Marstons Mills, MA-July 31, 2014-For the first time in three years, Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream team will head to Atco, N.J., just outside of Philadelphia, for an NHRA East Regional. The event, added back to the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule for the first time since 2011, has ended in victory for the Follow A Dream team twice in the team’s last five appearances there, including in 2010, when driver Todd Veney ended his first season back with the team with a win.
“I made my first 260-mph run the first time we ran here,” Veney said. “Atco’s a long, flat track with great air, so maybe we can have another weekend like we did four years ago.”
“It’s great to be going back there,” said Blake. “I think everybody was disappointed when Atco was taken off the schedule a few years ago. The new track owners are former Alcohol Funny Car racers and it’ll be exciting to get back to that place.”
It’s night racing – both qualifying and eliminations. Qualifying sessions are scheduled for 5:00 and 7:30 Friday, and eliminations are set to go off at 5:00, 7:00, and 9:00 Saturday night.