PRO STOCK
"It wasn't the way we wanted to win it. We were ready to do battle with him for the third race in a row, but he had some problems.” — Dave Connolly on making a solo pass for the win after Greg Anderson broke his transmission right before their final-round match

“I need somebody to help me in this chase, maybe knock off Dave Connolly if they can, but nobody's been able to do it—including me.” — Anderson not sounding so confident despite racking up his 11th number-one start this year after going 6.668 twice in his four qualifying attempts

"We were just happy to qualify.” — Kenny Koretsky after going out in the first round against Anderson

“I couldn't have beat him no matter how you look at it, even with a perfect light.” — Richie Stevens Jr. on his second-round loss to Jason Line

“I was able to do my job; just didn't get the break.” — Alan Johnson on his .004 light in the semis, but still losing to Anderson

"I said before you can't make a mistake in the Countdown. When you do you're going to lose, especially against a guy that has a hot hand like (Dave) Connolly. The only saving grace of this mistake is that we've already clinched a position in the final segment that runs for the championship. We'll wipe the slate clean when we get to Vegas and start over. In those final two races of the Countdown you can't make a mistake or it's over." — Anderson on the oil leak his transmission developed on the starting line prior to the final round

"The driver was just off his game today. I didn't leave on anybody all day long. This streak is definitely owed to (crew chief) Tommy Utt and the good team we have. They got me up there (for the finals) with no leaks and everything stayed on our car." — Connolly sharing the credit for his seventh win this year and the 16th of his Pro Stock career

PRO STOCK BIKE
"Andrew did a great job, Peggy just did better. He never saw what was coming. I could not have written a more perfect plan out better than for Peggy to run her low ET of the weekend, cut her best light, and make her best run in the final. Peggy did a fantastic job." — George Bryce, co-crew chief for Peggy Llewellyn, on her .010 light leading to a 7.020/190.00 win over Hines’ 7.007 at 191.16 mph

"My U.S. Army Suzuki is really competitive right now, but we're not going rounds.” — Antron Brown expressing frustration over another round-one exit, this time courtesy of Eddie Kraweic

"A thousandth or a minute, it doesn't make any difference.” — Steve Johnson on his disqualification for leaving .001 too soon against Llewellyn in the opening round

"I feel horrible right now.” — Angelle Sampey after her second-round loss to Hines also eliminated her from championship contention

"I wished we could have gone more rounds, but we did well. We managed to stay in the top-four and now we can battle it out for the championship at the final two races. It should be very interesting because we have four great bikes up there." — Matt Smith after losing to Hines in the semis

"It's unfortunate that we didn't come away with the win, but it's really important that we clinched one of the four positions for the Countdown.” — Hines after falling to Llewellyn’s holeshot in the final round

"I heard Andrew's bike the whole way in the final. He was really close and I didn't realize I'd won until they were waving me over to where the TV cameras were and giving me a hat and a Wally. I wasn't sure what to do next, so I hung out with Dave Connolly. He's done this a few times before, right?” — Llewellyn on the stripe-to-stripe duel it took to earn her career-first win 

 

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