RACING SEASON CONTINUES FOR FOLLOW A DREAM TEAM THIS WEEKEND AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY

While most Americans kick off their summer relaxing over the long Memorial Day weekend, Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream team is headed to Maple Grove Raceway in the Pennsylvania Dutch area just outside Reading for the first race of the Division 1 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season. The team had a solid outing at this event last year, qualifying number 2 and advancing to the semifinals.

“We’re all really looking forward to getting the Division 1 season under way,” Blake said. “We’ve been racing all over the country already this year, and it will be fun to be back with all of our friends in Division 1.”

Follow A Dream has competed in Florida, Texas, Nevada, and Indiana so far in 2010, highlighted by semifinal finishes at the Gatornationals in March and at the most recent event, last week’s Lucas Oil Series event in Indianapolis. Work commitments kept team members Scott Osborn, Joe Mitchell, Alan Hadfield, and Scott Spencer from attending the Las Vegas and Indianapolis events, forcing Blake, tuner Tom Howell, Eddie Parker, Charlie Mitchell, and Mike Lupo to pull double duty.

“Maple Grove is one of the best-known tracks in the country, and I’m looking forward to getting back there,” said driver Todd Veney. “Every name driver in the sport has raced there at least once, and the place has a lot of history. For me, it will be great to race at Maple Grove for the first time in six years and great to have the whole team back with us.”

Established in 1999, Follow A Dream is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization. The organization’s message is uniquely delivered through NHRA drag racing as its medium. As racing’s only totally blind, race crew chief, Follow A Dream Founder, Jay Blake draws upon his personal experience of overcoming adversity and achieving his dream of auto racing, and shares his inspiration with others.   For more information go to www.followadream.org.