Mike Duvall got the evening off to a good start by giving a great invocation as the big E came to life for the Dream.

HEAT 1: Davey Johnson grabbed the lead in turn one as Van Wormer and Moyer battled for third. Moyer took to the bottom early while the Jeepster took second when Miller pushed off two. Tracy Grimes brought out the first caution of the night when he slapped the wall with his 9-11 car. On the restart Van Wormer took a look under Davey J. Moyer took third from Miller as the Iron Butterfly began to fade with what would be found as a blown motor. With Juice a half chute ahead of the field, Moyer ran down Jeep and began poking under to look for second. Moyer could look and occasionally pull alongside the youngster but when the checkered fell on the battle the Jeepster rose to the challenge. Johnson would be the first of the Rocket R&D cars to show strength with an impressive win ahead of Van Wormer and Moyer.

HEAT 2: Randle Chupp rode the cushion to the lead in one bringing Francis along as Hewitt settled into third. Bob Pierce tested a couple of different lines to challenge Hewitt then brought his night to an end when he swatted the cement then slowed. Deep in the field Hartman, Mike McWilliams and Steve Smith battled. Hartman looked like Francis as both hiked the left front. Francis moved in on Chupp in traffic. When Randle slipped off two, Beevo grabbed the lead before Kevin Weaver’s night ended against the turn three wall. Rod Conley also retired with a flat left rear. On the restart Francis drove away while Erb challenged Hewitt. Erb moved into third in turn one while 12th starting Hartman moved to 5th. Francis made the special space crafts two for two with a half straightaway win ahead of Chupp and Erb.

HEAT 3: The Real Deal marched to the lead at the start in front of Kinzer. Pearson and Loomis’s battle for third included a little friendly contact. Eckert’s new setup with hopes of more speed ended when he spun off turn two. On the restart O’Neal then drove away early. Kinzer rolled in turn one deep to look under O’Neal before the Real Deal drove away off two. Kevin Claycomb began to make some noise rolling up to sixth from 12th. Balzano drove by Pearson for fourth in turn one with a nice slider. Ted Loomis was safe in third as Kinzer cranked his ride up on 3 wheels to follow O’Neal. Kinzer actually took a look to the bottom of Donnie O in traffic before O’Neal stood on the gas off four and made a power move by the back markers. Balzano rolled up on Loomis but ran out of laps as O’Neal, Kinzer and Loomis went to the pits to prepare for the Dream.

HEAT 4: Mike Duvall lead the field into one before Jackie Boggs dove low in two to battle with Frye. Bloomquist Boggs and Frye going into three, then fired a slider to Duvall off four to lead by the end of lap one. Following a spin for Scott Bowersock, Frye’s low road on the restart forced Boggs to jab Duvall off two. The battle was all for not as the caution flew and Bloomquist was pointed at for starting too quickly. On the Korte rolled up on Boggs and got into Frye. Wendell Wallace began his march from seventh as a slider on Frye for fifth was null and voided for another false start. On the next go Boggs rolled by Duvall as did Korte when Duvall began to fade. Boggs looked to possibly be good enough to run down Bloomquist but a jump of a cushion and swat of the wall left Jackie with right rear body damage. Behind him Wallace challenged Korte for third as Black Sunshine rode a half straightaway ahead of the field. Duvall brought out the caution again with a flat left front. After a successful switch of rubber groovy Duvie was back out. Following a restart with the green flag and yellow lights, the field went green again Wallace and Korte slugged it out for third. After swapping third 3 times, Wallace took the spot for good with a slider in one. At the finish Bloomquist cruised to the win ahead of Boggs and Wallace.

HEAT 5: The fifth head lived up to all the hoopla talked up earlier in the day. The action began with an opening lap crash then sent Greg Lucas on his lid. On the restart Lanigan made the front row 3 wide when he drove low beside Cook but no dice. When the green flew again Chub rolled around Shaver to lead with Lanigan in third. Donnie Moran banked off of Timmy Yeager forcing the Chosen One’s new Rayburn into the back stretch wall. Moran nearly took out himself and Schlieper on the restart as Lanigan moved by Shaver for second. For the remainder of the race Lanigan and Chub ran either side by side or within a few feet. Finally Lanigan eased by to grab the outside pole of the Dream in front of Frank and Shaver.

HEAT 6: Rick Aukland turned the final heat into a laugher by running off and hiding. Mason rode safely in second as Arp began picking up spots as did McDowell. Ruhlman and Paul Harris had a great battle for third before Arp mowed both down. Harris tried to retaliate on Arp with an attempted slider in one but to no avail. Aukland’s win put yet another Rocket redesign in the field ahead of Arp who nipped Mason at the line.

C MAIN: Bill Frye outraced Randy Boggs early before Boggs faded. Steve Hillard found the top and was mowing cars down before a slip in one sent him into the wall and out for the night. When the checkered fell on Frye, Moran, Greg Johnson, Keith Berner, Darren Miller and Steve Lucas moved to the B.

B MAIN: Mike Balzano grabbed the lead from Hewitt en route to a flag to flag performance. Hartman showed signs of strength moving forward. Meanwhile Babb and McDowell moved in on Scott James for the final transfer spot. McDowell snuck by as did Babb before a caution in the final few laps. On the restart Hartman got a run on James and challenged Babb for the final spot. James found the rim but got the pinch down the back chute. Hartman ran down McDowell but wasn’t able to go by coming up one spot short. To the main were Blaze-O, Babb who passed Hewitt on the final lap and McDowell.

Provisional Starters for the feature were Pearson, who had Ronnie Stuckey as a guest crew chief for the weekend and Brian Ruhlman.

And now for the Dream…

10:14 was the time the field rolled off the pad. Billy Moyer’s crew scrambled a bit to get the piece of plastic from in front of the radiator delaying the back part of the field. When the field did pull out Moyer, Davey Johnson, Lanigan and Dennis Erb headed the field in the four abreast salute to the fans. Off the track, Jackie Boggs pulled in as an ailing hand from the BoB race a couple of weeks ago sent him in thinking something was binding the steering.

On the start Lanigan edged ahead in turn one, O’Neal rolled off the high side past Aukland off two then looked under Lanigan in three. When the duo came off four the Real Deal fired a slider at Lanigan to take the lead off four and lead lap one.

O’Neal drives away off two on the second lap as Bloomquist rides low beside Aukland. Aukland eased ahead down the back side before the Voodoo Child of Mooresburg dealt the artist formerly known as the Fargo Flash a slider himself to take third.

O’Neal’s lead is growing by 3 car lengths a lap as the choppy terrain in one and two slow Bloomquist.

Francis pulls to the back of Aukland a lap before Beevo moved to fourth on the rim off two.

O’Neal’s lead is now a full straightaway as Moyer is riding in 14th.

Bloomquist begins to pressure Lanigan for second. Further back Juice goes by Aukland for 5th.

Bloomquist looks low under Lanigan but can’t pull off the pass. Johnson rolls to the back of Francis and Jeep Van Wormer battles with Randle Chupp for 7th.

Bloomquist pulls alongside of Lanigan down the front side but Lanigan goes ahead in two when Bloomquist hits the ruts.

O’Neal is cruising out front with a very comfortable advantage. Bloomquist hits the ruts again as does Francis.

O’Neal is on the hub as the Lanigan/Bloomquist battle gains on the leader.

Billy Moyer slows.

Jeep Van Wormer moves to seventh before the caution flies for Moyer who stops as an oil pump belt has come off.

The caution flies for Moyer on lap 13.

On the restart Bloomquist and Lanigan hook up again but it’s a no-go.

On the next restart Bloomquist slides Lanigan in one but it’s a no-go.

Moyer comes back as the field takes the green he’s a half straightaway behind everyone.

On yet another restart Van Wormer hooks a rut in one and two getting sideways. Earl Pearson, takes the hardest hit along with Kinzer who came in on the hook. Shaver, McDowell, Arp and Loomis are all in.

On the restart Lanigan goes alongside O’Neal down the back side and takes the lead on the top of three.

Bloomquist goes to second in turn three and takes it for good down the front side.

Lanigan’s lead is 3 car lengths on lap 16.

Lap 17 Bloomquist takes the lead at the line.

Wendell Wallace goes by Aukland for 5th and 20th starting Shannon Babb rolls to 7th passing Chupp.

Chub Frank then catches Chupp when Arp slowed on the front stretch.

Billy Moyer has mowed down a big part of the field and is now 8th.

Moyer moved to 7th in turn one on the bottom passing Chupp.

Wallace moves in on Francis.

Bloomquist is a half straightaway ahead of the field.

O’Neal moves to the high side to search for speed.

Bloomquist runs in on traffic.

Moyer rolls through the corners in vintage form taking 6th from Babb then puts Aukland behind him a lap later.

Lanigan moves in on Bloomquist a bit when Bloomer gets into traffic.

O’Neal runs down Lanigan and challenges for second.

Bloomquist runs the same line around the bottom he did at the World 100.

O’Neal goes to the bottom to challenge Lanigan.

Moyer has come off the bottom. Lanigan and Bloomquist are each in traffic.

Bloomquist is a full straightaway ahead of the field.

O’Neal gives Lanigan a lot of pressure when Lanigan has trouble lapping Jackie Boggs.

Lanigan gets by the Boggs and the rest of the traffic along with O’Neal.

Wallace works on Francis for 4th as Moyer approaches on the hub.

Bloomquist is in heavy traffic while Lanigan and O’Neal run alone.

Bloomquist moves around on the race track to find a way around Chub and Chupp who are door to door.

Chub finally clears Chupp opening the bottom for Bloomquist to go by.

O’Neal pulls alongside Lanigan and retakes second in turn 1.

Francis then runs down Lanigan for third.

Moyer takes 5th from Wallace.

Francis pressures Lanigan as Moyer lurks along the hub.

Half way and Bloomquist, O’Neal, Lanigan, Francis, Moyer, Wallace, Babb, Mason and Aukland are the only cars on the lead lap.

Moyer goes by Francis down the front stretch then Lanigan down the backstretch of the same lap.

Moyer then runs down O’Neal and takes second off turn 4 in the traffic of Dennis Erb.

Bloomquist is a half track in front of Moyer.

O’Neal pulls up beside Moyer but Moyer denies him.

Wallace goes to the bottom and takes Francis down the front side.

Babb challenges Wallace and Francis before suffering a flat left rear in one and two then slows to pull in. The Moyer fans pray for a yellow but are denied.

O’Neal tries to follow Moyer’s line but loses more ground in one and two when the ruts bite him.

Wallace attempts a low move on Francis but the ruts slow his momentum.

Lap 67 Chub Frank slows in turn 2 with a broken panhard bar mount. When the stops in turn 3 the caution waves erasing Yang’s quarter mile lead.

Under the yellow Moyer pulls under the lapped cars of Brian Ruhlman and Jeep Van Wormer to let the know he’s going by.

On the restart Bloomquist drives off. Moyer goes by Van Wormer in two and Ruhlman in four.

Moyer rides low while Bloomquist cruises a half straightaway along the rim.

Wallace takes fourth from Lanigan. A lap later Francis moves to fifth by Lanigan. Moyer moves to the middle of the track searching for speed.

A lap later Moyer goes to the top again while Bloomquist rolls out of the gas before entering the turns.

Bloomquist cautiously follows the traffic of Jackie Boggs.

Jeep slows down the front stretch and pulls in the turn 1 opening.

Aukland moves past Mason for sixth.

Bloomquist goes by Boggs. A lap later Jackie pulls out with an ailing hand.

Bloomquist runs up on Balzano. When he has trouble lapping Blaze O Moyer picks up a few car lengths and visibly starts driving harder.

Bloomquist gets by Balzano in turn four and starts racing harder. Moyer still closes.

Bloomquist runs down Erb for lapping. When Erb unknowingly drifts high off two Black Sunshine gets off the gas allowing Moyer to creep closer bringing the crowd to their feet.

Bloomquist goes by Erb down the front chute and goes back to the bottom.

Moyer puts Erb on the shelf as Bloomquist catches Mason. Bloomer goes by in turn one then catches Chupp again.

Moyer mows down the lapped traffic and looks to be moving in on Bloomquist. The crowd again comes to their feet in the final five laps.

Moyer’s slip in turn one after getting into a bump brings cheers from the Mooresburg faithful. Moyer gathers the reigns and cuts Bloomquist’s advantage to 3 car lengths.

Steve Shave becomes a player of lapped traffic but graciously allows Bloomquist by in two and Moyer under in three.

Moyer draws closer again as no one is in their seat.

Moyer slips again in turn 1 allowing Bloomquist to make the lead 5 car lengths.

White flag in the air, Bloomquist runs the final lap hard to keep the advantage. Moyer nips away a little but Bloomquist comes off four as engine builder Larry Clark and his wife leave their seats behind us and head to the stage when Bloomquist wins.

Immediately somewhat of a hush falls over the place as memories of Florence a week ago send everyone to the mud. When Memmer pointed his thumb to the heavens, Bloomquist’s crew jumped and the crowd erupted as the Voodoo Child goes to the stage for his second Dream trophy.

Over all it was a fantastic night of racing. No controversy and few crashes kept everything moving. The worst wreck of the night and entire weekend for that matter was Greg Lucas’ flip in the 5th heat. Several drivers turned heads including Jeep Van Wormer who was strong before his incident as was Kinzer. Justin Allgaier showed promise too.

Drivers who will write the weekend off as a loss will include John Gill who backed up before pulling out of his heat and Rick Eckert who spun. Matt Miller scratched from the pole of the consi with a blown motor while Mike McWillams cooked his in the heats too.

Hopefully the weather and atmosphere for the World 100 will be a copy of this weekends action.