MENIFEE, CA – Last weekend we were in Sublimity Oregon for the Harvest Festival. This show is a non profit show to raise money for the children in need in the area. This is not just your average show. It is a complete community outreach. The trucks are sponsored by local businesses to come and perform. The trade out is all show sponsors that participate and they get a private BBQ and a pre-show on Thursday night. The gates are open to the public on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. With Jeff’s high position at AmeriGas and high and high volume of work, he has not been able to drive and some of our shows this year. On the norm, Jimmy Lehnertz has stepped in for Jeff Jones and driven for our team. But we had a special surprise in having Aaron Basl, Monster Jam driver of the Turtle truck fill in for us. We thought it would be nice for him to be able to compete with his twin brother Daron in their home town. They have a lot of family that comes to this show and their Father currently lives there. We also feel as though they are family to us. We have had both Aaron and Daron stay at our home and they are such a pleasure to have around! Aaron did an excellent job piloting both trucks! He even did an awesome safe in Obsession on Saturday night!! All the shows were freestyle only and Rick and Aaron did the town proud! We had some good times over at Gary Basl’s house (Aaron & Daron’s Dad) after the shows and enjoy really good food and company!
On September 30th and October 1st and 2nd we were in Red Bluff California. We had Jimmy Lehnertz back in the seat of Obsession. This show is for the West Coast Fall Nationals. This was three shows with both racing and freestyle. Both of the trucks did very well in Racing. I was very proud to see Rick take the win to Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction. This is a huge honor as Tom is one of the best racers that you could compete against and very rarely looses. They were also on their game for freestyle hitting all of the big obstacles and pleasing the crowd with the show they put on.
We want to make sure we thank Aaron and the Basl family for all that they have done and do for us in making feel welcome and like family. Also we are so fortunate to have Jimmy Lehnertz drive for us and his wonderful wife and son to help us with what whatever we need!
Our next event will be in Turlock, California with Eric driving his Obsessed truck.
