This Week in Monster Truck Racing - November 14-23, 2025
- MTROC Staff
- Nov 27
- 4 min read
=== This Week in Monster Truck Racing ===
* Travis Halls wins first career race in Denver
** Hayden Francis and Jarryd Xuereb score wins down under
*** Team Shark Attack running strong with Monster Truck Wars
CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc251127
BLOG POST RECAP: https://www.mtroc.com/blog
===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR NOVEMBER 14th – 23rd, 2025 =====
Travis Hall has been in the finals his past 4 events and capped off a tough but successful weekend of racing in Denver, Colorado with his first career win! In Australia we were treated to two weekends of bracket racing from two different tours with Jarryd Xuereb and Hayden Francis each taking wins on the large outdoor courses. We also saw Jerry Furajter and Kaley Engstrom keep Shark Attack atop the leaderboard with the Monster Truck Wars tour and Chris Davis get his 2026 season off to a good start with his 2nd win of the season.
We are also still in need of racing results from the Nitro Tour events in Lakeside and Imperial, California so please share the brackets if you know them.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Andrew Thornton, Dylan Lyons, Gabriel Lee, Jack Mcardle, Sean Green, Kirk Nagy, Phil Vicinanza, and everyone who posted videos and photos online!
===== CURRENT STANDINGS =====
New standings for the 2026 season will be posted beginning in January. We are still recording results every week but we will not be compiling the points until enough drivers have had time to accumulate at least five events to ensure that the Average Points calculations are fair.
===== BROOKINGS, SD =====
11/15 Sat Aft: ROD SCHMIDT [Redneck Rampage] defeated Scott Chisholm [Monster Patrol]
11/15 Sat Ngt: TRAVIS GROTH [The Veteran] defeated Byron Cadigan [Bear Foot]
The Nitro Tour put on an incredible show in Brookings, South Dakota with some big air and wheelies from all the competitors. The racing track was a concrete holeshot affair that proved to be a great equalizer as 4 of the 5 trucks advanced to the finals. Veterans Rod Schmidt and Travis Groth each grabbed a win.
===== CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA =====
11/22 Sat Aft: HAYDEN FRANCIS [Raptor's Rampage] defeated Brock Thomas [Blazed]
One of two Aussie events this past fortnight was in Cairns with the Monster Madness tour. Hayden Francis was the fastest on the L-shaped track and put Raptor’s Rampage into victory lane.
===== CONROE, TX =====
11/15 Sat Aft: JERRY FURAJTER [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]
11/15 Sat Ngt: JERRY FURAJTER [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]
Jerry Furajter takes home both wins in Conroe, Texas for the Shark Attack team with Monster Truck Wars.
===== DENVER, CO =====
11/21 Fri Ngt: CADEN MORRIS [Dragon Slayer] defeated Travis Hall [Kamikaze]
11/22 Sat Aft: JACOB LADWIG [Rat Attack] defeated Travis Hall [Kamikaze]
11/22 Sat Ngt: TRAVIS HALL [Kamikaze] defeated Brandon Swick [Geronimo]
The big event of the weekend was the Kicker Nationals in Denver, Colorado. Caden Morris won the biggest air award with some absolutely monster hits in the Dragon Slayer, and more importantly he took home the racing win on Friday over Travis Hall. Hall worked his way into the finals at both of the other events, settling for a loss to Jacob Ladwig on Saturday afternoon but returning on the break rule later that night to beat Brandon Swick and close out the weekend. For Hall, that is his first career racing victory and caps a 4-race final round streak that he’ll look to continue at his next event.
===== ELKTON, FL =====
11/22 Sat Aft: KALEY ENGSTROM [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]
11/22 Sat Ngt: KALEY ENGSTROM [Shark Attack] defeated Devin Jones [T-Rex]
Kaley Engstrom won the pair of Monster Truck Wars events in Elkton, Florida. She has yet to miss a final round in 7 events this season.
===== FORT WORTH, TX =====
This Hot Wheels Live event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded
===== GONZALES, LA =====
11/22 Sat Aft: KORY KINAL [Jekyll & Hyde] defeated Jeremiah Paras [Bounty Hunter]
Kory Kinal has 3 wins and 7 final round appearances in his 11 events so far for the 2026 racing season. Jeremiah Paras got to the finals for the first time this season and first time in his career driving the legendary Bounty Hunter.
===== GRANITE FALLS, NC =====
We found video from the racing results of the Monster Truck Unleashed event but we could not make out the bracket, so points were not awarded.
===== IMPERIAL, CA =====
11/22 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event
11/22 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event
===== KORUMBURRA, AUSTRALIA =====
11/15 Sat Aft: JARRYD XUEREB [Son of the Devil] defeated Sam Xuereb [Devil's Taxi]
The South Coast Monster Trucks tour ran a big St Louis-style track in Korumburra for one of the few Aussie racing events of the year. Father and son Sam and Jarryd Xuereb met in the finals (with North American drivers Kevin King and Pat Paquet sitting out racing) with son Jarryd coming out on top.
===== LAKESIDE, CA =====
11/23 Sun Aft: We do not have results from this event
11/23 Sun Ngt: We do not have results from this event
===== LINCOLN, NE =====
This Hot Wheels Live event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded
===== MESQUITE, TX =====
11/22 Sat Ngt: CHRIS DAVIS [Fire Hazzard] defeated Colton Kiser [High Roller III]
Chris Davis finished the 2025 season with 0 wins and 8 runner-up finishes, but he already has 2 wins down for the 2026 season thanks to his holeshot victory in Mesquite, Texas.
===== MINNEAPOLIS, MN =====
This Hot Wheels Live event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded
===== ROCKLEA, AUSTRALIA =====
This Monster Truck Promotions event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded
===== EVENTS THIS WEEKEND =====
Dayton, OH (Monster Jam Arena Series)
Omaha, NE (Monster Jam Arena Series)
Santa Barbara, CA (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)
Santa Maria, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)
Yuma, AZ (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)
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