Austin Prock: 'I felt pretty confident going that we were going to have the car to beat'
Paul Lee: 'It’s going to be great just to see our friends and the fans'
Jack Beckman: 'I don’t know if anyone wants to get back more than me'
Tim Wilkerson: 'I don’t think they’re ready for my attitude. It’s gonna be fun'
Kenny Delco: 'We were fast, we qualified fourth at Pomona and Phoenix'
Steve Torrence: 'You’ve got to come out and swing for every one of ’em'
Cristian Cuadra: 'I think I’m doing well, but I have a lot of room to improve'
Tommy Johnson Jr.: 'I’ve not wanted to win a championship more than this year'
Brittany Force: 'We’re ready for all this to be over so we get back to what we love'
Robert Hight: 'I can’t wait to get back and try to defend our championship'
Alex Laughlin: 'All we have to do is shove the car back in the trailer, and we are ready to go racing'
Shawn Langdon: 'I’m trying to stay as fresh as I can so we can be ready to go'
Chris McGaha: 'We’ve come up with some new ideas and we’ve beaten on some things'
J.R. Todd: 'I have all the confidence that we will be in contention when it counts'
Clay Millican: 'I can’t wait to stomp on that loud pedal ... it’s been way too long'
Bob Tasca III: 'Trust me, this Motorcraft car is going to have its day in the sun'
Antron Brown: 'I’ve been doing everything I can; I’m gonna come back hungry and ready'
Jason Line: 'It doesn’t matter what track we start with, the cars will all be ready to go when we get the call'
Fernando Cuadra Jr: 'We’re applying many of the things we learned from the first two races'
John Force: 'I’ll be ready. I know the car. I could drive it with my eyes closed'
Rahn Tobler maps out plans and goals for the NAPA Auto Parts Funny Car team
Leah Pruett: 'This is not the time to test or play; it’s time to run with what we know'
Ron Capps: 'It’s going to feel crazy the first time any of us steps on the gas for the first time'
Doug Kalitta: 'We’re all just really hungry and ready to make it happen'
Bo Butner: 'I feel like when we all come back racing we’ll be stronger than ever!'
Jeg Coughlin Jr: 'It’s time to go. Every round will be as important as the last'
Matt Hartford: 'We have a car that can run for the championship—bar none'
Alexis DeJoria: 'I just hope that everybody makes it back to the track safely'
Justin Ashley: 'Having a break like this really puts things in perspective'
Erica Enders: 'Our great start proves the organization’s hard work is paying off'
Alex Laughlin: 'All we have to do is shove the car back in the trailer, and we are ready to go racing'
ALEX LAUGHLIN| Laughlin Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro
Current points position: 7th | Best season e.t. to date: 6.546
Early-season report card: As part of the Elite Motorsports team, Pro Stock racer Alex Laughlin is coming off a 2019 team success that saw Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr. finish first and second in the championship. His 2020 season has gotten off to a less-than-stellar start with some car consistency and part-failure issues that no one could have predicted. But he expects all of that to be behind him now that the car has been sorted out.
Looking back: “We left from testing in Florida with the best Pro Stock car on the property and arrived at Pomona with the worst Pro Stock car on the property, and things didn’t really go well there. In Phoenix, it was a lot more promising. We only lost in round three because my driveshaft broke — which is not common — about 60 feet out, and even Bo [Butner] himself would say he’s the luckiest guy on the planet because he was in the lane next to me when that happened. All Bo had to do was go down the racetrack to make it to the finals. We ran at the World Doorslammer Nationals where the car felt really good, so we ended on a pretty high note.”
Looking ahead: “Wherever the next race is, whatever it’s going to be, I’m just ready to be at the racetrack. I don’t know that we’re going to do any testing in my Pro Stock car before the first race, but one thing I’ve been doing to stay sharp is racing my CanAm side-by-side. I’ve been working on it a lot. In my first race with it, I qualified No 1. Then on the first lap I got hit and went off the top of a jump, was T-boned in the air, and the car was totaled. Now I am doing a full rebuild.”
Shop talk: “The [Pro Stock] car is ready from Gainesville. It came home and we tinkered with some stuff, but everything has been ready for months now. All we have to do is shove the car back in the trailer.”
The final word: “Man, right now I just want to be able to hit all of the races and finish the 2020 season. I’ve been very lucky that all of my sponsors have stuck with me and continued the support they’ve always given me.”