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RACING SEASON CONTINUES FOR FOLLOW A DREAM Marstons Mills, MA October 6, 2010-Three weeks after and 60 miles south of the originally scheduled date, the final round of the Lucas Oil Series event that began in Englishtown, N.J., was completed in Atco, N.J. The race between reigning world champion Frank Manzo and Permatex/Follow A Dream driver Todd Veney ended abruptly when the output shaft on the Permatex Chevy broke about 100 feet off the starting line, sending Manzo to a 5.63 win. "It was a lousy way to lose, but Frank's hard to beat under any circumstances," Veney said. "The car got into some tire shake in low gear and the output shaft took the brunt of it. Overall, it was still a good race for us. The final-round finish got us back up to sixth place in the national standings, and we just about have second place in the Division [behind Manzo] wrapped up." Eliminations for the Atco event were postponed by cold, wet weather that track officials felt was unsafe for racing. Veney landed in the top half of the field with a backpedaling 5.84 at 238 mph on his lone qualifying attempt. The team is number 4 on the grid and has a first-round matchup with Dan Pomponio of nearby Berlin, N.J. The only race left on the Permatex/Follow A Dream team's 2010 slate is the Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa., Blake's favorite event of the year. "It's the race where the whole dream began in 1998, the biggest race of the year to me," Blake said. "I had two speaking engagements this week that went really well and spoke before 1,400 people The whole team and I are really looking forward to this weekend." FOLLOW A DREAM RETURNS TO RACING ACTION For the first time in the eight-year history of Jay Blake's Permatex/Follow A Dream team, the team will run back-to-back-to-back events: the Spring Nationals in Houston (April 9-11), the SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas (April 16-18), and the Lucas Oil Series divisional race in Indianapolis (April 23-25). "This is a great opportunity for us," Jay said. "It takes a huge commitment from every person on the team, but everybody's up for it. I love Houston – that's where we won our first race. Vegas is one of the biggest races of the year and one we've always wanted to run, and the Indy race is right on our way back to Boston from Vegas. The whole team will be in Houston, but not everyone can be away from home for three straight weeks, so the rest of us will have to work that much harder in Vegas and Indy. To take on a great challenge like this, it'll be worth it." "I'm really looking forward to all three races – especially Vegas," said driver Todd Veney. "Indy's my hometown and Indianapolis Raceway Park is my favorite track. I've haven't raced in Houston since my rookie year, 2000, and it will be great to run the Vegas race and take on all the big names from the West Coast." This will be the first time Follow A Dream has competed at the Las Vegas and Indianapolis events, but the team has a great history in Houston, where they won in 2005, taking out Bob Newberry, who eventually won the championship that year, in the final. Last year, the team reached the final there.

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