MENIFEE, CA – Our Mothers Day weekend started out on Thursday the 5th of May doing displays for Les Schwab and Driven in door go kart track to promote the WGAS Motorsports Santa Rosa California event. Both Monster Trucks were on display at Les Schwab from 9:00am to 5:00pm and then Obsession was wide loaded over to the Driven in door kart track to be on display from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. All of the drivers got to spend two hours racing their go karts with the fans. The fans got a chance to win free tickets for the Monster Truck show held on Saturday and Sunday. The show was a freestyle show that consisted of five trucks. Unfortunately Eric was unable to drive his truck at this event because it interfered with school and testing. Jeff Jones who normally drives for us also had prior commitments and couldn’t drive. We were fortunate enough to have Jimmy Lehnertz pilot Obsession for us and once again he did an awesome job! Rick drove Obsessed and the show was very successful and was sold out both nights! We want to give special thanks Tom Lehnertz and Tom Tom for all of their help throughout the weekend!!
The following weekend was held in Salinas California for Monster Jam. This event was booked in for only one truck. Rick was planning on taking Obsession but ended up taking Obsessed. All trucks for this event go on display in front of the complex on the Thursday before the show on Sunday. In all of the years that Rick has been there, it has never rained. The year he missed in 2006 it down poured! With the threat of rain and the forecast calling for rain Rick was hoping to keep his luck alive! There was a down pour on Saturday night and a few sprinkles on Sunday morning and by 1:00pm they had nothing but sunshine and blue skies! He’s hoping it was his presents that made it happen! The show turned out to be a success and Rick made it to the semi finals in racing. Unfortunately his freestyle was cut short about have way through when he went off the huge jump and broke the right rear hub off of the truck! But the crowd always likes destruction so they were cheering big time! The track officials towed the truck to the corner of the arena so the show could continue without delays. After the show a lot of the audience stood around because they saw Rick get back into the truck with no wheel and drive it off of the floor. We want to give a big thanks to Ryan, Steve, and Mark and the Pendleton family for all of their help since Rick was solo at this event.
On May 21st Obsessed did a display for a Jiffy Lube grand opening in Wildomar, California. This display was set up through TX7 that is a sponsor of ours and a main supplier of product to Jiffy Lube. The Monster Truck was a huge success for their grand opening! The kids really enjoyed being able to get up close and sit up in a real racing Monster Truck! Eric, Jeff and Rick were all there to sign autographs. Eric had to leave a little early because he was racing his dirt bike later on that day. It ended up being a great day! The Grand Opening was a big success and Eric also took first place in his motor cross race!
Our next event will be for WHR Motorsports in Missoula, Montana on June 10th and 11th. Eric will be driving for this event since school will be out for the summer.
