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MENIFEE, CA – On Sunday morning, August 5th we rolled into Paso Robles to face off with some of the most competitive trucks. The field of trucks consisted of: Bounty Hunter, Iron Outlaw, King Krunch, El Matador and Natural High. This event held two shows at 2:00p.m. and 7:00p.m. The 2:00p.m. show we had a great qualifying pass. In the first round of racing we suffered a broken input shaft on our transmission. This put us out for the rest of the afternoon show.

For the 7:00p.m. show we were back up and running and ready to win! Rick had another good qualifying time that gave him great determination to win the race. Rick worked his way down the rounds. The semi finals placed The Fabtech Obsession up against Iron Outlaw. It was a fast race where the trucks had to slide the corners and be pushed as hard as the drivers could, and this placed Rick into the Finals. The semi final race was just a preview of what the finals would be. The final round was The Fabtech Obsession up against Jimmy Creaton in The Bounty Hunter. In the final round had both drivers determined to win, as it was the fastest race of the weekend. Rick had to show his gratitude to all who helped him put his transmission back together to win this race. The best way to show it was by winning for all who helped him and he did accomplished the victory with great pride.

Our next event will be held in Grants Pass, OR on Friday and Saturday August 17th and 18th.

MENIFEE, CA – Obsession racing has been busy doing displays these past two weekends. The first display was on July 14th in Temecula, CA for the grand opening for the new 4 wheel Parts store. The Fabtech Obsession was the main feature of the Grand Opening. Everyone commuting on either the north or southbound side of interstate 15 couldn’t help but notice the monster truck on display. On Saturday evening we had to de-tire, load up and head to Redondo Beach, CA for the grand Re-opening of the 4 Wheel Parts store. The Redondo Beach store is located right off one of the busiest freeways in southern California. Anyone on the 405 freeway got to see two eye catching monster trucks that seemed to have pulled in a great crowd. During the display Pat Gerber was their in Shocker to crush some cars. The Fabtech Obsession thought it was a static display. Being promised to be in the next 4 Wheel Parts newsletter Rick was persuaded to jump the Fabtech Obsession over cars too. We both jumped the cars about five or six times pleasing the crowd.

The following Saturday, July 21st we met up with our old friend Marcel to do a display for the Huntington Beach Line-X at the Huntington Beach Ford dealership. This was a display for one day. The dealership is located on Beach Blvd. The monster truck drew a lot of attention to their dealership. What made the display even better was that they had two new superduties with Fabtech lift kits already installed to support the monster trucks display.

Looking into August we will be in Paso Robles, CA, Grants Pass, OR and Monroe, WA. We will update you with our promising results.

MENIFEE, CA – It’s good to be home after being on the road for almost a month. Our North West tour started in Salinas, California for Monster Jam. Salinas started with two days of displays and an all day pit party on Saturday. Racing was held on Sunday afternoon. We felt good going into the races on Sunday morning. We knew we had a strong running truck. The track layout was a turning course which is the kind of course that Rick prefers. An hour and a half before show time our son Eric was putting the truck in position for introductions and informed Rick that the transmission wasn’t working properly. After looking over the situation Rick decided we needed to replace the transmission. Fortunately Kelvin Ramner (The Natural High Monster Truck Team) was there and willing to help out. We got the truck together with enough time to make introductions. We qualified with Grave Digger and made the forth fastest qualifying time. Unfortunately in round one of racing Rick was out by a fender against Grave Digger. We ended the night with a strong Freestyle scoring in the upper half in points.

From Salinas, California Rick headed to Monroe, Washington for WHR Raceways Monster Madness Event. This show was a two day event. Saturday Rick was the fastest qualifier and took the win against Big Foot in the finals. In freestyle he placed third. Sunday the weather was against them with rain, but Rick managed to stay on top with fastest qualifier and placing first again in the finals against Checkered Flag Entertainment 2006 Racing Champion Monster Moose. Placing second in freestyle The Fabtech Obsession was the only truck to jump the house trailer.

Ending the tour in Missoula, Montana the Fabtech Obsession kept the winning streak alive. Rick was excited to be up against his old time rival Kreg Christiansen in Dragon Slayer from the MOD series. Friday night Rick would put the Fabtech Obsession as fastest qualifier by more than a second from the rest of the field. Friday night we worked our way through the brackets to see Monster Moose in the semi finals and Natural High in finals, where Rick took the Fabtech Obsession to victory. It was the Fabtech Obsession night with another victory in freestyle sweeping the night. On Saturday night it was Rick again with fastest qualifier and Kreg in the Dragon Slayer placing second. This is what the two of them wanted all weekend. Unfortunately Dragon Slayer hit a turning pole in the semi finals against his team mate Captain Insano placing him in the finals against Rick. Rick was bound and determined for another victory and accomplished it. Rick took second place in freestyle.

It was a four final round wins out of five races. We are back at the shop getting the truck ready for July. We are also working hard to complete Eric’s truck for the near future.