"It was just cruising right down there, not really giving me any sign that anything was wrong, but just as I crossed the stripe and lifted it went, Boom! We knocked two rods clean out of it, but at least it got to the lights under power and we were able to move back up the sheet a few notches.” — Jeff Arend on jumping from 15th to 10th with his final qualifying run
"You don't get to say this too often in the Funny Car class, but it ran almost exactly what we were trying to run.” — Del Worsham after going 4.89 to qualify 5th, his best start of the year so far
“We're a little puzzled over here. It dropped the number-one cylinder right at the hit of the throttle, moved the car out of the groove, and I just started chasing the thing the rest of the
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"I don't ever make excuses. We had to take our best shot at a lane that had just been oiled down in front of us. We had to make some adjustments after John Force switched lanes and we didn't feel the left lane was capable of holding the set-up we had for the right lane. The draw back is that clutch adjustments will take some of the load off the motor and can lead to dropped cylinders and that's just what happened to us about 2 seconds into the run." — Tony Pedregon on what contributed to his round-two loss against Force 
"I was too amped up. I was trying to get my energy up for these kids and a drank a bottle of Coke Blak on top of a bottle of POWERade (between the second and third rounds). My wifeeven asked me if I was sure (I wanted to do it). I did and I just went up there and got happy feet.” — Force on going red off the start in the semis against Beckman
