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!!

MENIFEE, CA – September ended with another display for AmeriGas at their Santa Maria Office. This office is located on a main boulevard in Santa Maria. Even having only the Obsessed Monster Truck on display it drew a great crowd of people throughout the entire day. We enjoy doing displays for AmeriGas and we are looking forward to more displays in the future, as we know and have seen that it is a big benefit to the company.

The first weekend of October Rick and Jeff did an event in Red Bluff California for West Coast Monster Truck Nationals. This show was a three day event. The weekend started Wednesday with both trucks on display for the M & M Café. On Thursday both trucks were in a parade that went down Main Street for a kick off party and autograph signing. Friday night was the first event that had a strong field of competitors. The truck line up was Obsession, Obsessed, Max D, El Toro Loco, Grave Digger, TMT, King Krunch and El Matador. Rick was determined to have one of the fastest times. After he watched the first few trucks he thought there would be a good chance that he would have one of the top times. Unfortunately the speed wasn’t the problem, the corner was! He rolled Eric’s truck to its lid. This had Rick (and Jeff when he could) in the pits working franticly to have the truck ready so that it could have a safety inspection and return to the field for freestyle. Jeff in Obsession had Max D first round. It was an extremely close race and the call was made to Max D. The Obsession Team got the Obsessed truck cleared for safety and returned for freestyle. Both trucks did an awesome performance in freestyle and stayed with their tires toward the ground for the night.

Saturday night Rick in Obsessed made it to the semi finals in racing. For freestyle Jeff was the first truck out in Obsession and really got the crowd going. A few trucks later Rick came out in full force in Obsessed (Eric’s truck), did a couple of jumps and then flipped it once again!! (Here goes another safety inspection!) Two times in one weekend! Rick made the call to Eric and gave him the news. Eric’s biggest disappointment was that HE wanted to be the first one to roll his truck!! Sunday afternoon came, and we are proud to say that Rick or Jeff didn’t roll the truck! Rick ended up taking the win against Max D in the finals. This made up a little bit for the roll over’s! Jeff went out in freestyle and caught some huge air in Obsession and cut some awesome donuts! I’m sure thankful he managed to keep the truck from rolling! (But there were some close calls) Rick also did a cool and graceful freestyle with what was left on the body of Obsessed! We would like to thank Ron Fischer and Steve Cain for all of their hard work and help all weekend long! Let’s hope we don’t repeat this weekend for a long time!!

MENIFEE, CA – In late August Obsession Racing had an event at Sacramento Raceway. Rick and Eric were the drivers piloting their Monster trucks. The competition consisted of Bounty Hunter, Iron Outlaw and Airborne Ranger. This was Eric first time back in the driver’s seat since Pomona California’s event. Eric did an awesome job on Friday night in racing. He ended taking his Dad out in the Semi Finals; which we are still hearing about to this day! He ended up against Iron Outlaw in the final round. The Obsession Team pleased the crowd during their freestyle runs.

On Saturday the fans saw that Obsession Racing ran a hard run with Eric making it to the semi finals and Rick went to the finals against Bounty Hunter. For freestyle on Saturday they had a bread truck for an obstacle. They used the bread truck along with a dirt ramp to make a long jump one way and a step up if you hit it from the other way. Eric did an awesome job clearing the obstacle both ways as well as his Dad! They are looking forward to going back next year and we want to give special thanks to Jeff Jones for crewing and to Brad Campbell for towing our trailer for us!

The following month Obsession Racing did an AmeriGas display at the Temecula Plant with both trucks for an open house. The trucks were a great conversation piece to all those who attended and also to who passed by that could help but seeing them on display.