MENIFEE, CA – Obsession Racing celebrated Fourth of July holiday weekend with two big shows at the San Diego State Fair on the 2nd and 3rd. Then on the 4th we were in Pomona California for their Annual Forth of July Kaboom show for WGAS Motorsports. For the Friday show Rick only ran our Obsession truck for an exhibition run. He once again pleased the crowd with his performance. On Saturday we were booked to run Obsession and Obsessed. The original plan was for Rick and Jeff to drive. After Eric doing the Albuquerque show he was itchin’ to drive again but he thought that he wouldn’t be able to do the Del Mar event. Dad was happy to fulfill another one of his dreams by telling him that John Borba agreed to let him drive because he was confident in Eric’s driving abilities, and knew he would put on a great show! Eric and Rick were put up against each other in racing. It was a round a round course. Eric had Dad on the line but slid out in the last turn and Dad took the win! This made Eric all the more eager to out shine Dad in freestyle! Racing ended with Rick and Jimmy in Bounty Hunter in the finals for Racing. For freestyle Eric caught some wicked air off the back side of the racing jump. I think he caught some of the biggest air that day! Then he had to try one of Dad’s famous donuts, but the truck slid into the jump and popped the bead off the wheel which the crowd thought was really cool! It was a cheap fix so Mom and Dad were ok with it. Rick had to one up Eric with a donut by taking the steering wheel off and throwing it out of the window! Obsession happily placed second in freestyle!
On Sunday we headed over to the Pomona Kaboom show for the Forth of July. After seeing Eric’s performance in Del Mar. The promoter, John Borba decided to use Eric again for the Forth of July event. Eric didn’t have a problem with that! Once again, Dad and Son were put up against each other in racing. Dad just won’t give Eric any slack. One of these day’s Eric will take the win, but it didn’t quite do it yet at Pomona. Once again it was Bounty Hunter and Obsession in the finals. For freestyle Eric was faced with at giant double jump with about a forty foot gap and the jumps were approximately 15 feet tall! Eric defiantly has no fear of heights (on dirt bike or Monster trucks) so this was cake for him! He was right up there with the big boys! He busted the windshield but that didn’t stop him! He did some narley donuts and the crowd was amazed how a 14 year old Monster truck driver could handle such a big machine with such ease! Unfortunately Dad’s Obsession truck had a broken input shaft from racing. Even though he was unable to do his freestyle he was so proud to see his son out there stealing the show! One of the advantages to Eric was that he could say he beat his Dad in freestyle!
The following weekend Eric had his first display of his very own for his sponsor. The display was for Erickson’s Orthodontics in Menifee California. 1 day wraps made some awesome autograph cards for the Orthodontic office. This was a Grand opening of Erickson’s Orthodontic’s new office. The display drew a big crowd and so many people were amazed at Eric’s age and enjoyed getting an autographed picture of him and taking pictures with him and his truck. We really appreciate all that Erickson’s Orthodontic’s has done for us! Eric is proud to be a part of their business! After doing this display Rick realises how much Eric contributes to our team. Once he get’s his CDL we’re SET!!
We would like to give a special thanks to Jeff Jones and his family, Tom Read and all of our family and friends who help support us and our team!!
