"I certainly feel a lot better today than I did yesterday.”— Schumacher after finishing 3rd in qualifying
"It's really tricky out there.”— Whit Bazemore commenting on track conditions after finishing 4th in qualifying
"We're in.”— J.R. Todd expressing relief after qualifying 15th
"It is difficult, that's for sure."— Clay Millican on being shut out of the raceday field for the second time in three races held so far this year
"The air was great today, but the track has been tricky. We dropped a cylinder on that last run and that probably did us in.”— Brandon Bernstein on failing to make the cut in qualifying for the first time in his 80-race Top Fuel career
“We should've been going rounds instead of going home.”— Cory Mac beating himself up for losing to a holeshot by Doug Kalitta in round one
"The adjustments we made to account for the weather conditions didn't work."— Doug Herbert after a tire-smoking first-round loss to Hillary Will
“You can't be disappointed over a semi. If you do that every race, you'll be the champion."— Fuller looking to the bright side after falling short to Schumacher in the semi-finals
“I was disappointed that I didn't catch it quicker.”— Bazemore after losing traction early in the semis and falling to Larry Dixon
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