Herb Cilantro...on his poor run: "Don't know what to tell you, man. My car never really performed like the rest of 'em out there today. We [426 Motorsports] just haven't been up to par on the plate tracks this year, but they are races that pretty much anyone can win, so I'm not gonna blame anyone for this."
On the large amount of wrecks: Believe me, I was not surprised at all. This was a plate race, for cryin' out loud! When you're going 215 miles an hour 3 inches apart, there's gonna be a lot of wrecks. It's inevitable."
On Ross Lowrey's injuries: Number one, I'm sorry about what happened to him, and I hope he can recover real soon. Ross, if you're watching this, I wish you and your family the best. But number two, I think it's a complete disgrace that this had to happen to him when the AARO had an all-but-injury-proof car design for McKinley...basically a COY with all the COT's safety advancements...and chose not to bring it to the rest of the races. It's just not possible to race, for sake or sanity, when there's two or three life-threatening injuries every year in this sport. Look at Carl Jones and Brad Simmons last year! I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say that AARO will never be at its safest until we implement the McKinley car for every race. That includes the variations of it they made for Yung Guns and the Trucks, too."
Jen Smith...on her spectacular wreck: "Well, coming into turn 1, I thought I was clear, but once I clipped...I think it was Richson...it was like I couldn't escape, I was locked inside that spin...and you know these cars spin good. But soon enough, I'd be flipping too."
On what it was like to be trapped upside down for so long: "Time kept slipping me by when I was over, even though I wasn't alone. It sure didn't make me high when I was getting down on the apron."
On her medical condition, when asked about it: "Oh, I'm totally fine. I'm more worried about Ross than anyone. When he kissed the track goodbye on that stretcher, I didn't know whether or not he was gonna make it out alive. When the track workers got to his car, I definitely saw the venom in their eyes."