This Week in Monster Truck Racing - March 20-22, 2026

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

* Matt Cody takes three in Tucson

** Mike Christensen up 10 spots

*** Adam Anderson rockets into the Top 5

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc260326

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

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR MARCH 20^th – 22^nd, 2026 =====

Matt Cody had his best week of the season with 3 wins in 5 races in Tucson and moves himself up 6 spots in 21^st. He has won 4 of the last 6 Tour events. On the Stadium Series, Adam Anderson posted two final-round appearances giving him 11 finals in his last 15 events! That has him up from 51^st place in January to 4^th place this week.

Mike Christensen was the biggest improver of the week as his 2 runner-up finished on the 2X Live tour in Waco gained him 10 spots. Dan Dahlgren won the western tour in California and moves up 6 spots.

Nick Pagliarulo won both All Star races this weekend to maintain his series points lead. Byron Cadigan swept everything at the Monster X Tour events in Lake Charles and gained 5 spots in the rankings. Meanwhile at the X Tour event in Pasco, Anna Compton picked up her first career racing win driving the legendary Monster Patrol truck.

There was plenty more action which we have recapped below!

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Mike Menter, Anna Compton, Stanley Hernandez, Kaley Engstrom, Nate Bay, Devin Jones, Phil Vicinanza, Brett Mason, Sean Green, Bryan Wagner, Gabriel Lee, and everyone who posted videos and photos online especially YouTubers Gala Ursul and NB Productions!

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

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

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1 ) Tyler Menninga - 6317/315.85 : 5+1=6 : 20/10

2 ) Coty Saucier - 7646/218.46 : 2+5=7 : 35/16

3 ) David Olfert - 4033/237.24 : 12+2=14 : 17/11

4 ) Adam Anderson - 4925/205.21 : 7+7=14 : 24/7

5 ) Jon Zimmer Jr - 7225/185.26 : 4+10=14 : 39/15

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6 ) Blake Granger - 10425/176.69 : 1+13=14 : 59/23

7 ) Camden Murphy - 4162/231.22 : 11+4=15 : 18/7

8 ) Bill Payne - 5277/181.97 : 6+11=17 : 29/13

9 ) Zack Garner - 3998/210.42 : 13+6=19 : 19/1

10) Alex Bardin - 7421/154.6 : 3+18=21 : 48/13

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11) Ryan Anderson - 3896/205.05 : 15+8=23 : 19/3

12) Weston Anderson - 3920/186.67 : 14+9=23 : 21/9

13) Donald Epidendio - 3273/233.79 : 23+3=26 : 14/9

14) Dalton Widner - 3508/167.05 : 19+14=33 : 21/1

15) Bari Musawwir - 3457/164.62 : 20+15=35 : 21/1

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16) Colt Stephens - 3609/164.05 : 18+17=35 : 22/4

17) Jimmy Creten - 3009/177.00 : 24+12=36 : 17/12

18) Brandon Arthur - 3882/133.86 : 16+21=37 : 29/9

19) Tristan England - 3283/164.15 : 22+16=38 : 20/2

20) Armando Castro - 4754/108.05 : 9+30=39 : 44/5

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

+10 - Mikeal Christensen (Vendetta) – 24th

+8 - Montana Robbins (Plane Krazy) – 42^nd 

+6 - Matt Cody (Grave Digger) – 21^st 

+6 - Dan Dahlgren (Shark Bite) – 58^th 

+5 - Colt Stephens (ThunderROARus) – 16^th 

+5 - Brandon Pezo (Predator) – 57^th 

+5 - Byron Cadigan (Bear Foot) – 62^nd 

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

60^th - Rob Poutre (Carolina Crusher)

70^th - Caden Morris (Dragon Slayer)

85^th - Zach Winchenbach (High Tide)

86^th - Paul Craighead (Bear Foot)

89^th - Jeremiah Paras (Shark Bite)

91^st - Thomas Kimmons (Evil Leprechaun)

===== AUBURN, CA =====

3/21 Sat Aft: DAN DAHLGREN [Shark Bite] defeated Jeremiah Paras [Brutal]

3/22 Sun Aft: DAN DAHLGREN [Shark Bite] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]

Dan Dahlgren gained 6 spots in the rankings after taking both wins on the western 2X Live tour in California. He now has 3 wins in a row which is his longest winning streak of the season.

===== CORPUS CHRISTI, TX =====

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

===== DETROIT, MI =====

3/21 Sat Ngt: CAMDEN MURPHY [Classroom Crusher] defeated Adam Anderson [Grave Digger]

3/22 Sun Aft: COLT STEPHENS [ThunderROARus] defeated Adam Anderson [Grave Digger]

Adam Anderson has rocketed up to 4^th place in the rankings after two more Stadium Series final round appearances. He has been a finalist in 11 of his past 15 events including 4-in-a-row. Just 2 months ago, Adam was down in 51^st overall.

While Anderson has made a huge rise in the standings, he wasn’t able to pick up either win in Detroit. Camden Murphy took the Saturday night race, his 7^th win of the season, and he did it convincingly with some big win margins through the rounds. A bobble around the banked turn on Sunday put Murphy out of the bracket on Sunday in his semi-final race against Colt Stephens, who went on to take his 2^nd win of the season and first in Indianapolis in early February.

===== DUCHESNE, UT =====

This Monster Truck Insanity event did not meet the minimum of 4 trucks scheduled to compete

===== GRAND RAPIDS, MI =====

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

===== GRAY, TN =====

3/21 Sat Aft: NICK PAGLIARULO [Kraken] defeated Jacob Ladwig [Rat Attack]

3/22 Sun Aft: NICK PAGLIARULO [Kraken] defeated Jacob Ladwig [Rat Attack]

Nick Pagliarulo posted two wins over tour rival Jacob Ladwig in Tennessee as the All Star Monster Mashers series gets closer to its championship round. Pagliarulo won the J-turn racing both days and is now 8-6 against Ladwig this season.

===== HARTFORD, CT =====

3/21 Sat Aft: MJ SOLORIO [El Toro Loco] defeated Coty Saucier [Dragon]

3/21 Sat Ngt: MONTANA ROBBINS [Plane Krazy] defeated Coty Saucier [Dragon]

3/22 Sun Aft: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated Jon Zimmer Sr [Megalodon]

Reigning Open Champion Coty Saucier picked up 1 win in 3 final round appearances in Hartford, Connecticut and has moved up to 3^rd place in his Monster Jam Arena East point series. Montana Robbins and MJ Solorio each picked up wins and made gains in the Open rankings, especially Robbins who gained 8 spots. For Solorio, the win was a big boost after having to miss the past 3 racing brackets due to breakage.

===== LAKE CHARLES, LA =====

3/21 Sat Aft: BYRON CADIGAN [Bear Foot] defeated Thomas Kimmons [Evil Leprechaun]

3/21 Sat Ngt: BYRON CADIGAN [Bear Foot] defeated Paul Craighead [Rampage]

The X Tour went holeshot racing in Lake Charles and it was Byron Cadigan taking the wins all weekend long. In fact, he swept all the events including skills and freestyle. Cadigan was one of our biggest movers this week, gaining 5 spots with his 2 wins. Runner-ups Thomas Kimmons and Paul Craighead each joined the rankings as this weekend included their 10^th reported events this season.

===== PASCO, WA =====

3/20 Fri Ngt: JERROD COMPTON [Boss Gator] defeated Caden Morris [Dragon Slayer]

3/21 Sat Aft: ROB POUTRE [Carolina Crusher] defeated Caden Morris [Dragon Slayer]

3/21 Sat Ngt: ANNA COMPTON [Monster Patrol] defeated Stanley Hernandez [Werewolf]

The X Tour was also in Pasco, Washington with 3 big crowds watching the trucks competed on a concrete holeshot track. Jerrod Compton won the Friday night race over Caden Morris in the great-looking Dragon Slayer. Morris was in the finals against in the afternoon in a losing effort to Rob Poutre, but it gave him enough events to join the rankings in 70^th. On Saturday night, rookie Anna Compton drove the legendary Monster Patrol truck to her first career win, taking out Stanley Hernandez in Werewolf who blew out the transmission during the race.

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

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

===== SYRACUSE, NY =====

3/21 Sat Aft: DEVIN JONES [T-Rex] defeated Justin Murphy [Loco Motive]

3/21 Sat Ngt: DEVIN JONES [T-Rex] defeated Jerry Furajter [Shark Attack]

3/22 Sun Aft: JERRY FURAJTER [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]

The Monster Truck Wars had big crowds at the historic Coliseum in Syracuse for a three-race weekend. Devin Jones was in the finals each time and took two wins, just missing out on the sweep as Jerry Furajter won the final round on Sunday. Although we’re missing some Wars tour results this season, for the results we do it shows that Jones has been in every final round since November!

===== TUCSON, AZ =====

3/20 Fri Ngt: MATT CODY [Grave Digger] defeated Alex Bardin [Earth Shaker]

3/21 Sat Aft: ARMANDO CASTRO [El Toro Loco] defeated Carson Williams [ThunderROARus]

3/21 Sat Ngt: MATT CODY [Grave Digger] defeated Tim Hall Jr [Jurassic Attack]

3/22 Sun Aft: MATT CODY [Grave Digger] defeated Alex Bardin [Earth Shaker]

3/22 Sun Ngt: BLAKE GRANGER [Monster Mutt Dalmatian] defeated Matt Cody [Grave Digger]

Matt Cody has his best weekend of the season, winning 3 times in 5 races in Tucson. He has won 4 of the last 6 races on the Monster Jam Arena West series and added 1133 points just this weekend. Blake Granger and Alex Bardin are the usual winners on this tour, but they only managed 1 win (Granger) and 2 runner-ups (Bardin) as Cody is running red hot in the black-and-green racing machine.

===== VAN BUREN, AR =====

3/21 Sat Aft: COLTON FOWLER [T-Rex] defeated Brandon Pezo [Outlaw]

3/21 Sat Ngt: BRANDON PEZO [Outlaw] defeated Colton Fowler [T-Rex]

The Monster Truck Wars was outside at the Crawford County Speedway and saw Colton Fowler and Brandon Pezo split the day with a win each. For Fowler, that was his 2^nd win-in-a-row on the Wars tour and 3^rd overall in his career. For Pezo, it was his 3^rd consecutive final round but first win since the beginning of March in Chatham, Virginia.

===== WACO, TX =====

3/21 Sat Aft: JIMMY CRETEN [Bounty Hunter] defeated Mikeal Christensen [Vendetta]

3/21 Sat Ngt: DALTON WIDNER [Shell Shock'ed] defeated Mikeal Christensen [Vendetta]

The 2X Live team’s eastern tour brought in stiff competition for Jimmy and Dawn with 4 Team Throttle Monster trucks on hand to compete on the Chicago-style track and 300 points available to the winner each bracket. Former Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion Jimmy Creten took the opening day’s win over veteran Mike Christensen in Vendetta in their first meeting of the year. Creten made an early exit on Saturday night, but Christensen was back in the finals, this time against teammate Dalton Widner in Shell Shock’ed for the 4^th time this year. Widner took the win, which is his first of the year. For Christensen, the points from those two final rounds gained him 10 spots in the Open standings, which was the biggest move of any driver this week.

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

Antioch, CA (2X Monster Trucks Live)

Arnhem, Netherlands (Monster Jam International)

Bakersfield, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

Birmingham, AL (Monster Jam Stadium Series West)

Charleston, SC (Monster Jam Arena Series East)

Charlottesville, VA (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)

Corinth, MS (Monster Trucks Unleashed)

Council Bluffs, IA (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)

Enid, OK (Mega Monster Trucks Tour)

Farmington, NM (Monster X Tour)

Fisherville, VA (Renegade Monster Truck Tour)

Gainesville, GA (Monster Truck Wars)

Grand Forks, ND (Toughest Monster Truck Tour)

Green Bay, WI (Monster Jam Arena Series Central)

Lakeside, CA (Monster Truck Wars)

Leeds, England (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)

Maryville, TN (All Star Monster Truck Tour)

San Antonio, TX (Monster Jam Stadium Series East)

Vancouver, BC (Monster Jam Arena Series West)

Waco, TX (Monster X Tour)