MENIFEE, CA – Once again for Valentines weekend Rick was in Portland Oregon racing for Monster Jam. The week started out on the previous Monday when Rick and Jeff had to drive from Menifee to Medford Oregon to have an in frame service done by Pacific Power Product on the Semi. It took Pacific Power Products three days of working on the truck and it was definitely worth the wait! In Medford they met up with Patriot Racing’s team for the rest of the trip up to Portland. Portland was our first indoor show for this year. This show was a great confidence builder for Rick as he was in the finals for all three shows. He won two shows and the third show he placed second in racing. Freestyle is always a challenge in a small arena. The drives had very few obstacles to freestyle off of. But even with these circumstances Rick managed to place in the top half of the field of trucks in scoring. We would like to give a big thanks to Jeff Jones for making the haul and pitting for Rick (even on Valentines Day) and also a special thanks to Gary Basil for helping Rick and Jeff at the event. It was a very successful weekend for Obsession Racing.

As soon as Rick returned home from Portland Oregon he one day to prepare for Albuquerque New Mexico. This was a 1900 mile trip from Sunday to Thursday night. New Mexico was another 3 day Monster Jam event. Rick made it to the semi finals on the first night of racing. On the second night of racing Rick had a close race against Airforce Afterburner and unfortunately Damon took win. The third night Rick went to the final round again Max D and had to settle for second as Tom Meents did another awesome job in racing. In freestyle Rick was the fourth truck out on all three nights and the first one to hit the big jump in the center of the arena. The crowd was very pleased with his freestyle performance! We had a great time in Albuquerque! We had the chance to reunited with one of my girlfriends from high school and her family. I was great seeing them and they also the event.

MENIFEE, CA – January 30th would mark our second time in 2010 at Anaheim California for a Monster Jam event. This was a show with a lot of heavy hitters due to the high number of Monster Jam owned trucks. This is also our first show with EZ Up as a sponsor. As Obsession Racing takes pride in their equipment and have two of the nicest trucks on the Monster Jam circuit. Our fully silk screened EZ Up Canopy only added to our image. With the success of the pit party and qualifying as the second fastest truck Rick had high hopes for a successful night. Unfortunately, the night ended with having some electrical issues with the power to the remote ignition interrupter.

The following weekend on February 6, 2010 we went to Anaheim for the third time for Monster Jam. This was Monster Jam’s first time ever to hold an event three times in one year. The sold out crowd and drivers battled the rain and cold weather. We had both Obsession and Obsessed at this event. Obsession was re-wrapped for this event by 1 Day Wraps for a special promotion. Jeff Jones drove the 1 Day Wraps Obsession and did an awesome job piloting the truck through the thick mud in racing! In freestyle Jeff amazed us on how well he did for his second stadium show. He drove aggressively during his full two minutes of fame. He managed the truck very well with a broken finger that he crushed the previous week. Rick maneuvered the truck well in racing, considering the muddy conditions and in freestyle he was in the top half of the field. Rick caught some huge air off of the freestyle motocross landing ramp and cross threaded everything he could, bringing the crowd cheering to the feet! We would like to give a special thanks to all of our sponsors that keep Obsession Racing performing at its best. We would also like to give a special thanks to Tom Read, Eric Swanson and Bailey Jones for all of their help and efforts at the track and also at the shop. We really appreciate all that they do for us to make our business a success!

MENIFEE, CA – With the start of the New Year also starts the new Monster Jam series. On January 12th we completed all of the prep work for our first two trucks for the Monster Jam season. We started out on January 14th with an interview for the Fox 11 News segment for the Wednesday’s Child adoption program. Next up was our first out of three events in Anaheim California. For our second driver Jeff Jones, this was his first stadium performance. Jeff didn’t have a chance to get nervous watching the other drivers first, as he picked the number one spot to qualify. Ricks qualifying time lead to the perfect match putting Jeff and Rick up against each other in racing their first rounds. This was a really exciting moment for all of us at Obsession Racing to see both Obsession and Obsessed on the starting line at a sold out event. After the racing Jeff was second to go out for freestyle in Obsession and started of strong and made a fantastic save which ended up popping a tire and ending his freestyle run early. Rick came out ninth in the field of 16 trucks with a hard charging crowd pleasing run that tied him forth in freestyle.

The following weekend event was held in San Diego California. The weekend started out with The San Diego Union Tribune news paper article featuring Obsession Racing. On Friday Obsessed did a display for a Ford Dealership in San Diego. Saturday night we only had Obsessed running for this event. Rick in Obsessed was again in the top half of the qualifying runs. In freestyle once again he drove with a fast pace and did some radical donuts that brought the crowd to their feet. Rick filled his time in freestyle and at the end of the bonus time. Then Rick decided to hit the big jump one more time which proved to be one too many times with the truck ending up with a broken spindle. It was nice to see that the safety equipment did its job as the wheel tether held the tire to the truck.

We have to give a special thanks to our sponsors and all of those who donated their time and their skills so we can please our fans and make our business what it is today.