Marstons Mills, MA -July 11, 2013-Jay
Blake's Permatex/Follow A Dream team moved up to fourth in the national
standings despite an early exit at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in
Norwalk, Ohio. Driver Todd Veney qualified 13th with a 5.71 and lost in the
first round when the engine went silent behind the line following the burnout.
"The team put in a brand-new engine
for this race, and we finally got the new supercharger that Jay had on order a
long time ago," Veney said. "We qualified only 13th but we were just
a few hundredths of a second from being in the top four, so we were really
looking for big things in eliminations. But then we got back to the pits and
our whole weekend turned around."
Touring pros Khalid alBalooshi, Phil
Shuler, and Stevie Jackson showed up in the Follow A Dream pit with
nine-year-old Jacob Delling, who lost both of his eyes to retinal cancer and
really wanted to meet Blake. "Spending time with Jacob was the highlight
of the event for us," said Blake, who gave Jacob an extended tour of the
trailer and the car, highlighted by seat time in the car, where Jacob
familiarized himself with the controls and fell in love with the air-shift
buttons.
"There will be
other races," Blake said. "We've won before and we'll win again, but getting
to spend time with someone like Jacob is what this team and Follow A Dream is
all about. It was also great to see some folks from Permatex and TA/Petro this
weekend. It's always nice to have guests of our sponsors enjoy a day at the
track."
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