"I think we are finally getting a handle on the problem we were having with the car in the clutch department.” — Richie Stevens Jr. after placing 5th on the qualifying list
“I'm proud of my team and Victor Cagnazzi [team owner]. He finally has the team he's dreamed of and I'm happy to be a part of it.” — Jeg Coughlin Jr. after his huge holeshot beat Jason Line in the final round
"All year long, you try to gather as many points for the King Demon, hoping to be in the top eight when you get here to Chicago. Then once you're in, you try to come out to the track and have fun, but when I came out of the shower this morning, I realized there was fifty grand on the line today. There were eight great drivers and eight great cars out there today, any one of which could have won. Fortunately, we were able to get the job done." — Kurt Johnson after defeating David Connolly, Greg Anderson and Greg Stanfield in the King Demon final ADVERTISEMENT
“Despite the slightly higher temperatures the starting line wasn't too bad today, but the middle of the track started to get extremely loose due to the numerous oil downs in the fuel classes.” — Warren Johnson, who started 13th, on track conditions during Saturday afternoon’s qualifying sessions
"Transmission. There's a thing called dead-heading. It happens about one in every 100,000 runs. It's just a freak deal where all the stars are aligned, and it happened in that run. Just freak bad luck. That will never happen hopefully again for another year. Everybody experiences it every now and then and it just happened to happen on that run.” — Allen Johnson on what caused his 8-second pass in the final qualifying session that also ousted him from King Demon competition
