“We dropped a cylinder at the hit of the throttle and that spelled the end of the day for us.” — Kenny Bernstein after Ashley Force put him on the trailer in round one
“There were some bald spots up there and we had to move way to the right side of the groove. Whether that was part of the problem or not, we don't know. It just got out there and got a little bit fast and then just blew the tires off.” — Scelzi after losing to teammate Jack Beckman in round two
"On the first pass it put a hole out early and on the second run it put one out late. We were close on the first run and were looking to go a little quicker on the second. But it's just not
tuned up enough for this crummy weather.”
— Wilkerson after losing to Jim Head in round two
"If I can just be more consistent on my lights I think we have a good package going into the summer races when the weather is not going to allow for high speeds and low E.T.s” — A. Force after being dispatched by a second-round holeshot from Mike Ashley
“The rev limiter was holding it and it blew up. It dropped a cylinder and it lifted that (cylinder) head and then it re-lit in that cylinder and it blew the head off of it. I couldn't see a thing. It was the biggest fire inferno I had ever seen. You do the stuff that you have been trained to do. You just want to get the car stopped. I honestly thought the thing was stopped but what happened was the brakes weren't working. It had burned a brake line. I was very surprised when I got on the roof and it was still trucking down there.” — Hight after bouncing off both walls and ending up in the sand trap after a second-round win over Kalitta
"We are not sending a driver down the racetrack in a car we know is not right … It is a lot about entertainment out here and I let my crew chiefs make the calls. They run the motors they make the decisions. Jimmy Prock and John Medlen said (the car) wasn't going. We were hoping he would fail somehow and we could get to the pad. We had no intentions of even doing a burnout or a run.” — Force, teammate and team owner for Hight, on their decision to forfeit the semis to Head
“I can't remember the last time three people red-lighted against me in the same day. It may not have ever happened. It's good to get in everyone's head a little bit.”
— Greg Anderson on Tom Hammonds, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Dave Connolly all leaving too early against him in the last three rounds, respectively
"We made two pretty good runs, but unfortunately, we hurt a motor in the process on the second one so we are going to have to make an engine swap Sunday morning.” — Dave Connolly on his Saturday passes after qualifying in the number-two slot
