MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (August 8, 2018) The Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team enjoyed its best weekend of the season, capturing a win this past Saturday in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Division race at Atco Dragway in New Jersey. “The hot rod’s back!” team owner Jay Blake exuberantly said. “The car did what we wanted to. When
February 2-10, 2017….Derek West and team # 20 left for Johnson Valley, California on Thursday Feb. 2nd after months of preparation for the opening race of the 2017 season, which is also the biggest race of the every season. The week was full of media, photo shoots & prepping for qualifying. Derek qualified on Tuesday Feb. 7th during “Power Hour” taking a great starting
MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (September 20, 2018) Maple Grove Raceway is an extremely special place for Permatex/Follow A Dream owner Jay Blake. That is where he first decided to form Follow A Dream Racing in 1998, after an industrial accident left him totally blind. Jay has seen his dream come to fruition and Follow A Dream has gone on to become not only a successful
Saturday, Feb. 25th, 2017….Derek West and his wife, Ashley and daughter, London attended the 1st Outlaw Off Road Racing Series event held at the Rock Creek Off Road Park in Booneville, Arkansas. This new Midwest series was created by several racers. It is based on a mix of skills in the woods, rocks, & hills in 2 timed laps for the best combined overall score. The series is a total of 4 races
If you didn’t make it out to Maple Grove to see us at the Dodge NHRA Nationals, don’t worry! You can watch it tonight (9/27/2018) on Fox Sports 2 at 10 p.m. EST!
Ariel Biggs won the Young Gun Sprints race during the Sokola Shootout at Perris Auto Speedway last weekend, March 4-5th, 2017. Permatex is a main sponsor of Ariel Biggs and Ariel Biggs Racing. The victory was Biggs’ first checkered flag of the year, but she looks to build on the success throughout her 2017 campaign. After the win, Biggs thanked Permatex as well
The Permatex sponsored Follow A Dream race team ran a career best 5.42 ET in qualifying at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, in Gainesville, FL March 16-19th. The team, lead by owner Jay Blake and Driver Phil Burkardt, overcame a number of trials before the weekend even started, including a broken-down tow trailer and a malfunctioning data logger. The bad data logger
Fast Orange is proud to be a presenting sponsor of The OPTIMA Batteries Busch 50! Mark your calendars for 4/28/17 and we will see you at the Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL.
MARSTONS MILLS, Massachusetts (April 24, 2017) – The Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car team looked very strong at this past weekend’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Virginia Motorsports Park. Ultimately – and unfortunately for all the teams and fans that turned out – Mother Nature was stronger in the end. Driver Phil Burkart laid down a great first
BATAVIA, OH (April 27, 2017) – This weekend’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL and Macon Speedway in Macon, IL have been postponed. With the forecast for rain and thunderstorms on an already heavily saturated track and facility at both venues, Speedway and Series officials have agreed to postpone the events. The Lucas Oil Late
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