"I am just trying to hard. This will stop and I will get it together.”— Ashley after leaving .069 too soon in the first round against Worsham
“Looks like this points race is going to go down to the wire and we’re gonna’ be one of those with a chance to win it. That’s all you can ask for.”— Force on gaining ground on points leader Capps, despite a second-round loss to Worsham
“I stepped on the gas and it broke a blower belt. We’re still trying to figure out why it happened. It was pretty disappointing because I think we had a car that could’ve won it.”
— Eric Medlen after losing to Johnson Jr. in round two
“Hey, we beat John Force again today, and anytime you do that you've had a good day." — Worsham on his second-round win, after falling to Johnson Jr. in the semis
“With just 65 minutes in between rounds, the guys really busted their butts today. They earned it.”— Johnson Jr. crediting his crew for the win after NHRA reduced the time allotted between rounds by 10 minutes due to impending rain showers
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"Luck was going our way today.”— Dave Connolly on Greg Anderson redlighting and throwing away a quicker run in the semis and Jason Line falling to a holeshot in the final
"It isn't the drivers; those guys are the ones who put us at the top the field. I can't say enough about them and the job they do. I do know they don't receive enough credit.”— Greg Anderson referring to the crew at his Mooresville, NC, shop after nailing down his eighth number–one qualifying position this year 
“We'll go up there and throw everything we have at it, with everyone from the team, the car and the driver doing what they can to be perfect, leaving no stone unturned, looking to be on the good end of that four-inch run at the finish line late tomorrow afternoon.”— Kurt Johnson, the defending event winner, after qualifying in the 7th position for raceday
"We are in the field, that's the good news. The bad news is we have the best Pro Stock driver in the world, Greg Anderson, in the first round.”— Richie Stevens Jr. not looking forward to his first-round pairing after qualifying 16th at Brainerd
"We thought the car ran good, we were happy the car went straight, and I shifted at the right times."— Kenny Koretsky assessing his opening-round loss to Line, after being out of the car since suffering an accident at Dallas last October
"This new car is a nice one. Todd Bevis and the guys at the shop did a heck of a job putting it together. It runs great, goes straight, and responds to changes in the tune-up. What more could you ask for?"— Tommy Lee on his debut of a new Chevy Cobalt at Brainerd, built completely in-house at Cagnazzi Racing