"We were hoping for better results obviously.” — Cory McClenathan on losing traction early in his first-round match against Schumacher

"We really like racing in Sonoma, but today just wasn't our day.” — Doug Kalitta on losing a close second-round race to Fuller

"I'm down because I knew we had the better race car.” — Fuller on losing traction and losing after having to pedal the throttle against Vandergriff in the semis

"We knew the U.S. Army car was good and we had to step it up. Unfortunately we stepped it up just a little too much and smoked the tires.” — Herbert on his semi-final loss to Schumacher

"Bob gave us a great race. He was next to us the whole way.” — Schumacher after going 4.534 at 329.42 mph in the final to set low E.T. and top speed of the meet and beating the 4.597 at 305.84 by Vandergriff, which also marked his best effort of the weekend

“My foot said go before my brain did.” — J.R. Todd on the first redlight start of his NHRA Top Fuel career, coming in round two against Vandergriff

"Satisfied is a good way to describe our day.” — Hillary Will after defeating a tire-smoking Bazemore in round one, then giving Schumacher a good race in round two