7th Place - Dalton Widner - 2025 Monster Truck Racing Open Championship

Congratulations to DALTON WIDNER for his 7^th place finish in the 2025 Monster Truck Racing Open Championship! Dalton has had a rapid rise in the rankings since his 2021 rookie season when he finished 103^rd. He quickly moved up to 35^th, 16, and 8^th last season. He has had 4 consecutive 10+ win seasons.

Dalton seemed to come out of nowhere when he won the Toughest Tour championship a few years ago, but he is not running and winning on the top Monster Jam tours and just debuted the awesome-looking Shell Shock’ed truck earler this summer.

Driving Jurassic Attack, Widner picked up two wins in Nampa, Idaho and a runner-up finish in Houston, Texas to close out the 2024 calendar year. The Stadium Series started in San Diego and was a bit of a dud for Team Triceratops, but Widner won the next 3 consecutive weeks in Anaheim, San Antonio, and Houston. That was 3 wins in 4 races in late January, a feat he repeated in late March with wins in Louisville, Birmingham, and New Orleans. He also had a strong semi-final appearance at the Monter Jam World Finals in Salt Lake City.

As a member of the independent Team Throttle Monster, Widner also had a summer schedule where he picked up more wins. He won the 10-truck bracket on a wild and punishing asphalt course with the Overdrive Tour in Bristol, Tennessee, and won on the long and technical track when Throwdown made their debut in Salinas, California. Widner then ran against his Throttle Monster teammates on the Militia Tour and grabbed wins in Cortez, Colorado; Spanish Fork, Utah; and Watford City, North Dakota plus the one-off MEGA event in Helena, Montana.

Dalton Widner entered the Top Ten after his 3 wins in January and stayed there through the rest of the season. He had a number of big wins this year with 5 Stadium Series wins plus the marquee events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Salinas Sports Complex, and one inside Freedom Hall. He’s going to have a tough time in 2026 as he competes on the Stadium West tour against the likes of Ryan Anderson, Tyler Menninga, Bari Musawwir, Bryce Kenny, and Zack Garner. But those events will also bring lots of potential points and could help Widner reach even higher into the rankings.

===== DALTON WIDNER 2025 SEASON RECAP =====

10/5 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Glendale, AZ = Lost in quarter-finals (114 pts)

10/19 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Houston, TX = RunnerUp (327 pts)

10/26 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Arlington, TX = Lost in quarter-finals (107 pts)

11/1 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Nampa, ID = Lost in first round (0 pts)

11/2 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Nampa, ID = *** WINNER *** (291 pts)

11/2 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Nampa, ID = Lost in semi-finals (97 pts)

11/3 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Nampa, ID = *** WINNER *** (291 pts)

11/8 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Spokane, WA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

11/9 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Spokane, WA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

11/9 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Spokane, WA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

11/10 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Spokane, WA = (non-points event) (0 pts)

1/4 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ San Diego, CA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

1/5 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ San Diego, CA = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

1/11 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ San Diego, CA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

1/12 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ San Diego, CA = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

1/18 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Anaheim, CA = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

1/19 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Anaheim, CA = *** WINNER *** (448 pts)

1/25 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ San Antonio, TX = *** WINNER *** (448 pts)

1/26 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ San Antonio, TX = Lost in quarter-finals (117 pts)

2/1 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Houston, TX = *** WINNER *** (448 pts)

2/2 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Houston, TX = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

2/8 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Houston, TX = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

2/14 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam @ Cleveland, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/15 Sat Aft : Monster Jam @ Cleveland, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/15 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Cleveland, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/16 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Cleveland, OH = (non-points event) (0 pts)

2/22 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Detroit, MI = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

2/23 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Detroit, MI = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

3/1 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Orlando, FL = RunnerUp (336 pts)

3/8 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Jacksonville, FL = Lost in first round (0 pts)

3/15 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Indianapolis, IN = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

3/16 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Indianapolis, IN = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

3/22 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ Louisville, KY = *** WINNER *** (360 pts)

3/23 Sun Aft : Monster Jam @ Louisville, KY = Lost in first round (0 pts)

3/29 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ Birmingham, AL = *** WINNER *** (448 pts)

4/5 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam @ New Orleans, LA = *** WINNER *** (448 pts)

4/12 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ Foxborough, MA = Lost in quarter-finals (112 pts)

4/26 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ Philadelphia, PA = Lost in first round (0 pts)

5/3 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ East Rutherford, NJ = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

5/10 Sat Eve : Overdrive Tour @ Bristol, TN = *** WINNER *** (380 pts)

5/17 Sat Eve : Monster Jam @ Pittsburgh, PA = Lost in semi-finals (224 pts)

6/1 Sun Aft : Throwdown @ Salinas, CA = *** WINNER *** (351 pts)

6/14 Sat Ngt : Throttle Monsters @ Saint Michael, ND = Lost in first round (0 pts)

6/20 Fri Ngt : Militia Tour @ Cortez, CO = Lost in semi-finals (113 pts)

6/21 Sat Ngt : Militia Tour @ Cortez, CO = *** WINNER *** (339 pts)

7/4 Fri Ngt : Monster Jam World Finals @ Salt Lake City, UT = Lost in semi-finals (357 pts)

7/5 Sat Ngt : Monster Jam World Finals @ Salt Lake City, UT = (non-points event) (0 pts)

7/18 Fri Ngt : Toughest Tour @ Lamar, MO = Lost in semi-finals (98 pts)

7/19 Sat Ngt : Toughest Tour @ Lamar, MO = RunnerUp (216 pts)

8/1 Fri Ngt : Utah County Fair @ Spanish Fork, UT = *** WINNER *** (225 pts)

8/9 Sat Ngt : MEGA Tour @ Helena, MT = *** WINNER *** (252 pts)

8/15 Fri Ngt : Militia Tour @ Draper, UT = RunnerUp (116 pts)

8/16 Sat Ngt : Militia Tour @ Draper, UT = Lost in first round (0 pts)

8/22 Fri Ngt : Militia Tour @ Watford City, ND = RunnerUp (180 pts)

8/23 Sat Ngt : Militia Tour @ Watford City, ND = *** WINNER *** (270 pts)

9/13 Sat Ngt : Militia Tour @ Price, UT = RunnerUp (94 pts)

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