ENGLISHTOWN, NJ (September 20) – The Traxxas T-Maxx™ proved to be one of the most outstanding monster trucks in Saturday’s 29th Annual U.S. Diesel Truckin' Nationals and Motorsports Spectacular at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park!

United States Hot Rod Association Fan Choice Award winner John Seasock drove the larger-than-life-size replica of Traxxas’ #1-selling R/C monster truck into third place against some of the world’s toughest, car-crushing competition.

The Diesel Truckin’ Nationals and Motorsports Spectacular is the United States’ largest single-day diesel event, featuring more than 1,000 diesel trucks in show and race competition. In two other visits to Old Bridge Township Raceway Park this summer, Seasock reached the finals of the Summer Motorsports Spectacular July 13th and finished second in the freestyle competition at the All-American Jet Car Nationals and Monster Truck Madness event August 3rd.

“The Diesel Nationals Motorsports Spectacular was awesome,” Seasock said. “There were 1,000 tractor trailers there, and eight great monster trucks. We had the T-Maxx trailer on display all day, and everybody loved it. All three of our team’s trucks were there – the T-Maxx, Sudden Impact® and Kicker®. Mike (Hoy, the T-Maxx crew chief) made his driving debut in Kicker because Brandon (Lagarde) was still in New Orleans taking care of the team’s affairs after Hurricane Katrina caused so many problems.

“Mike did a great job. I was really proud of him. Shawn (Duhon) drove the Sudden Impact truck, and he did a great job, too. We had to borrow a set of tires from the Eradicator team because we weren’t able to recover everything from our New Orleans shop. There have been many teams who have offered to help us. I thank God for all of them. We’re pulling together and wearing many hats. We’re going to have to do that until we get everything straightened out in New Orleans. Mike and Shawn are going to race at Dixie Speedway in Georgia this weekend and I’m going to get some friends and sponsors to crew for me in Indianapolis.”

The T-Maxx defeated Bulldozer®, and recorded the third-fastest qualifying run in the racing competition. Seasock finished behind Maximum Destruction® and Grave Digger®.

“All eight trucks took qualifying runs,” Seasock said. “We ran against the guy next to us, but we also ran against the clock. The two fastest trucks went to the finals.

“We took the trucks back into the pits and signed a lot of autographs before coming back out and running freestyle. The trucks were on display all day for the 17,000 or so fans to see. I got some really big air in freestyle and had a blast. Everybody was phenomenal in freestyle. We signed more autographs after freestyle. It was Old Bridge Township Raceway Park’s last event of the year, and the fans loved it. We’re going to go back again next year.”

Seasock and his sons, J.R. and Kyle, received a police escort at 3am when they arrived in Sewell, NJ, for Sunday’s “Ride to Remember.” Seasock displayed the T-Maxx at the car show portion of the event that honors New Jersey’s fallen police officers, firemen and emergency medical service personnel, in addition to providing funds for local charities.

The “Ride to Remember,” conducted by the Steven L. Levy Memorial Fund, started at Washington Township High School and ended at Washington Lake Park. The event included a Law Enforcement Memorial, Motorcycle Run, Car Show and Toy Drive.

“We really enjoyed displaying the T-Maxx at the ‘Ride to Remember,’” Seasock said. “We gave everybody there a chance to see the massive T-Maxx up close, and told everybody about Traxxas while supporting a good cause.

“They just invited us last week. Sewell is only about 70 miles away from Englishtown, which gave us the opportunity to help out a good cause. We get so many requests, we can’t fulfill all of them, but we try to do as much as we can for charity. That’s what it’s all about – giving back to the community. We’ll be back there next year, too.”

The original “Ride to Remember” honored Steven L. Levy, a Washington Township police corporal who died during a SWAT call in Woodbury, NJ, on October 21, 1999.

Last year, the Steven L. Levy Memorial Fund collected approximately 5,000 toys for several charitable organizations to ensure that area children received toys for Christmas. The Steven L. Levy Memorial fund also donated more than 1,000 books to children’s groups, literacy programs and other deserving programs throughout the area and provided funds to Habitat for Humanity in the name of Trooper Bert Zimmerman, and to several other worthy causes.

The 2005 “Ride to Remember” honored Officer Thomas McMeekin, Jr., a five-year veteran of the Atlantic City Police Department who died in the line of duty after being struck by a tour bus.