MENIFEE, CA – September was the month for Eric to shine! We started off September 1st in Tijuana Mexico for NVIVO Entertainment. This was Eric’s first show in Mexico and the first time for Mexico to see Wrong Way Rick. The two were a big success! The show was a sold out stadium show. There was racing and freestyle competition. In racing Eric took his truck Obsessed to the finals against Jimmy Creten in Bounty Hunter. Everyone was impressed with his racing skills and it made us proud! In freestyle the fans really enjoyed the concept of the Wrong Way Rick truck. Rick put on a fantastic show that put him in the upper half of the freestyle competition. Eric went out to prove that racing was not his only talent. He caught big air on everything that he hit and did some extremely fast donuts and kept up a great momentum. Unfortunately on his last big jump he blew a rear steering line when he landed that caused the truck to roll. The fans were happy to see Eric out of the truck and on his feet! After thorough inspection on his truck there was no structural damage just some fiberglass work and the culprit steering line!
We had an event immediately following our Mexico show for Pomona California on Thursday night for WGAS Motor sports. This truck was scheduled for us to run only one truck. Since Eric’s truck Obsessed had some work to be done to it and would look presentable, we decided to use Wrong Way Rick. Eric was scheduled to run the event so we decided to have him drive Rick’s Wrong Way Rick truck for the show. He did a great job in it! He pulled off a lot of wheelies and caught major air off of the double jump! We were all very impressed how he handled the truck because it is so very different than an ordinary monster truck!
Our last show in September was for Arizona short course racing. We had both trucks for this event. Eric and Rick did a couple of rounds of exhibition freestyle. This was the first time that they had monster trucks at their events. They felt that with having the monster trucks it would draw more of a crowd and widen their fan base. Having the trucks there was very successful for the Arizona short course racing. Rick and Eric put on a great show for them. The crowd really liked it when Eric did a wheelie that ended up on one tire and we were grateful that he was able to keep it in control and save it! They are already looking into having us next year! We want to thank all of the promoters for putting on the events and a special thanks to our friend Frankie and his family for all of their hard work and support!
Our next event for October will be in Red Bluff California for the West Coast Nationals.
