MENIFEE, CA – February started off in Portland Oregon for a Monster Jam Event held on Valentines weekend. The first show was on Saturday the 14th. Rick started my Valentines off right by taking the win in racing and dedicating it to me in front of thousands of screaming fans. Rick finished off the evening placing third out of eight trucks in the Free Style competition. The second show of the weekend Rick was there to repeat his performance. Unfortunately during his first round a gear shifter from the crushed cars got caught in the Monster Truck tire. This sent us to the pits to repair the tire which took us out of racing for the night. It was repaired just in time for the Free Style competition with a special thanks to Gary Basl for helping in repairing the tire and assisting in the pits for the whole weekend. With all of the obstacles crushed down so badly Rick had his work cut out for him and settled for fourth place in Free Style.

The following weekend our event was held in Indio California for the Riverside County Date Fair that was promoted by WGAS Motorsports. This event was a free style only event. Rick did some fancy driving as he disconnected the steering wheel during a donut and threw it out the window showing off to the fans what a great driver he is EVEN WITH NO HANDS! Along with the Monster Trucks they ran trophy carts for the kids with ages ranging from 8 to 14. AmeriGas’s plant in Indio purchased tickets for the event to show their support for Obsession Racing. It was to their surprise when our son Eric pulled out of the trailer an exact replica of his Dad’s monster truck. They both put on a great show as the crowd always enjoys seeing a Father and son team. This was the first time that Eric received a paycheck for racing. He said he could get use to this with no problem! The bigger the truck the more the money. He’s ready for the big leagues! We also want to give a special thanks to Jeff Jones and Tom Read for pitting for both Eric and Rick.

MENIFEE, CA – Last week our neighbors really had the chance to make up their minds if they like us or not. We had four semi’s and eight monster trucks all camped out at our place for a week. With all of the west coast events going on we have always opened our shop to those teams needing a place to fix their trucks or whatever else we could help them with. The trucks on hand were Grave Digger, TMNT, Patriot, Tropical Thunder, Backwards Bob, Blue Thunder and of coarse our two. The week was very busy with everyone working hard to get the vehicles in tip top shape for the following weekend. We spent one evening with our monster truck family having a toasty fire and pizza and of course my home made cookies. Aaron Basl also conquered the skills on how to ride a rip stick (2 wheeled skate board) while eating cookies. We had a good time and managed to accomplish all that need to be done. On Thursday two teams head for a race in Phoenix, AZ and Patriot headed for Anaheim’s 2nd race.

On Friday the 23rd of January we had a Monster Jam display for Wolverine Boots in Anaheim. Saturday morning and the beginning of the afternoon Anaheim had rain. It let for the pit party but unfortunately there was not enough sun to dry out the track. The muddy course was hard to race in. Our night was called short in racing in a close race against the Air force Afterburner. Shock Therapy and Donkey Kong tied for first and Air force was second place. Freestyle was another solid run, where Rick tied third with Taz.

Rick has always been more of a racer than freestyler but he said he is starting to like freestyle a little more each time. By the way our neighbor said we can stick around as long as they can sneak a peek at the trucks when they are here.

MENIFEE, CA – January has always been a busy month for Obsession Racing. We have had three events and three displays. January 9th we had a Monster Jam display at Metro PCS in Anaheim. January 10th was our first Anaheim race where we were very pleased with the new truck. Our racing was cut short, but our freestyle let us know what the new truck was capable of. We had the highest freestyle score for a truck that was able to be driven off the stadium floor.

The following Friday we had another Monster Jam display for Jack in the Box in Oceanside to promote the Saturday night event in San Diego. Rick obviously already started to adapt to the truck as he went out and placed forth fastest in qualifying time. In the second round of racing Rick had issues with the rear steering that ended the racing part of the night early. In freestyle Rick had the chance to push the truck further than he had ever done before. There was a giant double jump with a forty foot gap in the center. Our son Eric told Rick not to worry. It is all in your right foot and if you don’t clear the jump you’ll be taped on Speed TV. It’s a win win situation. (We’ll be asking for donations when he drives) Never the less, everything went well and we were extremely pleased with how the new truck performed. We were also pleased with our freestyle score placing again in the top half.