MENIFEE, CA – Once again for Valentines weekend Rick was in Portland Oregon racing for Monster Jam. The week started out on the previous Monday when Rick and Jeff had to drive from Menifee to Medford Oregon to have an in frame service done by Pacific Power Product on the Semi. It took Pacific Power Products three days of working on the truck and it was definitely worth the wait! In Medford they met up with Patriot Racing’s team for the rest of the trip up to Portland. Portland was our first indoor show for this year. This show was a great confidence builder for Rick as he was in the finals for all three shows. He won two shows and the third show he placed second in racing. Freestyle is always a challenge in a small arena. The drives had very few obstacles to freestyle off of. But even with these circumstances Rick managed to place in the top half of the field of trucks in scoring. We would like to give a big thanks to Jeff Jones for making the haul and pitting for Rick (even on Valentines Day) and also a special thanks to Gary Basil for helping Rick and Jeff at the event. It was a very successful weekend for Obsession Racing.
As soon as Rick returned home from Portland Oregon he one day to prepare for Albuquerque New Mexico. This was a 1900 mile trip from Sunday to Thursday night. New Mexico was another 3 day Monster Jam event. Rick made it to the semi finals on the first night of racing. On the second night of racing Rick had a close race against Airforce Afterburner and unfortunately Damon took win. The third night Rick went to the final round again Max D and had to settle for second as Tom Meents did another awesome job in racing. In freestyle Rick was the fourth truck out on all three nights and the first one to hit the big jump in the center of the arena. The crowd was very pleased with his freestyle performance! We had a great time in Albuquerque! We had the chance to reunited with one of my girlfriends from high school and her family. I was great seeing them and they also the event.
