Todd Veney to Drive for Blake's "Follow A Dream" team

Todd Veney Back in the Seat in 2010

Jay Blake's Follow A Dream/Permatex Top Alcohol Funny Car team has a new driver for the 2010 season: Todd Veney. "Our whole team is excited to have Todd driving; he’s a great team player," said Blake, who has led the team to multiple national event victories since fulfilling his lifelong dream of owning his own Alcohol Funny Car team in 2003.

Veney drove that first Follow A Dream car before pursuing his own lifelong dream of fielding a team with his dad, Ken Veney, in 2004. "It's great to be back with Jay, Tommy, and everybody," Veney said. "I've seen Jay's entire operation step up every year since he got into the sport, and this is going to be the fastest, best car I've ever raced and the best team I've ever been on." Veney has been driving since 1995 and grew up in drag racing, working on his dad's cars as a kid and writing for NHRA's National Dragster from 1988 to 2007. Blake's Follow a Dream team will compete from coast to coast, from Englishtown to Pomona, on a 12-race schedule that includes eight national events and a full slate of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events.

Tuner Tom Howell is back with Blake, the only totally blind crew chief in all of motorsports, as is the entire Follow A Dream crew from 2009: Charlie and Joe Mitchell, Ed Parker, Scott Osborn, Mike Lupo, Rich Fenwick, and Scott Spencer.“ The whole team is thrilled to have Todd return to the seat and we’re already gearing up for the 2010 season,” said Blake, who, between racing events, encourages countless thousands of others across the country through motivational presentations delivered at technical schools, colleges, and corporate events, to follow their dreams.

For more information about Follow A Dream and the team, go to http://www.followadream.org