6th Place - Jon Zimmer Jr - 2025 Monster Truck Racing Open Championship

Congratulations to JON ZIMMER JR for his 6^th place finish in the 2025 Monster Truck Racing Open Championship! After three years just outside of the Top Ten, Jon finally broke above that ceiling thanks to a strong performance on the highly-ranked Monster Jam Arena Central series. This is his 5^th consecutive 10+ win season and 2^nd consecutive 20+ win season. His career-best 11631 points were 3^rd best in the sport this year.

The season started on a great note for Zimmer as he won the Outlaw Nationals event in Wheatland, Missouri last October. He then toured with his father on the highly-competitive Monster Jam Arena Central Series and stunned the sport by becoming the first independent driver in decades to win the Series Championship!

But the season was a real roller coaster, with lots of highs and lows. Dayton went well with 1 win and 3 finals at the Nut House, but he earned points in only 1 of the next 4 races. But he rebounded with a final round appearance in 9 of the next 12 races with wins in Nashville, Milwaukee, Newark (2), and Brooklyn (2). Then Worcester came with 2 first round loses and only 2 heat wins the whole weekend. Followed by two first round loses in Little Rock. The 5-race weekend in Rosemont netted his 9^th win of the season but followed by 4 consecutive semi-final round loses, and then 10 non-points events. Back up to a high in Green Bay and Hartford in late March: 2 wins and 3 runner-up finishes. After another win in Hampton, Virginia, we go back down to the lows with 3 first-round loses in Southaven, Mississippi, before one more win in Moline to close out the tour.

Despite the rocky nature of the racing season, Zimmer’s ranking was consistently inside the Top Ten. In fact, he was never lower than 9^th the entire season. Unlike his corporate-owned competition, Zimmer also ran a full summer schedule and picked up some important wins there. He won with Throwdown in Crystal, Michigan for a modest 156 points, and also with Throwdown at the wildly-oversized Fowlerville, Michigan event that netted Zimmer 329 points! He had a runner-up and semi-final finish in the two-night Miami, Oklahoma classic. And biggest of all, he defended his racing championship at the most-prestigious independent of the year: the MTX Back To School Bash at The Dirt Track in Charlotte! 

After having settled into 8^th place in the rankings for most of summer, Zimmer got added to the late-season Monster Jam Arena tour and added valuable points. Coming off an impressive semi-final finish at the Monster Jam World Finals in Salt Lake City, he won twice in Savannah and three times in Rosemont to close out the season.

Everyone has been saying that Jon Zimmer Jr is the future of the sport and it’s easy to see why. In addition to the two-wheel and freestyle skills that helped win him the Arena Central championship, he has proven to be a great racer with wins on a variety of tracks and against tough competition. He is rising fast and I don’t think we’ve seen his terminal velocity just yet.

===== JON ZIMMER JR 2025 SEASON RECAP =====

10/19 Sat Ngt : MAP Outlaw Nationals @ Wheatland , MO = *** WINNER *** (339 pts)

10/25 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Bridgeport, CT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

10/26 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Bridgeport, CT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

10/26 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Bridgeport, CT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

10/27 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Bridgeport, CT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

11/2 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Dayton, OH = RunnerUp (216 pts)

11/2 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Dayton, OH = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

11/3 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Dayton, OH = RunnerUp (216 pts)

11/30 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Omaha, NE = Lost in first round (0 pts)

12/1 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Omaha, NE = Lost in semi-finals (106 pts)

1/4 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Nashville, TN = Lost in first round (0 pts)

1/4 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Nashville, TN = (did not compete) (0 pts)

1/5 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Nashville, TN = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

1/10 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Milwaukee, WI = RunnerUp (216 pts)

1/11 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Milwaukee, WI = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

1/11 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Milwaukee, WI = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

1/24 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Newark, NJ = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

1/25 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Newark, NJ = RunnerUp (216 pts)

1/25 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Newark, NJ = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

1/26 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Newark, NJ = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

1/31 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Brooklyn, NY = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

2/1 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Brooklyn, NY = RunnerUp (216 pts)

2/1 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Brooklyn, NY = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

2/2 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Brooklyn, NY = Lost in first round (0 pts)

2/7 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Belmont Park, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/8 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Belmont Park, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/8 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Belmont Park, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/9 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Belmont Park, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/14 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Worcester, MA = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

2/15 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Worcester, MA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

2/15 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Worcester, MA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

2/16 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Worcester, MA = Lost in semi-finals (104 pts)

2/22 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Little Rock, AR = Lost in first round (0 pts)

2/23 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Little Rock, AR = Lost in first round (0 pts)

2/28 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

3/1 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

3/1 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

3/2 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

3/2 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

3/7 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Grand Rapids, MI = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/8 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Grand Rapids, MI = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/8 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Grand Rapids, MI = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/9 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Grand Rapids, MI = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/9 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Grand Rapids, MI = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/14 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Toledo, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/15 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Toledo, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/15 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Toledo, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/16 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Toledo, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/16 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Toledo, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

3/21 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Green Bay, WI = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

3/22 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Green Bay, WI = RunnerUp (216 pts)

3/22 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Green Bay, WI = RunnerUp (216 pts)

3/23 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Green Bay, WI = Lost in first round (0 pts)

3/29 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Hartford, CT = RunnerUp (202 pts)

3/29 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Hartford, CT = Lost in first round (0 pts)

3/30 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Hartford, CT = *** WINNER *** (282 pts)

4/5 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Albany, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

4/5 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Albany, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

4/6 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Albany, NY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

4/11 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Hampton, VA = Lost in semi-finals (108 pts)

4/12 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Hampton, VA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

4/12 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Hampton, VA = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

4/13 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Hampton, VA = (did not compete) (0 pts)

4/26 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Evansville, IN = (non-points event) (0 pts)

4/26 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Evansville, IN = (non-points event) (0 pts)

4/27 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Evansville, IN = (non-points event) (0 pts)

5/2 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Southaven, MS = RunnerUp (216 pts)

5/3 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Southaven, MS = Lost in first round (0 pts)

5/3 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Southaven, MS = Lost in first round (0 pts)

5/4 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Southaven, MS = Lost in first round (0 pts)

5/10 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Moline, IL = *** WINNER *** (327 pts)

5/11 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Moline, IL = Lost in semi-finals (109 pts)

5/17 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Lexington, KY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

5/17 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Lexington, KY = (non-points event) (0 pts)

5/18 Sun Aft : Throwdown @ Crystal, MI = *** WINNER *** (156 pts)

6/1 Sun Eve : Throwdown @ Wilmot, WI = RunnerUp (90 pts)

6/6 Fri Ngt : MAP Outlaw Nationals @ Miami, OK = RunnerUp (282 pts)

6/7 Sat Ngt : MAP Outlaw Nationals @ Miami, OK = Lost in semi-finals (192 pts)

6/13 Fri Ngt : All Star Tour @ North East, PA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

6/14 Sat Ngt : All Star Tour @ North East, PA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

6/20 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Athens, GA = RunnerUp (202 pts)

6/21 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Athens, GA = Lost in semi-finals (102 pts)

6/21 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Athens, GA = RunnerUp (204 pts)

6/22 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Athens, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

6/22 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Athens, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

7/4 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam World Finals @ Salt Lake City, UT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

7/5 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam World Finals @ Salt Lake City, UT = Lost in semi-finals (357 pts)

7/11 Fri Ngt : Throwdown @ Ionia, MI = [no report]

7/12 Sat Ngt : Throwdown @ Ionia, MI = RunnerUp (124 pts)

7/23 Wed Ngt : Throwdown @ Holland, MI = Lost in semi-finals (73 pts)

7/26 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Raleigh, NC = (non-points event) (0 pts)

7/27 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Raleigh, NC = (non-points event) (0 pts)

7/27 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Raleigh, NC = (non-points event) (0 pts)

8/2 Sat Ngt : MTX Productions @ Concord, NC = *** WINNER *** (318 pts)

8/8 Fri Ngt : Throwdown @ Fowlerville, MI = *** WINNER *** (324 pts)

8/9 Sat Ngt : Throwdown @ Fowlerville, MI = Lost in first round (0 pts)

8/15 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Tampa, FL = (non-points event) (0 pts)

8/16 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Tampa, FL = (non-points event) (0 pts)

8/16 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Tampa, FL = (non-points event) (0 pts)

8/17 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Tampa, FL = (non-points event) (0 pts)

8/29 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Savannah, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

8/30 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Savannah, GA = *** WINNER *** (291 pts)

8/30 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Savannah, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

8/31 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Savannah, GA = RunnerUp (194 pts)

8/31 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Savannah, GA = *** WINNER *** (291 pts)

9/6 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Duluth, GA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

9/6 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Duluth, GA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

9/7 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Duluth, GA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

9/7 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Duluth, GA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

9/12 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in first round (0 pts)

9/13 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = *** WINNER *** (339 pts)

9/13 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = Lost in semi-finals (113 pts)

9/14 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = *** WINNER *** (339 pts)

9/14 Sun Ngt : Monster Jam @ Rosemont, IL = *** WINNER *** (339 pts)

9/20 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Saint Louis, MO = Lost in first round (0 pts)