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MENIFEE, CA – On October 9th and 10th was the debut of Obsession Racing’s newest part time driver. Six days after Eric Swanson’s 14th Birthday he was piloting Obsessed in front of a packed house at the Southern California Fair in Perris, CA. The crowd was excited and in awe to see his awesome driving abilities. After the event some of the best compliments to Eric were how surprised they were for someone Eric’s age that could handle and maneuver the truck as well as someone who has been in this profession for years (or even better). When Eric was driving his truck Obsessed, Jeff Jones piloted Obsession so Rick could be on the floor with Eric for the first time. We were very proud of both drivers. Jeff caught some big air and managed pop a barrier tire onto its wheel and go for a ride. Luckily it stayed in its boundaries! On the last show Saturday night the fans got to see Rick and Eric perform for their first time together. This brought the crowd cheering on their feet for their home town boys! None of this would have been possible without John Borba from WGAS Motorsports giving Eric the opportunity and having the confidence in him to run his show. We also want to thank Frank Schettini for giving Eric the opportunity to practice driving at his ranch for this show. Of course we also have to give a big thanks to Jeff Jones for ALWAYS stepping in and helping us out when we need him and John Adams and Joe Miller (Iron Outlaw driver) for help keeping the trucks running all weekend.

The first week of November we headed to the SEMA show in Las Vegas, NV. We had a great time catching up with all of our current sponsors and even meeting some new sponsors for the upcoming years. We felt that attending this show was successful for Obsession Racing.

Our next event is in Redmond Oregon on November 13th and 14th with WHR Motorsports. This will be our last event for the year as we are going to be preparing both trucks and trailer for 2010.

MENIFEE, CA- On September 22nd we received a call from the production company that is producing the new Bud Light commercial. They wanted to use one of our monster trucks. They wanted to create a blue monster truck that blasts through a fence to deliver the new Bud Light spokes person “Dave”. This turned into being a very interesting commercial for all of the engineering that had to be done to the truck for how they wanted to present the commercial. We filmed it at Universal Studios at the house that they used in the movie Hancock. We hoping to see it air some time later this year. So when you see the Bud Light commercial that is the original Obsession truck.

The first weekend in October we had three major events happen for Obsession Racing. First was our son Eric turning 14 years old and the second thing was that it was the first time Obsession Racing had both Obsession and Obsessed competing at the same event. Thirdly it was the first time for our second driver Jeff Jones to race side by side. One of Eric’s Birthday presents was that he got to race Randy Smallwood Jr.’s tough truck. He had a fun time driving and we want to give him special thanks for giving Eric that opportunity and the track officials that allowed it. Eric also got to have some fun in his trophy cart in front of the fans.

The weekend started off as normal the rookie driver “Jeff” would end up facing Grave Digger all weekend long in racing. Watching his video on Saturday night the call could have went either way. We were very proud of Jeff’s driving ability. Rick drove Obsessed even though it has the smaller motor Ricks driving abilities would take it to the semi finals each time against Maximum Destruction. That’s when Toms horsepower over ruled. Both trucks performed extremely well in freestyle. Jeff was the second truck out in freestyle and did an awesome job! On Sunday freestyle he caught the biggest air of the day! (It’s got to be the truck) I think the jump was a big surprise to Jeff, but we couldn’t be prouder to have him on our team!

Our next event is October 16th and 17th at the Southern California Fair in Perris, California. This will be three shows, one on Friday and two on Saturday. Eric will be debuting in his truck Obsessed for freestyle! Don’t miss it!

MENIFEE, CA- Obsession Racing has been extremely busy for the past two months. We performed in three different states and five different locations. The first event started August 14th and 15th in Grass Valley California. We had two sold out shows for WGAS Motorsports at the Nevada County Fair. These were strictly freestyle events. This was our fourth year in a row to be their and it was really great to see Obsession’s fan base continually growing. We want to give a BIG thanks to Ron & Debbie Fischer with Fischer Towing for all of their help and hospitality!

The next event was held on August 21st and 22nd in Grants Pass Oregon. This event was for California Trucks & Stuff and Randy and Sherry Smallwood. This is the must do event of the year! This was the first time they had a van stack and three monster trucks for the show. Obsession once again brought the crowd to their feet and we had an awesome time!

Our next stop was Monroe Washington for WHR Motorsports. This event was held on August 28th. Obsession made a fast qualifying time and put on an excellent freestyle just in time to miss the rain!

On September 11th, 12th and 13th we were in Sublimity Oregon for the Harvest Festival put on by Norm Miller. This event is to raise money for the children in the area. It is three nights of freestyle to entertain some of the best crowds ever because when they purchase their tickets knowing it is for a great cause. We want to give a special thanks to Gary Basil, Justin and Tori for ALL of their help and support all week long!

The weekend following we headed to Puyallup Washington for a one night show for Southern Monster Truck Showdown. This was first time running for them and Obsession put on a great show and made it all the way to the finals. Obsession had a fast pace in freestyle and blistered some awesome donuts on the asphalt.

Our next event will be in Turlock California having Obsession and Obsessed running together for the first time.