Blake Tobias is a Berks County native, growing up in Exeter Township. His parents house was located about 8 miles away from one of the greatest dirt tracks in history, the famed 1/2 mile oval forever known as The Reading Fairgrounds.  Blake has been actively involved with both local dirt and pavement racing for over 27 years, he has also has been a fan of racing for 38 years and counting. 

      Blake started racing and became a talented driver for many years in the W.K.A., and I.K.F. karting ranks, his driving career spanned from the late 1970’s,  threw the 1980’s, and finally came to a close after a few races during early 1991.  Blake could be found behind the wheel of one of his karts at Shellhammers Speedway, or on Sundays at the Oreville kart club in Topton.  Tobias also liked running at Park City, and at the big National races held at the Family Grand Prix in Leesport, Pa.  When Tobias retired in 1991 as a driver he later found success by owning his own kart shop, while at the same time he owned and maintained karts for various winning drivers such as Dave Sharpley Jr., Lynn Lickel, Eric Garland, and former Modified racer Troy Wink.

      In the mist of being still being involved with the karting world Tobias also continued to focus his attention to the local modified action, and it was not uncommon for him to travel to Big Diamond, Grandview, and Penn National, all in the same weekend so he could dabble in racing photography, a hobby which he picked up while attending races at the Reading Fairgrounds as a youth.  Photography also gave him an edge, because it gave him a chance to meet many different drivers, owners, pit crew workers, as well as track officials, which in turn made him realize that there are many variables that are involved in racing, from many different angles, not just one persons perception. 

     During the past four years leading up to the present, Blake has served as a Crew Member, Crew Chief, and Promotions and Marketing Manager for a Team that primarily ran at the Big Diamond Raceway.  During the final two years with the team, Tobias put together and secured nights at the speedway which saw hundreds of T-shirts being handed out for free, as well as pens, hats, key chains, photos, and having the owners car on display inside the main entry gate.  His biggest marketing venture saw him finalize a deal with Big Diamond Raceway which would see the teams business become the sole sponsor of Victory Lane for a two year period.

     In 2006 Tobias partnered with longtime friend Joe Stoudt and decided to purchase two slingshots and go have some fun racing, while at the same time meeting new drivers, fans, and track owners, as well as officials to gain even more racing knowledge.  Team BTM had a very good season, pulling in multiple he heat wins, and numerous top five finishes at Linda's Speedway, in Jonestown PA.

     In 2007, and once again in 2008 Tobias has served as a pit crew worker on the Wink Motorsports Race Team, and can be found every Friday night in the pits at Big Diamond Raceway. In the Winter months you can catch Tobias every week at Tom Hiester's HO Raceway doing battle and having a blast racing his TYCO Modified, Sprint, and Coupe Modified race cars.