This Week in Monster Truck Racing - July 23-30, 2025

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

* Jared Vogel is the best in Brandon

** Kory Kinal gains 2 spots with 2 wins in Halifax

*** Brandon Overmyer rolls through 4 finals in 4 days

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc250731

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR JULY 23^rd – 30^th, 2025 =====

Jared Vogel has built up a 6-race winning streak in western Canada after a 3-race sweep in Brandon, Manitoba. He has 1195 points through his 11 events but still needs 9 more recorded events to join the rankings.

In far east Canada, the 2X Live tour also had 3 days of racing in Halifax where Kory Kinal won twice in 3 final round appearances. His only loss was to Dawn Creten who claimed her first win of the season on Friday night racing on the long asphalt Chicago-style track.

Another big moment in Canada was Mike Worsley picking up the holeshot win over Joe Foley during the second race in Powasson. Foley got the best of Worsley in the afternoon.

The diesel fans had a great weekend thanks to Brandon Overmyer taking his American Outlaw into four consecutive final rounds and coming out with 2 wins. That includes beating BOTH Team Bigfoot trucks in Valparaiso with the Full Throttle Tour.

Zack Garner won the toughest event, picking up 300 points with MAP in Springfield, beating out fellow Top 25 racer Daron Basl in the finals.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Max Gillie, J.r. Rouse, Pat Paquet, Connor McNeil, Jeremy Hall, Nick Jones, John Brown, Chris DeHoyos, Gabriel Lee, Andrew Thornton, Marty Hansen, Josh Baumgartner, Carson Williams, Chuck Plumlee, Preston Perez, Matt Stoltz, 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+5=6 : 63/29

2 ) Tyler Menninga - 8334/260.44 : 5+2=7 : 32/13

3 ) Ryan Anderson - 8110/261.61 : 7+1=8 : 31/12

4 ) Triton Robbins - 9442/181.58 : 3+9=12 : 52/22

5 ) Weston Anderson - 10825/180.42 : 2+10=12 : 60/21

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6 ) Tristan England - 6921/238.66 : 10+3=13 : 29/7

7 ) Dalton Widner - 8154/203.85 : 6+8=14 : 40/11

8 ) Jon Zimmer Jr - 9080/151.33 : 4+12=16 : 60/14

9 ) Bari Musawwir - 6600/206.25 : 12+6=18 : 32/4

10) Camden Murphy - 5969/205.83 : 16+7=23 : 29/4

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11) Blake Granger - 6480/166.15 : 13+11=24 : 39/17

12) Bill Payne - 7566/140.11 : 8+17=25 : 54/21

13) Bryce Kenny - 4946/224.82 : 22+4=26 : 22/3

14) Armando Castro - 6146/146.33 : 15+13=28 : 42/2

15) Jimmy Creten - 6694/131.25 : 11+19=30 : 51/31

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

17) Rob Poutre - 4767/144.45 : 24+14=38 : 33/24

18) Zack Garner - 5627/133.98 : 20+18=38 : 42/7

19) Devin Winfield - 7507/102.84 : 9+30=39 : 73/8

20) Adam Anderson - 4616/144.25 : 26+15=41 : 32/2

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

+2 – Jon Zimmer Sr (Uproar) – 23^rd

+2 – Kory Kinal (Jekyll & Hyde) – 27^th

+2 – Jared Smith (Maximus) – 50^th 

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

52^nd – David Olfert (Velociraptor)

58^th – Roger Gauger (Bigfoot)

73^rd – Elliott Miller (Frontier Truck Parts)

81^st – Allen Pezo (Predator)

===== ALBION, IL =====

7/26 Sat Ngt: THOMAS BORDERS [Bigfoot White] defeated Bryant Rogers [Relentless]

Thomas Borders ended four consecutive nights of events with another Full Throttle tour win. He is 3-0 against Relentless this year.

===== BELGRADE, ME =====

7/27 Sat Aft: PRESTON PÉREZ [Culture Shock] defeated Gage Bursey [Excavator]

No one was calling their mom to bring them home early from Camp Modin this year as the summer camp kids were treated to a full SC Monster Truck Madness event right at their camp site! Preston Perez took the holeshot win and puts himself 75 points outside of the Top 25.

===== BLOOMINGTON, IL =====

7/24 Thu Ngt: CHRIS ROGERS [Hoosier Daddy] defeated Bryant Rogers [Relentless]

Chris Rogers followed up his win last week with his 2^nd win of the season on the Full Throttle Tour in Bloomington. This was also his first time beating Bryant in 6 tries this season.

===== BRANDON, MB =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: JARED VOGEL [Crude Behavior] defeated Pat Paquet [Psycho Pat]

7/26 Sat Aft: JARED VOGEL [Crude Behavior] defeated Pat Paquet [Psycho Pat]

7/27 Sun Ngt: JARED VOGEL [Crude Behavior] defeated Jason Court [Roughneck]

Lots of Canadian action this weekend and Jared Vogel takes the headlines with a 3-race sweep on a short, tight U-turn track in Manitoba. That’s now SIX wins in a row for the Crude Behavior driver who has not lost since the start of summer.

===== CLEAR BROOK, VA =====

7/29 Tue Ngt: BRANDON DERROW [Bad News Travels Fast] defeated Cliff Vowell [Virginia Giant]

Diehl Wilson’s hometown event continues for another year but it was Maryland taking home the prize as Brandon Derrow rushed past all the competition for his 11^th win of the season. One more recorded race and the Bad News team will join the rankings. He currently has 2517 points in 19 races.

===== COSTA MESA, CA =====

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

===== DRESDEN, ON =====

This Edge Motorsports event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== DUNBAR, PA =====

7/30 Wed Ngt: BRANDON DERROW [Bad News Travels Fast] defeated Jim Koehler [Avenger]

Back-to-back nights of racing and back-to-back wins for Brandon Derrow as he powered past a whole field of Team Scream competitors for the win in Dunbar.

===== EAGLE RIVER, WI =====

7/26 Sat Aft: JOSH BAUMGARTNER [Mechanical Mischief] defeated Mark Andrew [Wicked Sickness]

7/26 Sat Ngt: JOSH BAUMGARTNER [Mechanical Mischief] defeated Rod Schmidt [Bearly Tame]

Josh Baumgartner took two wins on the Nitro Tour driving his Mechanical Mischief truck. This is the first time we’ve seen Baumgartner without the Bigfoot body this season. He had 6 wins for the Original prior to these two in Wisconsin.

===== EDMONTON, AB =====

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

===== ELMA, WA =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: BILL PAYNE [Rock Star] defeated Nick Jones [Spitfire]

7/26 Sat Ngt: NO POINTS; The bracket could not be scored

Bill Payne gets win 21 and moves up one spot in the rankings. We have the bracket from Saturday but it was too confusing to score, unfortunately. The Malicious Tour moves to Post Falls, Idaho this weekend.

===== FORT WAYNE, IN =====

7/26 Sat Aft: ERIC HOWE [Country Strong] defeated Brandon Overmyer [American Outlaw]

7/26 Sat Ngt: BRANDON OVERMYER [American Outlaw] defeated Colton Kiser [High Roller III]

Diesel fans can rejoice as Brandon Overmyer has had the American Outlaw in 4 consecutive final rounds with 2 wins. He was runner-up on the Chicago-style course in the afternoon before beating Colton Kiser for the 2^nd time head-to-head this season later that night.

===== FRANKFORT, NY =====

7/26 Sat Aft: GREG WINCHENBACH [Crushstation] defeated Zach Winchenbach [Lumberjack]

Father Greg remains a perfect 8-0 against son Zach in head-to-head racing this year. They really were head-to-head in Frankfort, too, as the Versus tour used a center finish line with the trucks racing towards each other.

===== GOFFS, NS =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: DAWN CRETEN [Scarlet Bandit] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]

7/26 Sat Aft: KORY KINAL [Jekyll & Hyde] defeated Jimmy Creten [Bounty Hunter]

7/27 Sun Aft: KORY KINAL [Jekyll & Hyde] defeated Dawn Creten [Scarlet Bandit]

Kory Kinal won twice in three finals with the World Series tour in Halifax, Nova Scotia and moved up 2 spots in the rankings. He has the 17^th most points of all drivers this year. The long Chicago-style track on the asphalt front stretch of Scotia Speedworld provided some great racing action over the three days. Veteran Dawn Creten picked up her first win of the season to open the weekend and raced back to the finals on Sunday, too. Jimmy Creten was winless this weekend but still leads the world with 31 racing wins this season.

===== GRAYSLAKE, IL =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: We do not have results from this event

7/26 Sat Ngt: ATHENA KOZEL [Lil' Miss Dangerous] won

Throwdown did a 1990s throwback night in Michigan, but their Grayslake event felt like a 1980s throwback thanks to breakage giving us a wild bracket. Psycho Circus was slowest qualifier and did not make the bracket. Athena Kozel won her heat to make the finals, but in the second heat neither Haymaker nor Uproar could finish or advance. So Psycho Circus was brought back out and won the final race over Lil’ Miss Dangerous in the finals! Per MTROC rules, though, a truck cannot just be placed into the final round, so this one gets scored as Athena Kozel being the technical winner and the other 3 trucks given first round loses.

We are still looking for results from Friday in Grayslake so please share if you know.

===== HARRISBURG, IL =====

7/24 Thu Ngt: DAVID OLFERT [Dirt Crew] defeated Corree Labbee [Public Nuisance]

David Olfert picked up his 4^th win and joins the rankings in 52^nd, which isn’t too shabby for someone in their post-retirement season.

===== HOLLAND, MI =====

7/23 Wed Ngt: JON ZIMMER SR [Uproar] defeated Elliott Miller [Frontier Truck Parts]

Throwdown threwback their Holland event to 1992 with a fast two-jump drag racing track over 10 crush cars! Jon Zimmer Sr was fast and smooth through all three rounds for his 11^th win of the season and moved him up 2 spots in the rankings.

===== INDIANAPOLIS, IN =====

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

===== KILGORE, TX =====

7/26 Sat Ngt: DILLON FENLEY [Crazy Heifer] defeated Thomas Kimmons [El Matador]

Dillon Fenley has won 12 of his 15 races this year and added another in Kilgore, his first one in the new Crazy Heifer body.

===== MASON, MI =====

7/28 Mon Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== MORA, MN =====

7/26 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== MOUNT VERNON, OH =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: JR SEASOCK [Play'n Hookie] defeated Roger Gauger [Bigfoot]

JR Seasock joined the Full Throttle Tour and grabbed a huge win over Bigfoot in the final round in Ohio. That’s his first win since driving Taurus back in October last fall.

===== OWENSVILLE, OH =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: BRANDON PEZO [Predator] defeated Jasmin Borders [Clumsy Monkey]

Brandon Pezo remains undefeated on the Full Throttle Tour, having won 3 consecutive races now. Overall, he’s been in the finals in 12 of his 14 events this season.

===== PARSHALL, ND =====

7/29 Tue Ngt: CARSON WILLIAMS [Vendetta] defeated Mark Andrew [Wicked Sickness]

Carson Williams got the call to drive Team Throttle Monster’s flagship Vendetta at the Healing Horse Ranch in North Dakota and he delivered with a win on the U-turn track. That gives him a dozen wins this season.

===== PASO ROBLES, CA =====

7/27 Sun Ngt: TIM MANCHESTER [Hillbilly] defeated Jacob Gallie [Wicked Strong]

Tim Manchester breaks the 1-1 tie with Jacob Gallie, winning his 2^nd race of the season.

===== PETERSBURG, WV =====

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

===== PLATTSBURG, NY =====

7/26 Sat Ngt: CHRIS DEHOYOS [Higher Education] defeated Michael Vaters II [Overkill Evolution]

Chris DeHoyos won his first of the season with an upset win over Mikey Vaters on a no-ramp Chicago-style track in Plattsburgh. He’s been in the finals twice in the past three events.

===== POWASSON, ON =====

7/26 Sat Mrn: JOE FOLEY [Avenger] defeated Mike Worsley [Outfoxed]

7/26 Sat Aft: MIKE WORSLEY [Outfoxed] defeated Joe Foley [Avenger]

A big win for Canada’s Mike Worsley as he took down Joe Foley in the holeshot final in Powasson, Ontario with the All Our Tour. Foley won the afternoon race, his 2^nd win of the season. For Worsley, it was his 6^th consecutive final round appearance.

===== RALEIGH, NC =====

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

===== RENSSELAER, IN =====

7/25 Fri Ngt: JARED SMITH [Maximus] defeated Brandon Overmyer [American Outlaw]

Jared Smith now has a handful of wins this season and moves up 2 spots to join the Top 50 rankings.

===== SAN ANTONIO, TX =====

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

===== SAUK RAPIDS, MN =====

7/29 Tue Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== SPRINGFIELD, MO =====

7/26 Sat Ngt: ZACK GARNER [Wild Side] defeated Daron Basl [Block Head]

Former World Finals Racing Champion Zack Garner picked up the 300 points for the highest-rated (1.180) bracket of the weekend as he beat out 22^nd-ranked Daron Basl at the MAP event in Springfield.

===== URBANA, IL =====

This Champaign Fair event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded.

===== VALPARAISO, IN =====

7/24 Thu Ngt: BRANDON OVERMYER [American Outlaw] defeated Roger Gauger [Bigfoot Blue]

Brandon Overmyer kicked off what would be a great weekend for him (2 wins, 2 runner-ups in 4 days) by beating BOTH ends of Team Bigfoot in Valparaiso. After taking out Play’n Hooky in the first round, he beat Thomas Borders in Bigfoot in the semi-finals and then beat Full Throttle Tour champion Roger Gauger in Bigfoot in the finals!

===== WEST HAVEN, VT =====

This Vaters Monster Motorsports event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded.

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

Abbotsford, BC (Monster Spectacular)

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

Charlotte, NC (Back To School Bash)

Chickasha, OK (Extreme Nationals)

Crescent City, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

Crown Point, IN (All Star Monster Truck Tour)

Farmington, MO (Full Throttle Monster Truck Tour)

Evans Mills, NY (2X Monster Trucks Live)

Glendale, AZ (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Las Vegas, NV (Monster Jam Freestyle Mania)

Little Valley, NY (Monster Trucks Unleased)

Malone, NY (Versus Monster Trucks)

Monroe, MI (Ultimate Monster Truck Championship)

Orlando, FL (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Pittsburgh, PA (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Post Falls, ID (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

Ransomville, NY (Versus Monster Trucks)

Spanish Fork, UT (Spanish Fork Fair)

Sunrise, FL (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Tocksfors, Sweden (Monsterrace)

Ukiah, UT (Redwood Empire Fair)

Watertown, NY (2X Live)

West Lebanon, NY (Monsters & Megas)

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

Athens, OH (Full Throttle Monster Truck Tour)

Augusta, NJ (KSR Motorsports)

Belvidere, IL (Kickabuda Promotions)

 Croton, OH (JM Motorsports Productions)

Fremont, MI (Monster Truck Throwdown)

Honesdale, PA (JM Motorsports Productions)

Millersburg, OH (Full Throttle Monster Truck Tour)

Palmerton, PA (Monster Truck Bash)

Springfield, IL (Monsters of Destruction)