“The bad news is I wasn't on my game and I let the guys down. The good news is I get to go to Bristol in three days and get my head fastened back on and get right back to racing, and that's the best medicine right now." — Capps on his uncharacteristic .122 reaction against Bernstein and the upcoming race at Bristol, TN, rescheduled from earlier this year when problems were discovered with the track surface
“We just made more power than the track would take, and it got out there and drove straight into spin on us.” — Arend on his loss to Wilkerson in the opening round
"It swallowed something. We've got parts all inside number one (cylinder). There was something in the intake manifold or maybe something on the track, I don't know. But it swallowed something, though, and when it did it beat the spark plug shut and put a hole out.” — Wilkerson on his second-round loss to Tony Pedregon
“Our car just dropped some cylinders at the top end.” — Ashley Force after losing to Bernstein in round two
(Brad Turk photo)
"I hit the throttle and it didn't go anywhere. Then it decided to take off and it slipped the tires. It was slow all the way down the track. I could see him out of the corner of my eye and then
my Mustang started eating itself up, so I shut off. We can do better. I have no idea what happened." — Hight on his round-two loss to eventual race winner Ashley
"For the first time in a long time we were dealing with a race track with one lane that was considerably better than the other. We didn't have lane choice, so that put us at a disadvantage." — T. Pedregon going against what most competitors were saying about the Norwalk track, after losing a close one from the left lane against Bernstein in the semis
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“We got the tires loose and that ended our day.” — Cruz Pedregon after falling in the semis to Ashley
"Facing Kenny Bernstein in the finals was really an honor—he’s a legend and a true racing professional." — Ashley giving just respect to his final-round opponent
