This Week in Monster Truck Racing - October 30-November 1, 2026
===== THIS WEEK in Monster Truck Racing =====
* Tim Hall Jr wins back-to-back Stadium Series brackets
** Coty Saucier extends Puerto Rico winning streak to 8-races
*** Jeremiah Paras continues to dominate on 2X Live tour
Current standings will be posted beginning in January 2027
WEEKEND RACING STATS PACK: https://tinyurl.com/mtroc261103
BLOG POST RECAP: https://www.mtroc.com/blog
===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR OCTOBER 30th – NOVEMBER 1st, 2026 =====
Tim Hall Jr ends the Fall Stadium Series on fire with back-to-back racing wins. He narrowly beat Dalton Widner in the Glendale finals in a full-throttle finish that saw both trucks using every inch of shutdown space. For Widner, it was his 2nd weekend in the finals of a major event following his Wheatland win last week.
Coty Saucier has been a dominant force any time Monster Jam heads south of the continent. He extended his winning streak in Puerto Rico to 8 races after winning the first four brackets this weekend. He is now tied for the most wins in the sport this season with 8. Matt Dummer was the only one able to beat Saucier this weekend, but it was Matt Cody picking up the weekend finale win.
Jeremiah Paras continues to remain red hot on the 2X Live tour with 2 more wins this weekend, giving him 5 wins in 6 races. Dillon Fenley added another win on the Maniac tour and is tied with Saucier with 8 wins this season. This weekend also saw Gavin Sell and Nick Jones each grab their first wins of the year with the Malicious Tour, while Steven Thompson and Brittney Aimes won drag racing in Stanley, North Carolina.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Bryan Wagner, Tim Howard, Nick Jones, Kory Kinal, Jeremiah Paras, David Rife, CJ Burress, Phil Vicinanza and everyone who posted videos and photos online!
===== COLCORD, OK =====
11/1 Sun Eve: DILLON FENLEY [King Krunch] defeated Chris Davis [Nitro Hornet]
The Monster Trucks Maniac tour moved out to the big Arrowhead Speedway in Oklahoma for this week’s racing. Girl Power was knocked out in the first round when a small engine fire interrupted the run, letting Nitro Hornet move into the finals. Dillon Fenley once again won the bracket, giving Dillon Fenley 8 wins already this season.
===== FLORENCE, SC =====
10/31 Sat Aft: JEREMIAH PARAS [King Sling] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]
11/1 Sun Aft: JEREMIAH PARAS [King Sling] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]
Jeremiah Paras has won 5 of the last 6 2X Live event after sweeping the racing on a long and dusty Chicago-style track in South Carolina. He’s got 5 wins this season and another 9 events (or so) remaining on the 2X Live schedule before the New Year.
===== GLENDALE, AZ =====
11/1 Sun Aft: TIM HALL JR [Jurassic Attack] defeated Dalton Widner [Over Bored]
What a story for Tim Hall Jr to close out the fall season with Monster Jam! After a big upset win in Syracuse two weeks ago, he came into Arizona on a mission to prove that his Stadium win was not a fluke. Hall was fast and smooth in early round races against Lucas Stabilizer and Sparkle Smash, and then took advantage of another first turn fumble from Grave Digger to advance into the finals.
On the other side of the bracket, Dalton Widner came into town after winning the big MAP Wheatland event last weekend where he eliminated reigning Open Champion Jon Zimmer Jr in the first round. In Glendale, Widner beat two other superstars in Camden Murphy (who once again had engine problems) and Tristan England.
In the finals, Widner and Hall traded the lead throughout the race and were both full-throttle over the finish line jump. The new course style in Glendale had a much shorter shut-down area than in previous weeks, and the two finalists got so much air across the line that they had to lock up the wheels and use every inch of space to get their Monster Jam trucks stopped. After a photo finish, it was Tim Hall Jr picking up his 2nd consecutive Stadium Series win with the only sub-17 second run of the night.
===== PHOENIX, AZ =====
This All Star Tour event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded
===== SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO =====
10/30 Fri Ngt: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated MJ Solorio [El Toro Loco]
10/31 Sat Aft: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated Matt Dummer [Pirate's Curse]
10/31 Sat Ngt: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated Matt Cody [Grave Digger]
11/1 Sun Aft: COTY SAUCIER [Dragon] defeated Colt Stephens [ThunderROARus]
11/1 Sun Ngt: MATT CODY [Grave Digger] defeated Matt Dummer [Pirate's Curse]
Coty Saucier has won 14 of the last 22 Monster Jam races in San Juan. He built up an 8-race winning streak in Puerto Rico before his first round loss on Sunday night. Coty is now tied for first with 8 wins this season and leads the world with 2286 points. This kind of start to the season is exactly what helped propel him to the 2025 Open Championship and he is off to a great start in pursuit of his 2nd world championship in 2027.
===== SOMERTON, AZ =====
10/30 Fri Ngt: GAVIN SELL [Mixed Up] defeated Bill Payne [Rock Star]
10/31 Sat Aft: NICK JONES [Spitfire] defeated Bill Payne [Rock Star]
Bill Payne doesn’t often lose in the finals, but this week in Somerton his Malicious Tour rivals gave him back-to-back runner-up finishes in Somerton. Gavin Sell won by half a truck on Friday night for his first win of the season. Nick Jones missed that bracket with breakage but then won his first event of the year on Saturday.
===== STANLEY, NC =====
10/30 Fri Ngt: STEVEN THOMPSON [Hurricane Force] defeated Cliff Vowell [Virginia Giant]
10/31 Sat Aft: BRITTNEY AIMES [Crime Time] defeated Daniel Aimes [Culture Shock]
All four drivers had a chance in the finals with the SC Monster Truck Madness event this weekend. Steven Thompson picked up the drag racing win on Friday night while Brittney Aimes upset the field with her first win on Saturday afternoon.
===== EVENTS THIS WEEKEND =====
Hampton, VA (Monster Jam Arena Series)
Kennedale, TX (2X Monster Trucks Live)
Lancaster, SC (SC Monster Truck Madness)
Little Rock, AR (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)
McKinney, TX (Monster Trucks Maniac)
Robertsdale, AL (2X Monster Trucks Live)
Saint Charles, MO (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-n-Fire Event)
San Antonio, TX (Monster Truck Wars)
San Bernardino, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)
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