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If we would have raced with the infield like that, cars that hit the mud would have flipped over.

- Elizabeth Williams

I was going full gas in January and I just didn`t have any gas left in the tank after a long season, ... Right now, it kind of stings. I wanted to go out on a high note and I wouldn`t have even raced if I thought I was going to get 11th, but I have nothing to be ashamed of. It just proves I`m human and I do have limits.

- Bobby Julich

My heart was pumping while Anni raced because she was in the last pair and I had to wait. The feeling is incredible.

- Marianne Timmer

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven`t raced properly for a decade. I`am not one of the favourites to start with.

- Nigel Mansell

That was incredible. I`d quit just to come race with you guys every weekend. I`ve raced a motorcycle, and that was unbelievable. I love motorcycles, but this is amazing. These guys are incredible. When I got in the car, I couldn`t really fit. They wanted me to get back more, and I couldn`t get my shoulders back, but around the second turn, I was back in the headrest. That was amazing. I don`t know how these guys can do 500 miles, 240 miles an hour, in and out of traffic, wheel-to-wheel and against the walls in front of 400,000 people. It blows my mind.

- Jeff Kent

That was incredible, ... I`d quit just to come race with you guys every weekend. I`ve raced a motorcycle, and that was unbelievable. I love motorcycles, but this is amazing. These guys are incredible. When I got in the car, I couldn`t really fit. They wanted me to get back more, and I couldn`t get my shoulders back, but around the second turn, I was back in the headrest. That was amazing. I don`t know how these guys can do 500 miles, 240 miles an hour, in and out of traffic, wheel-to-wheel and against the walls in front of 400,000 people. It blows my mind.

- Jeff Kent

If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fact that I have always liked the track as a competitor does not hurt either. I always felt I had a slight home court advantage over the other drivers because I have run so many laps there, and I use that to my advantage.

- Ricky Craven

The years I raced in were fantastic. There was so much change in the cars. We went from treaded tyres to no wings right through to slicks to enormous wings.

- Jackie Stewart

I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.

- Roger Bannister

It has been such a hectic time since Athens and since I last raced at the end of the summer. It has been great fun, but I`m an athlete and running is what I do. I can`t wait to get back on to the track.

- Kelly Holmes

Whew that was some work out there. ... We took a gamble tonight. I have raced here 4 times here this year before tonight and all 4 nights the track got slick. So we decided to go with our 360 tonight and use the less horsepower to our advantage. It figures the track would be heavy. We gave em a good run though and we feel real good about our finish. Next weekend barring any unforeseen problems we should win the VRA/Bandit Sprints Grand Slam. No worries!

- Peter Murphy

I`ve raced here for three years, and it`s always great. Except for the weather changing every five minutes.

- Jeff Ward

This is a tough track for me since I`ve never raced here, ... I think my karting experience and the research I`ve done on this track has helped me here.

- Paul Edwards

This is a tough track for me since I`ve never raced here. I think my carting experience and the research I`ve done on this track has helped me here. It`s the first time the GTO.R will be on the pole and it`s been a hard road getting here. We`ve had some difficulties in qualifying since late June when these cars started racing, and we`ve made big improvements to the car each time. Now all we have to do is win.

- Paul Edwards

I think we raced pretty smart. People are racing so hard for the front, and I just think we saved a lot of fuel and that was going to help us win the race. I had a very consistent car. The team did a great job. I`m ready to do it again.

- Tony Kanaan

I think we raced pretty smart. I know I`m going to have to win every race the rest of this year to win the championship.

- Tony Kanaan

I don`t know if anyone has noticed, but there are a lot of good race cars out here, ... This is the best field (of Funny Cars) I`ve ever seen and that goes back to the days of `Snake` and `Mongoose,` Bernstein and the `Blue Max` (references to Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, Kenny Bernstein and the car driven by three-time champion Raymond Beadle). I raced against all of them and I got spanked regular. But, bottom line, it`s tougher now. There are no easy rounds.

- John Force

This race also marks our second of three races in which one of our cars will feature a special Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) paint scheme and synergistic `Energy to Care` logo, ... For this race, the special paint scheme will be on the #20 CITGO Pontiac Crawford that will be driven by Andy and Tony. I know that when I raced our last race proudly carrying the banner, it gave me extra incentive because it is for such a special cause. I`m sure it will energize Andy and Tony for this race as well.

- Milka Duno

I was watching John, I thought he was the strongest. The Gerolsteiner rider... I think he was playing! I just raced with him in Germany where he had the King of the Mountains for a day or two. I know it was touch-and-go and I know his teammate was working hard. We had been out there a long time.

- Jason McCartney

I`ve had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of, I`ve raced a lot longer than I thought I would. I know I can still be better, but I just don`t know if I love it enough any more.

- Alan Kreitzer

I don`t think I`ve ever raced in Top Fuel when it hasn`t been competitive. There are quite a few teams capable of winning the championship.

- Allison Duncan

I am probably in the best shape I`ve ever been in but I haven`t raced. I was so nervous at the start my hands were absolutely jumpy. I haven`t run a 400 for seven months so I was just petrified.

- Angie Fenton

Until this year, I only competed in three oval point races in the Cup series, ... Racing is all about experience and I am getting there. I have now raced in nine oval races in total -- that`s not a lot, but I feel we have the resources to set a realistic goal of finishing in the top 20 this weekend.

- Anne Spencer

It has been two years since I`ve raced and I`ll have to knock the rust off,

- Annette Pang

(Some of the best days for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet) have come at Texas Motor Speedway, with) Little E ... It has turned into quite a fascinating track to drive on. I think the fans enjoy having us here. They buy a lot of tickets every time we come around. They are really enthusiastic. That was one of the first things I noticed when I raced here as a rookie, how much more excited they were. It is one of the better tracks on the circuit for me and I really enjoy coming here.

- Annette Pang

Everyone who knows me, I go for the team to win first and for me to win second. I`ve been on six teams in six years and I guarantee you everyone one of those teams will tell you that I never raced for myself first. I`ve always raced for my team. I get as much satisfaction out of that as I do when I win. The only difference there is that when you win, you get a bigger paycheck.

- Anthony Bartolo

Graham flew back to England, but we drove 1000km to another meeting where I raced the car and the one mechanic gave all the signals and handled every pit stop,

- Antti Laaksonen

We picked up a pile of points from the relays. Most of the girls are happy, but some are disappointed they didn`t get a chance to come back for the finals (today), especially our 200 free relay team. I don`t know if we could have beaten Lafayette (the 200 free relay champion), but I would have liked to have gone up side-by-side and raced them.

- Armin Schwarz

That`s the hardest race I`ve raced. This was even harder than last year.

- Arup Ghosh

I`ve sacrificed an awful lot and put up with a lot to be here. Somewhere there`s a not very long list of men who`ve raced in this race. To add my name here means a lot. I`m really not sure that`s for sale.

- Asad Mustafa

Wildfire and Geraint have raced extremely well but I think their best is yet to come. We`re a very young kennel and Kennan and Hayden Lee are just two of the pups giving us a boost.

- Barbara Nourie