“Our current shop reminds me of our garage back from when I was kid. It’s crammed, it’s tight spaces, but everybody is there, and everybody is smiling, and we’re getting the work done. And when we get back from Pomona we’ll move back into the big shop, but for right now it reminds me an awful lot like the early 1990s.”
Del Worsham, Funny Car driver
“We realized that if we didn’t make gains in the offseason we would probably get passed by so we’ve been working hard. You just have to do better than the next guy is the bottom line.”
Greg Anderson, Pro Stock points runner-up
“When you have a team that isn’t worried about going home at 5 o’clock, they will stay there until 6 or 7 or come in on the weekends to do what they need to do. That is when you know you have a driven team.”
Antron Brown, defending Top Fuel champion
“Can not wait to get going again. 2016 wasn’t my best year, and this Auto Club team needs to go out and redeem themselves. We’re a better team than No. 8, which is what’s on the side of our car. We have a lot to prove this year.”
Robert Hight, Funny Car
“We’ve all been working really hard to get me used to this car. I’ll have more than 50 passes under my belt (in testing). I feel really good, although I know I have plenty left to learn. I’m ready for the challenge. I’m a really humble person by nature but at the same time I don’t know how we can go into any race not thinking we have a good chance to win.”
Tanner Gray, Pro Stock rookie
“I have a lot of goals that I’ve set for myself. With my brother Kyle passing, it put some stuff in perspective for me, treating every day and every lap and every race as it could be your last.”
Matt Hagan, Funny Car driver
“This (Papa John’s sponsorship) means so much to me, our team and the sport of NHRA drag racing. We are huge fans of Papa John’s Pizza and are confident it will help fuel us to more victories.”
Leah Pritchett, Top Fuel driver
“This is my 17th year with Levi, Ray & Shoup, and I don’t ever remember having a car that looks quite like this. We think it looks great, and it’s off-the-chart different for us. It will take a little bit of time for people to see this car and know it’s me, but we still have the big LRS on the nose — nobody can miss that.”
Tim Wilkerson, Funny Car driver
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