(Menifee, California – By Jill Swanson) On January 22nd, Obsession Racing was in San Diego, California at Qualcomm Stadium for another Monster Jam event. Rick drove Eric’s truck Obsessed and Jeff Jones drove Obsession. The show started off with a huge three and a half hour pit party. We enjoyed soaking up the California sunshine while meeting and greeting old and new fans, family and friends. Saturday night in racing Jeff Jones in Obsession got his first Monster Jam racing round win over Monster Mutt. This was an added bonus for Jeff as several of his AmeriGas employees got to witness his skills in racing!  Rick was knocked out of racing by Chris in Brutus of Team Scream racing (but we still welcomed him back to our shop, aka The Obsession Compound).

For freestyle Jeff did an awesome job of catching some big air and spun some fast donuts. Rick was placed towards the upper half in the freestyle line up and he did an excellent job in Obsessed. During his donut finale as he threw the steering wheel out of the window (his trademark) he even managed to run it over and turn it into a taco! The fan’s loved his show as they bombarded him when he came up into the crowd.

Jeff Jones puts Obsession through its paces in San Diego.

The following week was busy here at the Obsession Compound. Team Scream came back to fix their trucks and then head to their show in Arizona. Obsession Racing had to switch bodies on both trucks. Obsessed received the Backwards Bob body and Obsession became Obsessed. We needed to protect the Obsession body because we used it for a Nationwide Prime Time Television show. We didn’t want to chance damaging the Obsession body because we were shooting for the show on Monday and Tuesday. We will release the pictures from the show as soon as the show airs.

Rick Swanson catches some air in Obsessed at Qualcomm Stadium.

On Saturday, January 29th we had another Monster Jam Event that was held in Anaheim, California. During the pit party the Backwards Bob body drew a lot of attention. It was amazing also to see how many people knew that Rick also was the owner of Obsession. Because we had to put the Obsessed body on Obsession, this would be the first time anyone other than Rick or Eric would drive with the Obsessed body. Eric didn’t mind Jeff running his Obsessed body because he has always looked up to Jeff ever since he’s known him.

After the successful pit party it was time for racing. Rick and Jeff had some quick times but it was a field of very competitive trucks. For freestyle Jeff brought the crowd to their feet piloting Obsessed and Rick really enjoyed driving backwards (Bob)!  The fans always get a big kick out of seeing the Backwards Bob truck run. People always ask how you can jump the truck so high backwards? Everyone enjoyed the show including the drivers.

The Backwards Bob body running on Obsession in Anaheim.

Now that the Wendy’s commercial is out, we have a link on Youtube that shows you some behind the scenes from the commercial. It was a really cool experience being able to drive the monster truck through Universal Studios. No one was sleeping on the trams that day!

For more information on Obsessing Racing and the Obsessed and Obsession race trucks, visit www.ObsessionRacing.com.

(Menifee, CA – By Jill Swanson) The Obsession Racing team started off 2011 with a full schedule for both monster trucks. Our first event of the year was in Houston, Texas at Reliant Stadium for Monster Jam. On Friday night they did a display with the Obsessed Monster Truck for the Fiesta Market. Fiesta Market is one of the biggest sponsors for all of the Houston events. After the display on Friday night the event started off with an extremely large fan based pit party. In racing, Jeff Jones in Obsession lost a rear drive line. This unfortunately took him out for the night. Normally this would not have been an issue, but since it is a new design we couldn’t completely fix it safely in the time frame that we had. Rick in Obsessed worked his way up to the second round of racing and was placed up against the Advanced Auto Parts sponsored Grinder truck. It was such a close race that Rick thought he had won, but the call was made for Advanced Auto Parts Grinder. Rick is looking forward to seeing this race as it is going to be televised on the Speed Channel in the near future. Having one truck down, Rick felt compelled to be on top of his game in freestyle. He caught major air over every jump and blistered some wicked donuts! Rick commented about the Houston track saying that “this must be what it is like at the World Finals for freestyle in Las Vegas, because they had some huge, steep jumps!”

Rick Swanson airs out Obsessed in front of a packed house of Monster Jam fans.

After Houston the Obsession Crew headed home with the Team Scream Crew with all four of their trucks so we could all get ready for our next event in Anaheim, California. It was fun with our “Monster Truck Families”. I made sure everyone was fed well and felt comfortable at our home/shop/RV camp. Anyone who stays here will for sure find treats and never starve! Friday afternoon they all left for Anaheim to set up for their pit party on Saturday afternoon. The pit party was a big success and it is always great to see our fans and also making new ones.

Jeff Jones in Obsession takes on the massive Monster Jam bus stack.

Saturday night Jeff in Obsession was put up against Jim in Avenger. Avenger took the win, but we didn’t hold it against him! They are always welcome to come back to stay at our home! Rick in Obsessed made it to the second round of racing. He wanted to try the other lane because he had lane choice because of his fast time, but unfortunately he felt the other lane was better. He did end up losing to El Toro Loco, but at least he lost to the eventual winner of racing. For freestyle Jeff came out strong determined to hit all of the jumps. About ¾ of the way through his run he came up short on the double and broke a spindle losing the right front tire, but it was held on by the wheel tether. Rick had a fast and furious freestyle and hit all of the obstacles and was the first truck to jump off of the 14 foot ramp and not break. He did his full 90 second run but as he went to whip his famous donuts the power shut off which ended his freestyle a little shorter than what he would have liked. Rick made the comment that it was really great to hear all of the fans and other drivers say that he did a really great freestyle and they thought that he deserved a much a higher score. We want to thank our sponsors, Tom Read, Michael Gritzke, our son Eric and everyone else behind the scenes that helped and also Hector for some great pictures.

We are all back at home with all 6 trucks getting ready for San Diego this weekend. We are so blessed to be in sunny California with some beautiful weather and we are ready to put on yet another awesome show for all to see!

For more information on the Obsession Racing team and the Obsession and Obsessed monster trucks, visit us online at www.ObsessionRacing.com.