Marstons Mills, MA –February 19,
2013-Jay Blake's Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team tied for
low e.t. and reached the semifinals in its season debut at the Eastern Region
event in Gainesville, Fla., this weekend. Driver Todd Veney ran a 5.59 on the
team's first run of the season, the best the car has run since the 4-Wide
Nationals in Charlotte last April, and tied Kris Hool for low e.t.
Veney defeated John Headley on a
holeshot in the opening round of eliminations, 6.32 to 6.30, and fell to
eventual winner Dan Pomponio in the semifinals. "Killer air and a cold
track made it hard to get down the track after that first run, but a semifinal finish
isn't too bad for our first race of the year," Veney said. "The best
part was watching the crew swap engines between rounds and having the new one
run just as good as the one that came out of the car."
A lifter broke in Veney's first-round
race with Headley, which made the boost skyrocket and led to a supercharger
explosion. "The whole team worked together to get it done in time, and a
little rain delay didn't hurt," said Blake. "We figured the extra
time we got from the rain was Tom Dobruck looking down on us."
The team received word over the weekend
that Dobruck, a staple at Permatex for many years, had succumbed to cancer just
before the event. "We raced with heavy hearts all weekend," Blake
said, "and we're dedicating this whole season to Tom's memory."
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