MENIFEE, CA – The last two weeks have been very busy for Obsession Racing. It started off by coming home from San Diego’s Monster Jam’s event on Saturday January 20th. Having two flat tires and a broken orbital (steering) and a mess of hydraulic fluid covering the inside of the truck, this had to be taken care of before we could even start preparing for the next two weeks.
On Sunday we had two new Superduty bodies delivered for Action 3D Productions for their new 4D amusement park simulator ride. Once the bodies were mounted and fitted to Fabtech Obsession’s Frame, a crew of installers came to wrap the TMAXX XDRIVE vinyl on the new bodies for the 4D movie. They also wrapped two other custom bodies running with the Havoc vinyl. Once this was completed we had enough time to demount those bodies and remount the Fabtech Obsession’s body for the Anaheim, CA Monster Jam event on Saturday night. The Fabtech Obsession made a strong showing all the way to the semi finals wrapping the night up with a solid freestyle. The next morning after racing on Saturday, they had to demount our normal body and put on the TMAXX body for filming that day.
The filming was done in Lake Piru, CA. It was five full days of filming. All of the monster truck driving was performed by Rick Swanson in TMAXX and Steve Hearley in Havoc. In Rick Swanson’s truck was mounted the only 3D effects camera for the viewer to have the full effects of experiencing the actual driving. They raced each other on a J hook course. They each did an awesome freestyle show. They also chased each other for an off road affect that went over a bridge, and a dirt road that went through a river. Rick Swanson in the TMAXX body had a spectacular finish busting through a motor home.
Having used the TMAXX body is unusual for Obsession. We were allowed to put our sponsor’s logos on our side panels and put their banners along side of the track. Using the TMAXX body was only done this way because of the availability of the trucks. No matter what the Fabtech Obsession carries on its back, it will always show off what’s on top. We want to give a special thanks to the Lewis Daniel group, Overdrive Entertainment, 3D Productions and Hearley Motorsports. Everyone was a pleasure to work with.
