This Week in Monster Truck Racing - November 7-9, 2025

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

* Jon Zimmer Jr leads with 7 wins

** Donald Epidendio leads with best average

*** Colton Kiser dominates in Maniac Tour debut

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc251111

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

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR NOVEMBER 7^th – 9^th 2025 =====

Jon Zimmer Jr has won 4 of his last 5 and now leads the sport with 7 wins since October 1^st. He took 2 of 3 with the All Stars on a tight turning track in Amite.

Donald Epidendio swept the Malicious Tour event with 2 wins this weekend and currently leads the sport in average and is 2^nd in points, setting himself up for a strong initial ranking once the standings are released in January.

The Maniacs Tour brought in High Roller III and Misfit for the first time this weekend, and Colton Kiser stole the spotlight with two wins and a runner-up finish, giving him the best start to a season in his young career.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Nick Jones, Sean Green, Bryan Wagner, Gabriel Lee, Andrew Thornton, 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.

===== ALBUQUERQUE, NM =====

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

===== AMITE, LA =====

11/7 Fri Ngt: JON ZIMMER SR [Uproar] defeated Jon Zimmer Jr [Terminal Velocity]

11/8 Sat Aft: JON ZIMMER JR [Terminal Velocity] defeated Charlie Pauken III [The Haymaker]

11/8 Sat Ngt: JON ZIMMER JR [Terminal Velocity] defeated Jon Zimmer Sr [Uproar]

Jon Zimmer Jr now leads with 7 event wins for the 2026 season. He won twice on the super-tight Chicago-style track with the All Stars in Amite, Louisiana. He is the only driver right now over 2000 points.

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

11/8 Sat Aft: KORY KINAL [Jekyll & Hyde] defeated Dan Dahlgren [Shark Bite]

Kory Kinal picked up his 2^nd win of the season on a long but tight Chicago-style course with the 2X Tour in Fresno. Dan Dahlgren follows up his win from last weekend with a runner-up finish here. Jeremiah Paras was behind the wheel of Bounty Hunter but missed racing due to breakage.

===== LANCASTER, CA =====

11/8 Sat Aft: BRIAN LEACH [Boss Gator] defeated Daniel Calderon [Scattered]

11/8 Sat Ngt: STANLEY HERNANDEZ [Lone Wolf] defeated Brian Leach [Boss Gator]

The Nitro Tour had a huge track to work with in Lancaster and ran a challenging St Louis style track with steep ramps. Brian Leach made the finals both times, picking up the afternoon win. Stanley Hernandez barely edged out Leach in the evening finals by out-jumping him across the finish line.

===== MCKINNEY, TX =====

11/7 Fri Ngt: COLTON KISER [High Roller III] defeated Chris Davis [Fire Hazzard]

11/8 Sat Ngt: CHRIS DAVIS [Fire Hazzard] defeated Colton Kiser [High Roller III]

11/9 Sun Ngt: NO POINTS; The bracket could not be scored

The Monster Trucks Maniac tour welcomed High Roller III and Misfit to their tour for the first time in McKinney, Texas. Colton Kiser extended his career-high two-race winning streak to three with the win over Chris Davis on Friday night. Davis got the better of Kiser on Saturday, giving the High Roller it’s first loss of the 2026 season. Sunday’s racing sent the two fastest qualifiers to the finals where Kiser beat Gabe Montoya in Misfit, but since it was not a bracket we could not score it for points.

===== SAINT CHARLES, MO =====

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

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

We do not have any results from the three Monster Truck Wars events in San Antonio. If you have any information on the racing at these events, please send them our way!

===== SAN BERNARDINO, CA =====

11/7 Fri Ngt: DONALD EPIDENDIO [Titan] defeated Nick Jones [Spitfire]

11/8 Sat Ngt: DONALD EPIDENDIO [Titan] defeated Nick Jones [Spitfire]

Donald Epidendio is setting himself up for a high ranking when we post the first standings in January. He has 5 wins and 7 finals in his 8 races, giving him 1897 points (2^nd best right now) and an average of 237.13 points-per-race (1^st best) after his weekend sweep in San Bernardino, California on the asphalt St Louis-style course.

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

Brookings, SD (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)

Conroe, TX (Monster Truck Wars)

Fort Worth, TX (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Granite Falls, NC (Monster Trucks Unleashed)

Lakeside, CA (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)

Lincoln, NE (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Merced, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

San Bernardino, CA (2X Monster Trucks Live)