This Week in Monster Truck Racing - March 6-8, 2026

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

* David Olfert is unstoppable in Saginaw

** Adam Anderson sweeps in Freedom Hall

*** Borders go full-throttle in Fort Wayne

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc2603013b

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

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR MARCH 6^th – 8^th, 2026 =====

David Olfert is the man to beat on the Toughest Tour this year. He swept all 3 racing events in Saginaw, which hasn’t been done since Larry Swim in 2019. The Dirt Crew Dozer driver is higher in the rankings than ever before as he now joins the Top 5.

Adam Anderson had a slow start to the season but is picking up speed after his two-race sweep in Freedom Hall. He has advanced into at least the 3^rd round of racing in 11 of his last 12 events.

Thomas and Jasmin Borders each won during the monster truck and tractor pulling double-header in Fort Wayne this weekend. The team debuted their new 3D body for Monkey Business on Saturday and Thomas quickly made it a winner, taking out Bigfoot in the finals.

Team Sparkle Smash had a great weekend with both Loghan Ashline and Jamie Sullivan gaining 11 spots in the rankings. Triton Robbins also moved up a bunch after taking 2 wins in Hampton. Alex Bardin completed his 2^nd weekend making the final round 3 times. At historic Garrett Coliseum, Byron Cadigan took both brackets on the X Tour. In Winnemucca, old rivals Bill Payne and Donald Epidendio split the weekend of tight indoor SoCal racing. And Josh Baumgartner put the Mechanical Mischief body back on for the Metal Clash at the Monument and picked up the win.  

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Phil Vicinanza, Bryan Wagner, Dillon Fenley, Nomin White, Josh Baumgartner, Nick Jones, Brett Mason, Tyler Groth and everyone who posted videos and photos online especially YouTubers kyle stratton, 813 Racing, SPGoji5496, MonsterTrucksDaily, and MonsterTruckEdits!

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

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

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1 ) Tyler Menninga - 5405/300.28 : 5+1=6 : 18/8

2 ) Coty Saucier - 6820/213.13 : 3+6=9 : 32/15

3 ) Jon Zimmer Jr - 6989/194.14 : 2+7=9 : 36/15

4 ) Zack Garner - 3998/235.18 : 7+3=10 : 17/1

5 ) David Olfert - 3849/240.56 : 10+2=12 : 16/11

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6 ) Blake Granger - 8888/177.76 : 1+13=14 : 50/21

7 ) Bill Payne - 5097/182.04 : 6+11=17 : 28/13

8 ) Camden Murphy - 3586/224.13 : 13+5=18 : 16/6

9 ) Weston Anderson - 3920/186.67 : 9+10=19 : 21/9

10) Alex Bardin - 6391/163.87 : 4+15=19 : 39/12

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11) Adam Anderson - 3369/187.17 : 15+9=24 : 18/4

12) Donald Epidendio - 2775/231.25 : 21+4=25 : 12/7

13) Ryan Anderson - 3212/188.94 : 17+8=25 : 17/3

14) Brandon Arthur - 3686/147.44 : 12+20=32 : 25/9

15) Jimmy Creten - 2709/180.6 : 23+12=35 : 15/11

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16) Colt Stephens - 3033/151.65 : 18+19=37 : 20/3

17) Triton Robbins - 3503/125.11 : 14+23=37 : 28/3

18) Dalton Widner - 2752/161.88 : 22+16=38 : 17/0

19) Bari Musawwir - 3001/157.95 : 20+18=38 : 19/1

20) Tristan England - 2407/171.93 : 27+14=41 : 14/1

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

+11 – Marvin Anderson (Identity Theft) – 28^th

+11 – Loghan Ashline (Sparkle Smash) – 67^th 

+9 – Jamie Sullivan (Sparkle Smash) – 66^th

+7 – Triton Robbins (Krazy Train) – 17^th 

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

40^th – Dillon Fenley (King Krunch)

64^th – Byron Cadigan (Bear Foot)

88^th – Mike Nugent (Roarin’ Rex)

93^rd – Angelina Nock (Megalodon)

===== DOTHAN, AL =====

3/7 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

3/7 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX =====

3/7 Sat Aft: DILLON FENLEY [King Krunch] defeated Aaron Basl [Night Life]

3/7 Sat Ngt: DILLON FENLEY [King Krunch] defeated Aaron Basl [Night Life]

Dillon Fenley faced new competition in Drippings Springs as Aaron Basl brought the beautiful Night Life truck to the Monster Trucks Maniac tour, but the results were the same as Fenley swept the two-race day and extended his winning streak to 8 races.

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

3/7 Sat Aft: THOMAS BORDERS [Monkey Business] defeated Roger Gauger [Bigfoot]

3/8 Sun Aft: JASMIN BORDERS [Clumsy Monkey] defeated Thomas Borders [Monkey Business]

The Full Throttle Tour returned to the historic Allen County War Memorial in Fort Wayne for a quadruple-header weekend featuring two monster truck races and two NTPA tractor pulling events. The Borders took home most of the prizes on the two-jump straight line track with Thomas Borders beating out Bigfoot on Saturday, and Jasmin taking the win on Sunday.

===== FRESNO, CA =====

3/6 Fri Ngt: BLAKE GRANGER [Monster Mutt Dalmatian] defeated Alex Bardin [Earth Shaker]

3/7 Sat Aft: ARMANDO CASTRO [El Toro Loco] defeated Carson Williams [ThunderROARus]

3/7 Sat Ngt: ALEX BARDIN [Earth Shaker] defeated Cliff Turner [Velociraptor]

3/8 Sun Aft: ALEX BARDIN [Earth Shaker] defeated Blake Granger [Monster Mutt Dalmatian]

For the second week in a row, Alex Bardin was in the Monster Jam Arena West final round for 3 of the 4 events. Bardin has been in the finals in 9 of the last 14 tour stops with 6 wins. He now has the 4^th most points in the Open Championship and 5^th most wins with 12. Blake Granger added another win to reach 21 which is the most in the sport. Armando Castro was the other winner, picking up his 3^rd of the season and first since the last time this tour was in California back in late January.

===== HAMPTON, VA =====

3/6 Fri Ngt: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated Loghan Ashline [Sparkle Smash]

3/7 Sat Aft: TRITON ROBBINS [Krazy Train] defeated Coty Saucier [Dragon]

3/7 Sat Ngt: TRITON ROBBINS [Krazy Train] defeated Loghan Ashline [Sparkle Smash]

3/8 Sun Aft: JON ZIMMER JR [Terminal Velocity] defeated Coty Saucier [Dragon]

After grabbing his first win of the season last weekend, Triton Robbins returned with 2 more in Hampton. That gave him one of the biggest bumps of the weekend and has the Krazy Train side the Top 20. His only loss came to reigning Open Champion Coty Saucier on Sunday afternoon, as Robbins was knocked out of Friday’s bracket due to breakage after his first round win.

This weekend was also Loghan Ashline’s career best, as she advanced to two final rounds and one more semi-final appearance which gave her an 11-spot jump in the rankings.

===== HUGO, OK =====

3/6 Fri Ngt: We do not have results from this event

3/7 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== LOUISVILLE, KY =====

3/7 Sat Ngt: ADAM ANDERSON [Grave Digger] defeated Jamie Sullivan [Sparkle Smash]

3/8 Sun Aft: ADAM ANDERSON [Grave Digger] defeated Tristan England [JCB DIGatron]

Adam Anderson is getting hot late in the first quarter! After his first win in Minneapolis in early February, he made the semi-finals in his next 6 consecutive Stadium Series events including 1 win and 2 runner-ups. This week in Louisville, he swept both brackets at the historic Freedom Hall, giving him 12 consecutive events with points and has him up to 11^th place overall.

Speaking of 11, that’s how many spots Jamie Sullivan gained in the rankings this week. The former Arena Series star hasn’t seen quite the same racing success on the highly competitive Stadium Series, but she scored a runner-up and semi-final appearance this weekend as the Stadium drivers returned to the short track for one weekend.

===== MARTIN, TN =====

3/7 Sat Aft: JERRY FURAJTER [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]

3/7 Sat Ngt: JERRY FURAJTER [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]

Jerry Furajter and Devin Jones continue their feud on the Monster Truck Wars tour. They met for at least the 15^th time (based on events we have reports for) and Furajter has closed the gap with his sweep in Martin, as their season series now stands at 7-8 in favor of Jones.

===== MONTGOMERY, AL =====

3/7 Sat Aft: BYRON CADIGAN [Bear Foot] defeated Travis Groth [Double Trouble]

3/7 Sat Ngt: BYRON CADIGAN [Bear Foot] defeated Travis Groth [Double Trouble]

With Monster Jam in Freedom Hall, the Monster X Tour was also racing at an historic TNT Motorsports venue down in Alabama and Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery. Byron Cadigan won both of the races over Travis Groth in Double Trouble, giving him 4 wins this season. That was also his 10^th event and so he now joins the rankings in 64^th.

===== RAPID CITY, SD =====

3/7 Sat Ngt: JOSH BAUMGARTNER [Mechnical Mischief] defeated Kreg Christensen [Farmageddon]

The annual Metal Clash at the Monument in Rapid City broke a strong field of five trucks out for concrete holeshot racing. Josh Baumgartner exchanged his Bigfoot panels for his traditional Mechanical Mischief look and took the racing win over veteran Kreg Christensen. That’s now 6 consecutive final rounds for Baumgarter, who has a 3-3 record in those finals.

===== ROCKFORD, IL =====

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

===== SAGINAW, MI =====

3/6 Fri Ngt: DAVID OLFERT [Dirt Crew Dozer] defeated Jerry Beck [Dirt Crew]

3/7 Sat Aft: DAVID OLFERT [Dirt Crew Dozer] defeated Jeff Souza [Velociraptor]

3/7 Sat Ngt: DAVID OLFERT [Dirt Crew Dozer] defeated Daron Basl [Block Head]

The Toughest Tour was in Saginaw and for the first time since Larry Swim in 2019 we had one driver sweep the entire weekend. David Olfert has now won 4 brackets in a row on tour and has won 8 of the 12 Toughest events this season. With now 11 wins total this season, he has moved up into the Top 5 in the Open Championship.

This is Olfert’s career best ranking in the Open Championship, surpassing his previous best of 7^th back in February of 2024. In previous years, Olfert has moved up the rankings by sheer brute force as he has competed in 60, 70, 80, and even 90 races in a single season; but this year he has the 2^nd best Average Points and that has given him the extra help to reach the Top 5.

===== SONORA, CA =====

3/7 Sat Aft: JEREMIAH PARAS [Shark Bite] defeated Austin Minton [Brutal]

3/7 Sat Ngt: JIMMY CRETEN [Extreme King Sling] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]

Jeremiah Paras grabbed his first win of the season in a narrow victory over Austin Minton on Saturday afternoon in Sonora. In the night race, Kory Kinal made it to the finals—after a scary run-in with the concrete barriers during the afternoon bracket—but came up short to Jimmy Creten who was filling in for Dennis Anderson in the Extreme King Sling. We’ve seen Anderson cameo in the racing bracket before, but this was the first time Crete has taken King Sling into victory lane.

===== WILKES-BARRE, PA =====

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

===== WINDER, GA =====

This All Star Tour event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded.

===== WINNEMUCCA, NV =====

3/6 Fri Ngt: BILL PAYNE [Rock Star] defeated Donald Epidendio [Titan]

3/7 Sat Ngt: DONALD EPIDENDIO [Titan] defeated Bill Payne [Rock Star]

Bill Payne and Donald Epidendio went at it again in Winnemucca on a tight, indoor SoCal track. They each got huge air over the finish line jump and each picked up a racing win. Epidendio leads the season series 6-4 over Payne, but Payne leads in the world rankings by 5 spots (7^th versus 12^th).

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

Albuquerque, NM (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Biloxi, MS (Monster Jam Arena Series East)

Corbin, KY (Monsters of Destruction)

El Paso, TX (Monster Jam Stadium Series West)

Harrisburg, PA (Monster Truck Thunder)

Jackson, MS (Monster Trucks Maniac)

Jonesboro, AR (Monster X Tour)

Lafayette, LA (Toughest Monster Truck Tour)

Midland, TX (Monster Truck Wars)

Nampa, ID (Monster Jam Arena Series West)

Seguin, TX (Monster Truck Wars)

Shelby, NC (All Star Monster Truck Tour)

Toledo, OH (Monster Jam Arena Series Central)

Tulsa, OK (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)

Watsonville, CA (2X Monster Trucks Live)