PERMATEX/FOLLOW A DREAM TEAM DIGS OUT FOR 2013 OPENER

Marstons Mills, MA –February 13, 2013-Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team opens its East Region championship defense this weekend at Auto Plus Raceway in Gainesville, Fla. Last year, the team skipped this event and won three of the next six events to win the title.

“Hopefully, just getting out of Massachusetts will be the hardest part of this weekend,” said Blake, who was stranded at home in Marstons Mills, Ma., from Friday, Feb. 8 until late Monday, Feb. 11 by the biggest storm to hit New England in 35 years. “We had everything loaded and ready to go before the storm hit, but we were stuck for days. The whole team already was ready to start racing this year. Now we’re really ready.”

This year, the East Region opener has added significance for the Follow A Dream team and driver Todd Veney, who is in a virtual tie atop the standings with Paul Gill, John Anderika, and Eric Lourie.  Gill and Anderika are tied for the lead with 182 points apiece, and Todd Veney and Lourie are right on their heels with 181. “It would be huge to make another Allstar team,” said Veney, who was in the lineup in 2011. “That was a big step for the team, and we almost won the whole thing.”