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A Dream Team Wraps Up 2011 With Another Final
Marstons Mills, MA – With a
final-round appearance at the last race of the year, Jay Blake's
Permatex/Follow A Dream team climbed to sixth in the national Top
Alcohol Funny Car standings. Driver Todd Veney qualified second
at the Division 2 Lucas Oil Series closer at Silver Dollar Raceway
with a 5.66 and dropped a close final to Mickey Ferro, the second-ranked
driver in the country last season, 5.64 to 5.73.
Veney had low e.t. of the two previous rounds, with a 5.69 win
over Melinda Green-King and a 5.65 against Mark Billington, knocking
both out of the Division 2 championship battle won by Ferro. "Hopefully,
this locks up a spot for us in the top 10," Blake said. "If
it does, it'll be the first time we've done it two years in a row.
The car ran well all weekend, but in the final the track was a little
better than we thought."
It was the team's first appearance at the Reynolds, Ga. facility.
"This was a good way to end a good season," Veney said.
"It really helped us in the national standings and almost was
enough to get us second in the division." With 267 points apiece,
Veney and Eric Lourie tied for second behind Frank Manzo in Division
1, but Lourie won the tiebreaker.
The Follow A Dream team finishes the 2011 season with a 21-13 record
(.618 winning percentage) and five final-round appearances –
one at a national event, one at the Jegs Allstars race, and three
in divisional competition.
"The best part is that every single member of the team is
going to be back for 2012," Blake said. "I thank every
one of them – Tom Howell, Todd Veney, Ed Parker, Scott Osborn,
Scott Spencer, Joe Connelly, Charlie Connelly, Maura McGonigle,
and Alan Hadfield – for the hard work and dedication that
made this a good year for our team."
WELCOME TO FOLLOW A DREAM
About Follow A Dream
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.
About Permatex
Permatex, Inc. is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer
of premium chemical products to the automotive maintenance and repair
markets. Since 1909, Permatex has been an acknowledged leader in
the development of innovative new products and services for the
automotive aftermarket. For more information, visit http://www.permatex.com/
About Wynn’s
Wynn’s traces its history to 1939 when the original Wynn’s
Friction Proofing Oil Treatment® formula was first developed
and introduced to the automotive market. In the 65 years following
the introduction of that single product, Wynn’s has grown
to become a leading worldwide manufacturer and marketer of innovative,
groundbreaking automotive specialty chemicals and service equipment,
as well as Complete Automotive Maintenance Programs. For more information,
log on to www.wynnsusa.com.
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