Marstons Mills, MA-June 23, 2010- Hot off a semifinal finish at the SuperNationals June 11-13 in Englishtown, N.J., Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream team heads to Norwalk, Ohio for the SummitRacing.com Nationals. It promises to be one of the toughest challenges of the season, with top-ranked cars from every corner of the country entered in the event.
 
“Norwalk is one of everybody’s favorite races every year, just because of the track itself,” Jay said. “The Bader family really knows how to run a racetrack. We’ve got some special things planned for the weekend, including a trip to the Permatex plant in Solon, Ohio, a pit visit by some of the folks from Travel Centers of America, a speech I’ll be giving at the Lion’s Club in Todd’s hometown, and a wedding reception Todd’s parents are throwing at their house Thursday night.”
 
Driver Todd Veney, who married Jacque Huntley two weeks earlier, on the Friday of the Englishtown race, grew up not far from Norwalk, in Wadsworth, Ohio. “It’s like another home race for me,” he said. “Everybody in the area is proud of the Norwalk track, and I’m really looking forward to hearing Jay speak for the first time ever when he gives his speech in Wadsworth. Plus, everybody on the team will be with us this weekend, just like they were when we got to the semi’s in Gainesville and Englishtown, so we’re looking to get back into the late rounds again at the very least.”
 
A giant crowd is expected at the northern Ohio facility, which drew a record 45,000 fans for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional event there last month. Two qualifying sessions are scheduled for Friday, with a last-shot session Saturday morning and the first round of eliminations that afternoon. Final eliminations are on Sunday, and the event will be televised the following Sunday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to noon (Eastern time) on ESPN2.