"I pulled it into second gear and it wouldn't go in. That was the first time that has ever happened to me." — Humphreys on his first-round loss to Jason Line
“Even though I came out on the wrong side of a perfect light, I felt good driving today.” — Line after going red by just one thousandth of a second in round two against A. Johnson
"The final had me a little scared. Larry's like a ticking time bomb, you don't know what he's going to give you. We went up there, and Larry was flickering the tree, and I didn't think the tree was ever going to come on. But when it did and that win light came on, it was awesome.” — Connolly after beating Morgan with a .048 margin of victory in the final
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"I can't believe I got my wish to be the first person to win this race. We rarely get the opportunity to win an inaugural event and to actually do it here is tremendous. My brother (Matt) won the inaugural event in Chicago (1998) and I thought that was a great feat. To be able to do the same thing with him tuning the bike is even better.” — Andrew Hines after going 6.998 at 190.46 mph to defeat Matt Smith in the final and earn his 10th career win
"I don't want to make any mistakes tomorrow. I owe that to my U.S. Army team in the worst way.” — Angelle Sampey after qualifying 4th, alluding to her inconsistency on the tree this season
“Hopefully, we can cover a mile tomorrow. I know the team can't wait to get back to victory lane.” — Antron Brown after qualifying 6th
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"We've got a gremlin floating through this bike and it surfaced again.” — Tom Bradford after his second-straight DNQ
"I could have had a better reaction time, but it was a pretty good weekend.” — Peggy Llewellyn on her .072 light and losing to a holeshot by Smith in the second round
"Our crew chief, Mark Peiser, discovered a problem with our engine after the first round and decided that we had to make a change if we had any hopes of defeating Andrew Hines in the second round." — Steve Johnson on the engine swap his team made before falling to Hines in round two
“I was trying to go .005 and I missed it." — Chip Ellis on his .003 redlight in the semis against Hines
“It was smooth sailing in the finals until it wouldn't shift.” — Smith on his bike not coming out of second gear after he left on Hines with a .035 holeshot
“I have to admit that I wasn't all that confident going into the final because Matt has been really fast and he's the points leader because he's so consistent." — Hines on harboring doubt on his chances against Smith, who went a track record 6.965 in qualifying number one
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