Follow A Dream partners with Clevite

Follow A Dream Partners with Clevite Engine Parts

Marstons Mills, MA— Follow A Dream announced today a partnership with Clevite® Engine Parts. Clevite will provide Follow A Dream’s Championship NHRA team with Perfect Circle® piston rings and Clevite 77® engine bearings, and also share technical information with Follow A Dream as they campaign their Top Alcohol Funny Car in 2007.

Jay Blake, Founder and Owner of Follow A Dream, Inc., stated, “This is a great opportunity for Follow A Dream to work with Clevite. We’ve been building a relationship with them for over a year and we wanted to recognize their commitment and thank them for supporting us. They offer an impressive line of products and we’re eager to continue building on our relationship while helping to promote them to the millions of drag racing fans and the thousands of people we reach each year through our community outreach program.”

Bill McKnight, Director of Brand Development for Clevite says, “We are extremely proud to be associated with Jay Blake and his Follow A Dream racing team. On the track Jay and his team exemplify the competitive spirit of NHRA racing. And Clevite also recognizes the tremendous value of Jay’s off-the-track activities that take him to communities around the country. Jay’s Follow A Dream outreach program inspires people of all ages to move forward with their lives, work with others in a spirit of cooperation, and dedicate themselves to meeting their goals regardless of any obstacles they may face. Follow A Dream is an inspiration to all of us.”

Clevite Engine Parts is the world’s largest supplier of automotive engine bearings, piston rings and gaskets. They meet the growing performance engine building needs of the automotive aftermarket as well as supplying original equipment parts to domestic and import car and truck manufacturers. Clevite’s engine bearings, rings and gaskets are also used by all levels of racing, including NHRA, IHRA and NASCAR®.

Clevite Engine Parts is a division of Dana Corporation (OTC: DCNAQ) and provides a wide scope of under-the-hood products for the global replacement parts market, including Clevite® engine parts, Clevite 77® engine bearings, Victor Reinz® gaskets and Perfect Circle® piston rings. In addition, Clevite, Clevite 77, Victor Reinz and Perfect Circle are exclusive NASCAR® Performance Products.

The Follow A Dream NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car is owned and operated by Jay Blake; the only totally blind crew chief in the world of motor sports, and one of the nation’s most inspirational speakers. Jay Blake has been featured on NBC, CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, CNN, and NECN, to name a few.

Follow A Dream, a 501c3 non profit corporation is Mr. Blake’s answer to merging his 20-year love of drag racing with what he views as his responsibility to demonstrate through personal example, that dreams do not have to be surrendered to a life-altering or potentially catastrophic disability. Mr. Blake, a career mechanic, suffered an industrial accident in 1997 that rendered him totally blind. Instead of giving up, he forged ahead with his dream of racing and ultimately assembled an enthusiastic race team.

To find out more about Clevite, log onto www.engineparts.com

To find out more about Follow A Dream, log onto www.followadream.org