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"Winning here definitely means a lot to me. I had cousins, grand parents, a lot of friends and family come out to watch me. That was probably the biggest winner's circle picture I've had taken. I think they had to get the wide-angle lens out for it.” — Dave Connolly after defeating fellow Ohioan Larry Morgan in the final, referring to growing up less than 30 miles from the Norwalk track and the multitude of supporters that attracted
"One thing that you would kind of like to do during qualifying is to find out how far you can go in both directions, under and over. Usually you don't have the guts to go far enough to find the edge on both sides. We did it today, by accident I guess, but we did it. It may end up being a good thing because we definitely know where the boundary is and sometimes you go into Sunday not knowing how far you can go—where the boundary is. We definitely established one on both sides today. We should have learned from that. It may have been the best thing that ever happened to us. We'll find out tomorrow.” — Greg Anderson after his 6.654-seconds pass in the opening round of qualifying stood up to earn his sixth-straight number-one slot, but his Saturday attempts resulted in a tire smoker and a wheelie headed for the wall before he shut it off
“When you've got a car that's running as well as this one, it makes me more confident. I don't have to worry about what's going to happen with the car.” — Richie Stevens Jr. after qualifying second for the second-straight race
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“We still have bullets in the cabinet, so we'll keep pumping them in the gun, going after the big game.” — Kurt Johnson after qualifying 8th, on searching for the perfect combination to get down the track
"I didn't make a very good pass on that last qualifying run. That concerns me because it was under race conditions.” — Allen Johnson after qualifying 9th
“We finally got Friday night right." — Justin Humphreys after qualifying 11th to make his fourth raceday start this year
“Hopefully, tomorrow we can make the number thirteen unlucky for everyone else.” — Warren Johnson after qualifying—you guessed it—13th
"I don't understand what they're telling me the rule is and I don't believe that any driver out here believes that is the way they're telling me the rule is. They (NHRA) just gave it to me in black and white, but I never got that rule before but there is no driver out here that thinks that's the way the rule is. Far as I understand and every other driver out here understands, when one guy lights his pre-stage light and the other guy lights his pre-stage, when the third one (the first stage light) comes on then you have a seven-second timer. When one guy lights both lights (pre-stage and stage) first and the other guy just lights his pre-stage, being the third bulb, that's not supposed to start the timer. The timer is supposed to be turned off. I think that every other racer out here thinks it's that way. Otherwise there would be no courtesy on the tree." — Anderson expressing frustration after being automatically timed out from his first-round match against Erica Enders, who lit both the pre-staged and staged lights before Anderson moved to the line