Maple Grove Raceway outside of Reading, Pennsylvania holds special
meaning for the Follow A Dream (“FAD”) Top Alcohol Funny Car race
team. Maple Grove is where FAD team owner and crew chief Jay Blake,
who is the only blind crew chief in motorsports, decided to follow his
dream of owning his own drag race team.
Blake brings his Permatex/Wynn’s/Texas Roadhouse 2008 Chevrolet Impala
SS Top Alcohol Funny Car to Maple Grove this weekend (May 23-24, 2008)
for the second stop on the 2008 NHRA Northeast Division 1 race schedule.
“Every race is special, but this one this year is a little more so,
because it comes one day after the anniversary of my accident,” said
Blake, who was left without sight, taste and smell following the May
22, 1997 industrial accident that left him clinging to life. “It’s
amazing how far this team has come over the years, and it would be
great if we put it all together this weekend at Maple Grove.”