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MENIFEE, CA – On January 22nd Obsession Racing was in San Diego California at the Qualcom Stadium for another Monster Jam event. Rick drove Eric’s truck Obsessed and Jeff Jones drove Obsession. The show started off with a huge three and a half hour pit party. We enjoyed soaking up the California sunshine while meeting and greeting old and new fans, family and friends. Saturday night in racing Jeff Jones in Obsession made his first Monster Jam win racing Monster Mutt! This was an added bonus for Jeff as several of his AmeriGas employees got to witness his skills in racing! Rick was knocked out of racing by Chris in Brutus of Team Scream racing (but we still welcomed him back to our shop aka The Obsession Compound). For freestyle Jeff did an awesome job of catching some big air and spun some fast donuts! Rick was placed towards the upper half in the freestyle line up! He did an excellent job in Obsessed and during his donut finale as he threw the steering wheel out of the window (his trademark) he even managed to run in over and turn it into a taco! The fan’s loved his show as they bombarded him when he came up into the crowd!

The following week was busy here at the Obsession Compound. Team Scream came back to fix their trucks and then head to their show in Arizona. Obsession Racing had to switch bodies on both trucks. Obsessed received the Backwards Bob body and Obsessed became Obsessed. We needed to protect the Obsession body because we used for a Nationwide Prime Time Television show. We didn’t want to chance damaging the Obsession body because we were shooting for the show on Monday and Tuesday. We will release the pictures from the show as soon as the show airs.

On Saturday January 29th we had another Monster Jam Event that was held in Anaheim California. During the pit party the Backwards Bob body drew a lot of attention. It was amazing also to see how many people new that Rick also was the owner of Obsession. Because we had to put the Obsessed body on Obsession, this would be the first time anyone other than Rick or Eric would drive with the Obsessed body. Eric didn’t mind Jeff running his Obsessed body because he has always looked up to Jeff ever since he’s known him. After the successful pit party it was time for racing. Rick and Jeff had some quick times but it was a field of very competitive trucks. For freestyle Jeff brought the crowd to their feet piloting Obsessed! Rick really enjoyed driving backwards (Bob)! The fans always get a big kick out of seeing the Backwards Bob truck run. People always ask how you can jump the truck so high backwards? Everyone enjoyed the show including the drivers.

Now that the Wendy’s commercial is out, we have a link on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iILPwTSH8P8 that shows you some behind the scenes from the commercial. It was a really cool experience being able to drive the monster truck through Universal Studio’s. No one was sleeping on the trams that day!

MENIFEE, CA – We started off 2011 with a full schedule for both Monster Trucks. Our first event of the year was in Houston Texas at Reliant Stadium for Monster Jam. On Friday night they did a display with the Obsessed Monster Truck for the Fiesta Market. Fiesta Market is one of the biggest sponsors for all of the Houston events. After the display on Friday night the event started off with an extremely large fan based pit party. In racing Jeff Jones in Obsession lost a rear drive line. This unfortunately took him out for the night. Normally this would not have been an issue, but since it is a new design we couldn’t completely fix it safely in the time frame that we had. Rick in Obsessed worked his way up to the second round of racing and was placed up against the Advanced Auto Parts sponsored truck. It was such a close race that Rick thought he had won, but the call was made to Advanced Auto Parts truck for the win. Rick is looking forward to seeing this race as it is going to be televised on the Speed Channel in the near future. Having one truck down; Rick felt compelled to be on top of his game. He caught major air over every jump and blistered some wicked donuts! Rick commented about the Houston track saying that “this must be what it is like at the World Final for freestyle in Lost Vegas, because they had some huge, steep jumps!”

After Houston the Obsession Crew headed home with the Team Scream Crew with all four of their trucks so we could all get ready for our next event in Anaheim California. It was fun with our “Monster Truck Families”. I made sure everyone was fed well and felt comfortable at our home/shop/RV camp. Anyone who stays here will for sure find treats and never starve! Friday afternoon they all left for Anaheim to set up for their pit party on Saturday afternoon. The pit party was a big success and it is always great to see our fans and also making new ones. Saturday night Jeff in Obsession was put up against Jim in Avenger. Avenger took the win, but we didn’t hold it against him! They are always welcome to come back to stay at our home! Rick in Obsessed made it to the second round of racing. He wanted to try the other lane because he had lane choice because of his fast time, but unfortunately he felt the other lane was better. He did end up losing to El Torro Loco, but at least he lost to the winner of racing. For freestyle Jeff came out strong determined to hit all of the jumps. About ¾ of the way through his run he came up short on the double and broke a spindle losing the right front tire, but it was held on by the wheel tether. Rick had a fast and furious freestyle and hit all of the obstacles and was the first truck to jump off of the 14 foot ramp and not break. He did his full 90 second run but as he went to whip his famous donuts the power shut off which ended his freestyle a little shorter than what he would have liked. Rick made the comment that it was really great to hear all of the fans and other drivers say that he did a really great freestyle and they thought that he deserved a much a higher score. We want to thank our Sponsors, Tom Read, Michael Gritzke, our son Eric and everyone else behind the scenes that helped and also Hector for some great pictures.

We are all back at home with all 6 trucks getting ready for San Diego this weekend. We are so blessed to be in sunny California with some beautiful weather and we are ready to put on yet another awesome show for all to see!

Menifee, CA –  On Friday, November 5th Jeff and Rick arrived in Phoenix, Arizona in time to tire up for the evening show for WGAS Motorsports event at the Arizona State Fair. Friday was the first of three nights for this weekend’s shows. Rick piloted Eric’s truck Obsessed and Jeff drove Obsession. All three events were freestyle shows. This weekend would see Rick in Obsessed win on one of the nights and Jeff Jones pulled off his first wheelie that brought the crowd to their feet!

Eric was supposed to drive his truck on Saturday and Sunday, but he had the opportunity to race his dirt bike at the Lake Elsinore Grand Prix. This is a special event that happens only once a year and this was a great opportunity for Eric to get back into racing his dirt bike again. He did an awesome job and Dad was proud since this is a legendary race that is thirty miles long with all different terrains and yes, he is hooked and started racing motocross again! He’s said “Mama I wanna go fast!!” (and that he does!)

On Monday, Rick and Jeff did a display with both trucks for the AmeriGas plant in Glendale Arizona. Jeff went home on Tuesday morning while Rick stayed and worked on the trucks and also had some work done on the Semi. On Wednesday Rick headed ALONE to New Mexico for the Monster Jam event on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Jeff Jones got to fly into New Mexico Friday afternoon, but Rick was pampered by some of our good friends with a nice home cooked meal since he was ALL by himself for a week.

Saturday’s show they both made it to the Semi Finals and had a strong freestyle. For the Sunday show Rick made it all the way to the Finals in a very close race against Aaron Basl in the Turtle truck. Rick was happy to have Jeff help him drive on the way home. I think Jeff made up for being gone, because I think he drove MOST of the way home!! We couldn’t do our job as well as we do without the support of our sponsors and great friends who are there for us whenever we need them!

For the month of December we will be spending our time preparing the trucks and Semi for what looks to be a jam pack first quarter for Monster Jam! We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!