Generalizingthenotionofstronglynilcleanrings,weintroducestronglyquasinilcleanrings.Somefundamentalpropertiesandequivalentcharacterizationsofthisclassofringsareprovided.Bymeansofg-Drazininverses,Cline'sformulaandJacobson'slemmaforstronglyquasi-nilcleanelementsareinvestigated.