It was a serious run. I know we were on the limiter. I’m impressed with how these guys are working. They’re really on it.

Chicago is one of those race tracks that you love to go to. It’s just incredible. The weather should be outstanding.

My guys are real hungry, … We know we can’t make mistakes. (But) we can’t let (the chase) affect what we do. You just have to run it (the car) the way you would run...

This track is really good when it’s cold. And it’s pretty darn good when the sun’s out. We ran well and the dragsters ran well, and as porous as the asphalt is I wouldn’t think...

The rev limiter is going to put a damper on those 20 bonus points,

That’s how we’re judging it,

It is exciting. One, because it’s Funny Car, and, two, to dethrone any one of Force’s cars that have had such a command on the Funny Car championship over the years is a big thing.

This is when I seem to rise to the occasion. I’m excited about it. I’m ready to go to these next four races. If it were up to me, we could just do them all...

This one is worse,

Bring it on. It’s time to start changing things around.

Somebody is going to have to break away sooner or later, but anybody can throw anybody off here, and that’s been the case over the years, but now they’re not playing favorites. They’re mowing me...

It’s as tough as it gets right now,

But I have a feeling it’s going to go down to Pomona (at the Auto Club Finals in November). I don’t see anyone backing down.

The right lane has a pretty big bump in it. Historically, it’s been a one-lane race track, normally the left lane. So, I don’t know if they’ve made any improvements or not. I haven’t heard...

Well, you better start showing it, that’s all I can say.

My mother and father-in-law came over last night, and I said to them, Finally, on Sunday at Reading (Pa. where he padded his lead from one point to 26) I said to myself, You know...

[As for the postponement of the Dallas event because of Hurricane Rita:] I think it was a great call by the NHRA, … and they made the call early enough because it was a Category...

It’s always harder to defend. I never thought we’d have the start that we had. Effort equals results, except in this case, because we put a lot of effort into this program over the winter...

John seems to be getting a little more cranky as this thing tightens up, … I told him it’s his own fault. If he hadn’t hired two such good drivers, we wouldn’t be having this...

I am really looking forward to Chicago because we ran very well here earlier in the year,

To win a Funny Car championship racing the guys we’ve had to race this year is just incredible. My big concern was not letting [my crew] down because they mean so much to me. I...

He’s a Jeff Gordon, a Tony Stewart, an exception to the rule, … What he lacks in experience, he makes up for in focus. He’s that one in a million. I hope he snaps out...

I’m not trying to make this Funny Car championship chase so close,

Running late tonight gave us a chance to run in perfect conditions, … I know we won’t have conditions like this tomorrow but we did learn that this racetrack can hold a lot more than...

Mike has just been so good from the beginning. When I first started with Schumacher, that’s who I wanted. I didn’t know if I was going to get hired or not, but I told Don...

We’ve done well when we’ve had four qualifying runs in the past. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. No one knows. It’s going to be a hell of a race tomorrow, first and second round.

It went horrible on the first run,

I have chills. I’ve been wound up all week.

It is exciting, … One, because it’s Funny Car, and, two, to dethrone any one of Force’s cars that have had such a command on the Funny Car championship over the years is a big...

We just deal with the weather as it comes. Theres nothing we can do about it, so Im not one to play much into it, Scelzi said. Thats all Mike Neffs problem, its not my...

(Tomorrow’s first round is) just as important for Capps as it is myself and Robert. (The Mopar/Oakley Dodge Stratus) has been the most consistent, the quickest, or right next to the quickest every single run....

This is a must-win race, … Then we’ve got to go to Pomona (Calif.) and win there. The games are over. We need to do our thing and get it done and let everyone else...

If the weather really does cool down this weekend in Dallas it will be great, … Even if it doesn’t, that’s OK, because we can run in the heat.

This just shows how deep the talent level in Funny Car is, … No one is intimidated by John Force or the Schumacher cars. The field is deep.