"That was pretty bizarre."— Schumacher on breaking his throttle cable immediately off the launch in the semis against Fuller
“If I had a little more track, I might have been able to catch her. When it blows the tires off at the step, you have no wheel speed, so it's hard to catch up.”— Dixon on going up in smoke in the semis against Troxel and being unable to recover in time although she also lost traction in her run
"It's a little bit of a disappointment not winning the race, but I feel really good that we have a very consistent race car. We're going rounds, and I think that is important. You have to win some races along the way, but you have to be consistent and go rounds if you are going to compete for a championship."— Troxel on leaving the track with her points lead intact after falling in the final at Phoenix
"This is a dream come true."— Fuller on scoring his second Top Fuel win after only 27 starts in the class
FUNNY CAR
“He’s the best, so I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t feel sweet to finally beat him.”— Tommy Johnson Jr. on prevailing over 13-time national champion John Force in the final round
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"I thought the clutch system wasn't loaded and so I was trying to load the thing and reached up there to try and load it. As I reached, I hit the kill switch and killed it on the starting line. I don't think I could have made the run anyway, because the clutch pedal was bound-up in the bell housing. Every once in a while this car does that, it seems to depend on what clutch pack we have in it. And you don't know it until you go to back-up and by then it's too late."— Tim Wilkerson on his aborted first qualifying attempt
"Man to come out of the box and make a pass like that was above and beyond my wildest dreams."— Bob Gilbertson on the career-best 4.769 he cranked out to lead qualifying after Friday’s first session
"The car got out of the groove and made a move to the right, so I corrected to the left. Then I corrected back to the right and it just pulled me left. I lifted before 900 feet. I drove it as far as possible or it would have hit the wall.”— Johnson Jr. on his Friday night pass that left him 10th on the provisional qualifying list
