"I'll take a win here however I can get it. I was lucky three outta four rounds today, but all I know is that 20 years from now someone will look in the record books and say, 'Hey, Craig Treble won in 2007.' It's there forever now.” — Treble after Matt Smith handed over the final-round win with a .003 redlight
“When they told me I ran 6.94, I just about fell off the back of the bike; I was stunned.” — Chip Ellis on his number-one qualifying shot that also set a new track E.T. record in Sunday’s final session
“I caught Chip at the top of first gear, and I was just praying that he didn't come back around me.” — Andrew Hines after his 7.005 at 189.31 was just enough to beat the 7.069/186.64 that flashed across the scoreboard for Ellis in the final round of the 17th annual Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle
"That's still not good enough.” — Antron Brown on his 9th-place starting position
"We had some decent runs today, but clearly we'll need to quicken the pace if we're going to win the race.” — Angelle Sampey after qualifying 12th, her worst start this year
“We've got a serious, serious clutch problem. We've measured, we've checked, we've double checked, and nothing looks wrong. It's hard, because we're the best 60-footing team out here, hands down, and we went from best to worst. So we'll go home, put a new clutch together, and start over from scratch.” — Shane Maloney, co-crew chief for Peggy Llewellyn, after their first-round loss to Brown
“As soon as I let the clutch out, my U.S. Army Suzuki immediately made a move to the right and that was it for me. I tried to bring it back into the groove, but I wasn't successful.” — Sampey explaining her loss to Chris Rivas in round one
“I cut a good light against Chip, but he had a little too much for me from half-track on.” — Brown on his .002 reaction off the start against Ellis in the second round
"I was one round win away from not even making the Countdown to Four, but Matt Guidera beat Chris Rivas in Reading and saved my butt. He's my hero because now here I am number two (in points) in the world. So what do I do to thank him? I beat him in the first round today. I owe him a beer. Heck, I owe him the whole brewery.” — Treble on opening his U.S. Nationals win with a first-round victory over Guidera
