"At halftrack the car had the front end up in the middle of the run and when it set the front end down, the tires spun a little bit and put a couple cylinders out.”— Millican after losing in the second round to Tony Schumacher
“It’s good to be on a roll and to have regained the point lead. It’s a long season with a lot of good racing yet to come. It will be important to be consistent at the end of the year, but right now we’re going to enjoy the success we’re having.” — Bernstein looking ahead to the NHRA’s new Countdown to the Championship format
“I had to let it calm down before getting back on the throttle and Grubby just out-did me.”— Cory Mac on losing a pedaling match to David Grubnic in round two
"It was a close race and we just came up short at the finish line.”— Schumacher after falling to Bernstein in the semis
"We went down the race track every lap and we didn't beat ourselves. That's the most important thing.”— Todd putting a positive spin on his loss to Bernstein in the final round
“I can hardly believe that Ron and Tony didn't make it, because I respect those guys a ton and they have great race cars, but that just shows how tough it is out here. We've been saying it all year, and it still applies, that the DNQ is going to bite everyone before this year
is over. I don't know how long Gary and I can go before the bug bites us, but I know we're just going to keep doing what we do and we'll see how that shakes out. If either one of us goes all 23 without a DNQ, that ought to be worth some sort of special award, because it will be an amazing accomplishment.”— Jeff Arend after qualifying 8th, on Ron Capps and Tony Pedregon failing to make the raceday cut, leaving him and Gary Scelzi as the only Funny Car pilots to qualify at every race this year
