This Week in Monster Truck Racing, August 4-13, 2025

=== This Week in Monster Truck Racing ===

* Zimmer Jr and Olfert win first place in Fowlerville

** Brianna Mahon nears Top 20 with two wins in Newark

*** Shane Oblen impresses with debut weekend win

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF):

BLOG POST RECAP: https://www.mtroc.com/blog

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR AUGUST 4^th – 13^th, 2025 =====

Throwdown had a huge two-night race in Fowlerville with some of the best racers in the sport. Jon Zimmer Jr—fresh off his win in Charlotte last weekend—won the first night over rival Triton Robbins, and started Saturday as quick qualifier and with a first round win before breakage during the Skills competition knocked him out. Instead it was David Olfert in Dirt Crew picking up the win and 8 spots in the rankings.

Monster Jam got back to brackets with events in Newark and Sacramento. John Gordon has a less-rewarding trip to Charlotte than Jon Zimmer Jr, so he was fired up for his return to Monster Jam action in Newark and posted a win and 2 runner-ups through the 4-race weekend. However it was Brianna Mahon winning the weekend with 2 wins. That moves her up into 21^st place and she is far-and-away the highest ranked female racer of the season.

Shane Oblen in Webslinger saw his first career racing action this weekend, and after some trouble with the starting lights in Augusta, New Jersey on his first time, he came back with two huge racing wins. First he beat Brandon Derrow—a super tough east coast racer—on night 2 in Augusta and then bested RJ Turner later in the week, both of drag racing tracks.

Marvin Anderson took another win in his long career and joins the ranks just outside of the Top 50. Brandon Gallie only has 7 reported events and is not ranked, but he swept the All Star Tour weekend in Grass Valley. And the Monster X tour was way way down south in Nicaragua where Byron Cadigan and Paul Craighead squared off three times. There were some other highlights but you’ll have to read them below.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: J.r. Rouse, Joe Foley, Mark Werner, Preston Perez, Donny Hebert, Lee Collins, Max Gillie, Bryan Wagner, Chris Yuhas, Nate Bay, Byron Cadigan, Robert Wojcik, John Brown, Jessup Pelkey, Andrew Thornton, Dawson Rayas, Bryan Anger, Kirk Nagy, Phil Vicinanza, and everyone who posted videos and photos online!

===== CURRENT STANDINGS =====

RANK : DRIVER : PTS/AVG : SCORE : RACES/WINS

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1 ) Coty Saucier - 13138/208.54 : 1+6=7 : 63/29

2 ) Tyler Menninga - 8334/238.11 : 7+2=9 : 35/13

3 ) Ryan Anderson - 8110/261.61 : 9+1=10 : 31/12

4 ) Triton Robbins - 9998/178.54 : 3+9=12 : 56/23

5 ) Weston Anderson - 11405/178.2 : 2+10=12 : 64/22

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6 ) Dalton Widner - 8627/205.4 : 5+8=13 : 42/13

7 ) Tristan England - 7167/223.97 : 11+4=15 : 32/7

8 ) Jon Zimmer Jr - 9725/154.37 : 4+12=16 : 63/16

9 ) Camden Murphy - 6830/213.44 : 12+5=17 : 32/5

10) Bari Musawwir - 6600/206.25 : 14+7=21 : 32/4

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11) Bill Payne - 8382/142.07 : 6+17=23 : 59/24

12) Bryce Kenny - 4946/224.82 : 23+3=26 : 22/3

13) Blake Granger - 6480/166.15 : 16+11=27 : 39/17

14) Jimmy Creten - 7277/134.76 : 10+18=28 : 54/34

15) Armando Castro - 6146/146.33 : 17+13=30 : 42/2

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16) Colt Stephens - 5265/142.3 : 21+16=37 : 37/3

17) Rob Poutre - 4787/145.06 : 25+14=39 : 33/24

18) Zack Garner - 5859/127.37 : 19+21=40 : 46/7

19) Devin Winfield - 8122/106.87 : 8+33=41 : 76/9

20) Adam Anderson - 4616/144.25 : 28+15=43 : 32/2

===== BIGGEST IMPROVEMENTS =====

+8 – David Olfert (Dirt Crew) – 42^nd

+5 – Brianna Mahon (Bailey Circuit) – 21^st

+5 – Byron Cadigan (Bear Foot) – 66^th 

+4 – Michael Vaters II (Overkill Evolution) – 35^th

+4 – Tim Jones (Tail Gator) – 51^st 

===== NEWLY RANKED =====

 53^rd – Marvin Anderson (Identity Theft)

===== ARMADA, MI =====

Racing at the Armada Fair was interrupted due to lightning in the area and was not resumed (to our knowledge) and so this bracket could not be scored.

===== ATHENS, OH =====

8/4 Mon Ngt: DALTON VANSKYOCK [Stomper] defeated Roger Gauger [Bigfoot]

After three runner-up finishes this season. Dalton VanSkyock scored his first win on Monday night in Athens, taking down Stomper’s long-time rival Bigfoot in the finals. He is also now 3-2 against Roger Gauger this season.

===== AUGUSTA, NJ =====

8/5 Tue Ngt: BRANDON DERROW [Bad News Travels Fast] defeated Steven Thompson [Truckin 4 Troops]

8/6 Wed Ngt: SHANE OBLEN [Webslinger] defeated Brandon Derrow [Bad News Travels Fast]

The Webslinger team from New Jersey does not compete in many events, and youngster Shane Oblen has competed in none prior to this weekend in Augusta, but he quickly made a name for himself with some aggressive racing passes on Wednesday night and his first career racing win at the KSR event. Brandon Derrow was was fast as usual in scoring his 13^th win of the season on Tuesday night. Oblen was out in the first round that night after apparently problems with the starting lights that ended his night before it began. But Wednesday was a different story with Oblen taking down Derrow in the finals, ending the Bad News team’s 4-race winning streak.

===== BELVIDERE, IL =====

This Boone County Fair event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== BURLINGTON, WA =====

8/9 Sat Ngt: MARVIN ANDERSON [Identity Theft] defeated Gavin Sell [Reverse Racer]

8/10 Sun Ngt: BILL PAYNE [Rock Star] defeated Marvin Anderson [Identity Theft]

Long-time driver Marvin Anderson joins the rankings in 53^rd place this year after a win and runner-up finish in Burlington at Skagit Speedway. Anderson drives off-and-on for the Malicious Tour and has 5 wins and 12 finals in his 20 events.

===== CROTON, OH =====

8/6 Wed Ngt: MICHAEL VATERS II [Overkill Evolution] defeated Michael Vaters I [Black Stallion]

Mike Vaters Jr wins another one in Croton, Ohio, giving him 10 wins on the season and a healthy 8-1 record against his father.

===== DENVER, CO =====

This Hot Wheels Live event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== FOWLERVILLE, MI =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: JON ZIMMER JR [Terminal Velocity] defeated Triton Robbins [Krazy Train]

8/9 Sat Ngt: DAVID OLFERT [Dirt Crew] defeated Jon Zimmer Sr [Uproar]

Monster Truck Throwdown absolutely threw it down in Fowlerville (midway between Detroit and Lansing) with a huge 15 truck field and exciting 4-jump J-Turn racing! Four trucks were saved for freestyling, and only 8 of the 11 qualifying trucks advanced to the bracket, but with highly-ranked drivers (1.081 on Friday and 1.125 on Saturday) still resulted in events worth over 300 points.

Jon Zimmer Jr and Triton Robbins met up many times on the Monster Jam Arena tour this season and they saw each other in the Friday finals on a slick track. Triton came into the night with a big 15-4 advantage over Zimmer Jr in head-to-head racing, but it was Zimmer—riding high from his huge win in Charlotte last weekend—who got this one.

The track dried up on Saturday and the times improved. Jon Zimmer Jr was fast qualifier and won his first round race, but broke a four-link bar during the two-wheels skill competition between rounds and could not continue. Jon Zimmer Sr picked up the flag for the family and got Uproar into the final round, but a tight turn caused him to run over the turning tire and turn the truck over, letting David Olfert drive by for his 5^th win of the season.

===== FREMONT, MI =====

8/5 Tue Ngt: JOE FOLEY [Avenger] defeated Elliott Miller [Frontier Truck Parts]

Joe Foley won for the 3^rd time this summer in his first meeting with Elliott Miller.

===== GRASS VALLEY, CA =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: BRANDON GALLIE [Enforcer] defeated Travis Groth [The Veteran]

8/9 Sat Ngt: BRANDON GALLIE [Enforcer] defeated Travis Groth [The Veteran]

The All Star Tour was out in California this weekend and Brandon Gallie swept both holeshot racing brackets. He has 4 wins and 6 finals in his 7 scored races this season.

===== HELENA, MT =====

8/9 Sat Ngt: DALTON WIDNER [Shell Shocked] defeated Jacob Ladwig [Rat Attack]

The highest-rated event of the weekend was the MEGA Promotions event that featured the best of Team Throttle Monster taking on the best from the Insanity Tour and reached a competition caliber of 1.263! Dalton Widner won the 252 points and claimed his 5^th win of the season in the new Shell Shocked monster turtle. He was also the biggest improve of the week, moving up 8 spots in the rankings.

===== HONESDALE, PA =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: SHANE OBLEN [Webslinger] defeated RJ Turner [War Wizard]

Young Shane Oblen showed that his racing win in Augusta was not a fluke as he flew down the drag racing track in Honesdale past RJ Turner to pick up his 2^nd win in a row.

===== LANCASTER, MA =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: We do not have results from this event

8/9 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

8/9 Sat Mrn: We do not have results from this event

===== LINDSAY, ON =====

Mike Worsley won both racing events on the All Out Tour in Lindsay, Ontario, but the racing was not structured as a bracket and so the event could not be scored

===== MANAGUA, NICARAGUA =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: BYRON CADIGAN [Bearfoot] defeated Paul Craighead [USA-1]

8/9 Sat Ngt: BYRON CADIGAN [Bearfoot] defeated Paul Craighead [USA-1]

8/10 Sun Ngt: PAUL CRAIGHEAD [USA-1] defeated Byron Cadigan [Bearfoot]

The Monster X Tour races on a wide Chicago-style track down in Central America as four monster trucks took the long ride down to Nicaragua. Byron Cadigan and Paul Craighead met in the finals each day with Cadigan taking two wins and gained 5 spots in the rankings.

===== MANDAN, ND =====

8/9 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

8/9 Sat Ngt: JIMMY CRETEN [Bounty Hunter] defeated Dawn Creten [Scarlet Bandit]

No word from the afternoon race in Mandan, but we know that Jimmy Creten won for the 34^th time (the most in the sport this season). He is now tied for 4^th-most wins in a single season with Preston Collin’s campaign last year. The top 3 all-time are Derick Anson (66), Donny Hebert (40) both from 2022 with Monster Truckz, and Tyler Menninga’s 38 wins during his championship season in 2019. Creten is the only driver with more than 30 wins this season.

===== MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA =====

This Hot Wheels Live event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== MILLERSBURG, OH =====

8/5 Tue Ngt: ROGER GAUGER [Bigfoot] defeated Eric Howe [Country Strong]

Roger Gauger rebounded from his final round loss on Monday night with his 8^th win of the year on Tuesday with the Full Throttle Tour. He remains undefeated in 4 races against Eric Howe. Roger races in the finals 9 times in 12 events in July.

===== MONETA, VA =====

This Wind Vineyard event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== NEWARK, NJ =====

8/8 Fri Ngt: WESTON ANDERSON [Grave Digger] defeated John Gordon [Bad Company]

8/9 Sat Aft: JOHN GORDON [Bad Company] defeated Weston Anderson [Grave Digger]

8/9 Sat Ngt: BRIANNA MAHON [Bailey Circuit] defeated John Gordon [Bad Company]

8/10 Sun Aft: BRIANNA MAHON [Bailey Circuit] defeated Fernando Martinez [El Toro Loco]

Monster Jam got back to bracket racing with a stacked field in Newark, New Jersey. John Gordon also returned after not running with the tour this season and made the final the first three events, winning on Sunday afternoon over Arena Champion Weston Anderson. But Brianna Mahon in the new Bailey Circuit closed out the weekend on the tacky and rutted track with her 5^th and 6^th wins this season. She is the top-ranked female racer and has moved up to the 21^st ranking after her wins.

===== PALMERTON, PA =====

This Monster Truck Bash event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== RIDGEFIELD, WA =====

This Clark County Fair event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== SACRAMENTO, CA =====

8/9 Sat Aft: ALEX BARDIN [Megalodon] defeated Camden Murphy [Classroom Crusher]

8/9 Sat Ngt: DEVIN WINFIELD [El Toro Loco] defeated Camden Murphy [Classroom Crusher]

8/10 Sun Aft: CAMDEN MURPHY [Classroom Crusher] defeated Devin Winfield [El Toro Loco]

They called it Freestyle Mania, but you know we were crazy about the racing! Stadium star Camden Murphy was in the finals every bracket, claiming the win finally on Sunday afternoon, gaining himself 1 spot in the rankings (9^th). Throttle Monsters Alex Bardin and Devin Winfield took the other top spots with a win each.

===== SANTA ROSA, CA =====

This Sonoma County Fair event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== SANTA SUSANNA, SPAIN =====

This Monster World Tour event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== SELINSGROVE, PA =====

8/9 Sat Aft: CEEJAY RETTEW [Stinger Unleashed] defeated Zach Winchenbach [Lumberjack]

8/9 Sat Ngt: CEEJAY RETTEW [Stinger Unleashed] defeated Steven Thompson [Hurricane Force]

The Renegade tour went drag racing on the tight front stretch in Selinsgrove and Ceejay Rettew took both wins with fearless driving between the narrow walls.

===== SPRINGFIELD, IL =====

8/7 Thu Ngt: TIM HALL JR [Jurassic Attack] defeated Kurt Kraehmer [Ramdemption]

Tim Hall Jr last raced with the Monsters of Destruction tour last November in Redmond, Oregon and won both events. He joined the MOD tour in Springfield this past weekend and won again. That’s his 6^th win of the season and gained him 2 spots in the standings.

===== WASHINGTON, MO =====

8/7 Thu Ngt: THOMAS BORDERS [Bigfoot White] defeated Corree Labbee [Public Nuisance]

Corree Labbee beat Bigfoot’s Roger Gauger in the semi-finals at the Full Throttle races in Washington, but got struck by Team Bigfoot’s other entry—Thomas Borders—in the final round, ending with a spectacular endo crash! Team Bigfoot had a third truck at this event driven by Eric Steinberg who joined the other two for an memorable three-truck freestyle to close out the event.

===== EVENTS THIS WEEKEND =====

Bath, NY (Steuben County Fair)

Belmont Park, NY (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Chehalais, WA (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)

Draper, UT (Monster Truck Militia Tour)

Fresno, CA (Monster Jam Freestyle Mania)

Hamburg, NY (Erie County Fair)

Gaithersburg, MD (Renegade Monster Truck Tour)

Las Cruces, NM (Monster Truck Wars)

Macon, IL (2X Monster Trucks Live)

Morrison, IL (Full Throttle Monster Trucks)

Pokomoke, MD (Renegade Monster Truck Tour)

Portland, OR (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Preston, ID (Monster Truck Insanity Tour)

Roseburg, TX (Monster Truck Wars)

Santa Susanna, Spain (Monsters World Tour)

Springdale, AR (Insanity Tour)

Sydney, Australia (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live International Tour: Glow Party Arena Event)

Tampa, FL (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Vernal, UT (Family Tour)

Waterloo, IL (Full Throttle Monster Trucks)

Wenatchee, WA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

Winchester, IN (Monster Truck Throwdown)

===== EVENTS NEXT WEEK =====

Gray, TN (Monster Trucks Unleashed)

Greensburg, PA (Westmoreland Fair)

Mount Morris, MI (All Star Monster Truck Tour)

Pueblo, CO (Toughest Monster Truck Tour)