Hartford, CT…Permatex, an innovative leader in chemical technology for automotive maintenance and repair, will continue its long-running support of the Follow A Dream Race Team into the 2011 season with a corporate sponsorship for the team in the 2011 NHRA Championship Top Alcohol Funny Car Series. Permatex has partnered with Jay Blake and his successful Follow A Dream Race Team since 2004.
The 2011 Follow A Dream Team will again challenge the NHRA series with its Permatex/Wynn's/Follow A Dream 2008 Chevrolet Impala SS Top Alcohol Funny Car and driver, Todd Veney, an experienced and successful NHRA racer and motorsports journalist, who joined the team in 2010. The team will compete coast to coast in a grueling, 13-race schedule that includes seven national events.
Editor note: Complete 2011 Follow A Dream race schedule follows at the end of release.
Jay Blake, founder, owner, and crew chief of Follow A Dream, exclaims, "We are very excited about the new NHRA season and believe we are in a good position to win the championship. Last year, we finished 2nd in our division, right on the heels of World Champ, Frank Manzo. Plus, we have Todd Veney driving for us again. He did a great job in 2010 and ended the season ranked 7th among the 87 TAFC cars that participated in the championship series."
Blake also noted, "Our relationship with Permatex continues to be a great opportunity for both organizations. We are extremely proud to be working with a company that is so highly respected in the industry, and we continue to rely on their outstanding products and support to keep our car competitive."
About Follow A Dream Follow A Dream Racing Team is a remarkable story in itself, and winning at the national level is only part of it. Follow A Dream's owner and crew chief, Jay Blake, is totally blind. Jay lost his eyesight in a tire explosion over 15 years ago, but he did not lose his positive attitude on life, nor his desire to pursue his dreams. Jay had always wanted to form his own race team, and in spite of his serious setback, he continued to focus on his goals. Through years of incredible determination and perseverance, he was able to realize his dream and founded Follow A Dream Racing. Since then, the team has worked its way up the rankings to become one of the top Funny Car teams in the world.
Jay Blake's Mission While he has worked incredibly hard to build his team, Jay Blake has also worked to encourage others to overcome adversity. For the past 15 years, he has toured the country as a motivational speaker at community schools, vocational institutes, corporate events, social club gatherings and hospitals, encouraging people to believe that they can rise above adversity and achieve their life's goals.
About Permatex Permatex 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.
Permatex markets a wide range of products under well-known ITW brand names such as Permatex®, Fast Orange®, No Touch®, NOS®, Spray Nine®, The Right Stuff®, Gel Twist®, PermaPoxy®, Ultra Bond® and Dr Bond®, Ultra Cherry®, Grez-Off®, and Earth Soap®. NOS is a registered trademark of Nitrous Oxide Systems®.
Permatex currently operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the U.K. and exports products to more than 85 countries around the world. North American operations include Permatex's headquarters in Hartford, CT, a state-of-the-art manufacturing, distribution, and technical center located in Solon, OH, and a manufacturing facility in Kansas City, KS.
Permatex is a division of ITW (Illinois Tool Works Inc.), a US based, NYSE listed corporation, founded in 1912. ITW is a Fortune 200 diversified manufacturing company.
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