody's Friday night run being the one they used to get in the show. I'll give Timmy (Wilkerson) some credit, because that was a nice run he made to move into the show, when guys like Mike Ashley and Robert Hight weren't able to do it.” — Del Worsham, the 13th-place starter, giving credit where credit is due
