7th Place – Camden Murphy - 2026 Monster Truck Racing Open Championship
Camden Murphy is back in the Top Ten for the 5th time in 7 years. He has never finished lower than 11th. This was one of his shortest seasons with only 28 scored races, but he still managed 11 wins and 6312 points for an average of 225.43 points-per-race.
Murphy started his 2026 Open season with 2 wins on the Monster Jam Fall Stadium tour in Arlington and Houston plus a runner-up in Syracuse. He reached #2 in the rankings in late January after posting Stadium Series wins in Orlando, Saint Louis, and Minneapolis. Miami was a low point for Murphy with back-to-back first round loses, but he rebounded with back-to-back wins in Tampa and Detroit.
Atlanta saw another no-win weekend through two races and Murphy slipped down to 14th during the summer as his primary schedule ended. However, following a quarter-final round finish at the World Finals, Murphy won 3 consecutive Monster Jam races driving 3 different trucks: in Foxborough in the new Power Rush truck; in Newark on the Arena Tour as a fill-in driver for Sparkle Smash; and then driving The Amazing Spider-Man in Seattle. Those 1142 points pulled Murphy back up into the Top Ten.
This season also saw Murphy set the new speed record for a monster truck, running 103-mph at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In head-to-head racing, Murphy was 7-2 against Adam Anderson, 4-2 against Jamie Sullivan, 3-2 against Jim Koehler, 2-3 against Chris Koehler, and 2-1 against Joe Foley. Murphy faced 25 different opponents this season! He finished the season with a record of 46-17 with 16 bye runs.
===== CAMDEN MURPHY 2026 SEASON SUMMARY =====
10/4 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Fall Stadium @ Arlington, TX = *** WINNER *** (460 pts)
10/11 Sat Aft : Monster Jam Fall Stadium @ Syracuse, NY = RunnerUp (354 pts)
10/18 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Fall Stadium @ Houston, TX = *** WINNER *** (452 pts)
10/25 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Fall Stadium @ Glendale, AZ = Lost in semi-finals (238 pts)
1/10 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Orlando, FL = *** WINNER *** (384 pts)
1/17 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Saint Louis, MO = Lost in quarter-finals (93 pts)
1/18 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Saint Louis, MO = *** WINNER *** (372 pts)
1/31 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Indianapolis, IN = Lost in quarter-finals (96 pts)
2/1 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Indianapolis, IN = Lost in quarter-finals (96 pts)
2/7 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Minneapolis, MN = Lost in quarter-finals (96 pts)
2/8 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Minneapolis, MN = *** WINNER *** (384 pts)
2/14 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Arlington, TX = Lost in quarter-finals (96 pts)
2/21 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Miami, FL = Lost in first round (0 pts)
2/22 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Miami, FL = Lost in first round (0 pts)
2/28 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Tampa, FL = Lost in quarter-finals (93 pts)
3/1 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Tampa, FL = *** WINNER *** (372 pts)
3/21 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Detroit, MI = *** WINNER *** (384 pts)
3/22 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Detroit, MI = Lost in semi-finals (192 pts)
3/28 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ San Antonio, TX = Lost in quarter-finals (96 pts)
3/29 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ San Antonio, TX = *** WINNER *** (288 pts)
4/11 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Atlanta, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)
4/12 Sun Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Atlanta, GA = Lost in first round (0 pts)
4/18 Sat Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Philadelphia, PA = Lost in semi-finals (192 pts)
5/2 Sat Aft : Monster Jam Stadium East @ Cleveland, OH = Lost in semi-finals (192 pts)
7/4 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam WF25 @ Salt Lake City, UT = Lost in quarter-finals (240 pts)
7/30 Thu Aft : Monster Jam Stadium @ Foxborough, MA = *** WINNER *** (432 pts)
8/14 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam Arena @ Newark, NJ = *** WINNER *** (282 pts)
9/19 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam Stadium @ Seattle, WA = *** WINNER *** (428 pts)
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