MENIFEE, CA – The month of August has been very busy for Obsession Racing. The first weekend started with the filming of the new Maytag commercial. The truck went through a lot of changes to look like a Maytag owned truck. This commercial will be airing sometime in the near future. We will let you know when we have more details.
The 8th and 9th of August we were in Grass Valley California for the WGAS Motor sports event. It was two nights of freestyle. The first night was Monster Trucks and tough trucks. The track was set up mostly for the tough trucks to race on making it challenging for the Monster Trucks to freestyle. We were one of five trucks to perform. Rick is known more for his racing ability than free-styling. It was a great honor to have John Borba (the President of WGAS Motor sports) tell us that on Friday night, without a doubt we won freestyle and put on a great performance. Saturday night was another night of nonstop hard hitting, big air freestyle, leaving the crowd wanting more. Rick wanted to give a special thanks to Ron and Debbie Fisher for all of their help and hospitality.
From Grass Valley Rick headed to Grants Pass Oregon to be at one of his favorite shows. This year I was able to attend the show and flew into Oregon on Wednesday night. I got to see why Rick said it was a show that I must come to. It is a really fun event that is promoted by California trucks and stuff. We have to give a special thanks to Randy and Sherry Smallwood for treating us so great. We got to go on a jet boat ride following a great dinner. It was an experience we will always remember. This show is a tough truck competition and the Monster Trucks are brought in for a freestyle expedition to close the show. This was our second year at this event and we kept our tradition as being the first truck to ever jump stacked cars for the show.
On August 22nd Rick did the event for WHR Motor sports in Monroe Washington. This is a one night event. Rick had some troubles with our small back up motor, but worked all night long and was able to fire it a half hour before the show. Having doubts on how it would perform, Rick attacked the big S course and laid down second fastest qualifying time and didn’t look back until he was in the finals. Rick always looks forward to get back to the challenge of racing where his talents and abilities shine through.
