Quotes by Cruz Pedregon

“Las Vegas is kind of like a home track for me because its near California, where I live. Although we havent won there yet, I always look forward to going back to Las Vegas. Its a newer race on the circuit (NHRA first competed at The Strip in 2000, the year the track was completed), and its a first class facility. I always try to encourage fans and our sponsors to go there -- I like showing it off.”

“You can say I had a gorilla on my back because it was definitely bigger than a monkey.”

“Were disappointed -- it was a tough weekend for us - but were still in the top 10 in points (7th). Well just go on to Atlanta and start over. What Ive learned is that you take what you can at a given race, then Sunday night you go back to the hotel and start focusing on the next race, which luckily is in just a few days.”