I admire what she's done in the sport. She came out and had to fight her way in. She kicked the door open - 'Not only are we going to be here, we're going to win, so get used to it.' Now it's normal. This is not an issue in drag racing.

I'm disappointed in not getting the win, but I feel like I'm being greedy because we're having such a good year.

I don't want to wake up from this. No matter how good a team you have, you just can't think that you'll continue to go to the finals every week. I'm as surprised as anybody.

While being the fastest and quickest female driver in NHRA history is an interesting and noteworthy item, I'm more excited that the car is running so well. Our big goal is to be the best team on the track and win some races, and, with any luck, be in the chase for the championship at the end of the year.

Just a week ago I was thinking that we can't possibly keep up this pace, and I was almost bracing myself for a first-round loss. I thought that this was just too good to be true, fate's going to get me back.

The Strip is a very nice facility. It's a little bit of an altitude track. I don't know if we expect to see huge numbers here, but certainly we'll see a lot of really good racing. I think the more passes all of the teams get on this new tire the better the racing is going to be.

I think it's great for her and for promoting women in motor sports. She's done a lot of good things to draw attention to women, which is somewhat necessary when you're looking for the funding to run these teams.