This Week in Monster Truck Racing - September 4-7, 2025

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

* Bill Payne joins Top Ten and adds chaos to championship race

** Jimmy Creten wins 36^th race of the season

*** Donald Epidendio a late season addition in the Top 20

CURRENT STANDINGS and WEEKEND RESULTS (PDF): https://tinyurl.com/mtroc250910

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

===== WEEKEND RECAP FOR SEPTEMBER 4^th – 7^th, 2025 =====

The next two weekends are critically important for the world championship. Tyler Menninga and Tristan England will go head-to-head in Calgary before heading to Saint Louis the following weekend for one big dome event. They each need to gain points to try and catch Coty Saucier for the #1 rankings. Saucier has no events left and is stuck watching from the sidelines, which means he has to cheer on some other drivers who can play spoiler.

Weston Anderson is 957 points behind Saucier and with 5 huge events in Rosemont this weekend and 4 more in Tacoma after that, he will almost certainly pass Saucier and knock the Dragon down in rank score. That alone would not be enough for Coty to lose the spot, however. Tyler and Tristan still need to pass Triton Robbins in points to gain another spot and catch Saucier. But Bill Payne is right there in points, too, and if he can continue winning as he does on the Malicious Tour, he has a chance to also pass Tyler (he passed Tristan this weekend) and give another boost to Saucier. While Tyler and Tristan each have 3 large events left, Payne has 6 smaller events remaining but also 32 unreported events from this season, and if we get any late results from those that could really change things up.

Other news from this weekend: Bill Payne scored some rare wins over Donald Epidendio and moved up into the Top Ten while Epidendio joins the rankings in 17^th, which is a very high spot to join this late in the season.  Jimmy Creten won for the 36^th time and will likely end the season with the most wins of all drivers. Andy Seiver won his first career event in Yuba City. And Kaley Engstrom reached her 50 recorded event this season and is only the fourth driver to compete in 40+ final rounds. She won on Sunday against the Outlaw.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us with reporting events this week: Kreg Christensen, Preston Perez, Nick Jones, Kory Kinal, Andrew Thornton, Tim Manchester, John Brown, Nomin White, Shane Grunseth, Kirk Nagy, Phil Vicinanza, and everyone who posted videos and photos online!

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

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

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1 ) Coty Saucier - 13138/208.54 : 1+5=6 : 63/29

2 ) Tyler Menninga - 10164/231.00 : 5+3=8 : 44/15

3 ) Tristan England - 9735/237.44 : 7+2=9 : 41/12

4 ) Ryan Anderson - 8110/261.61 : 10+1=11 : 31/12

5 ) Weston Anderson - 12181/176.54 : 2+11=13 : 69/24

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6 ) Triton Robbins - 10199/178.93 : 4+10=14 : 57/24

7 ) Dalton Widner - 9193/199.85 : 8+8=16 : 46/14

8 ) Jon Zimmer Jr - 10501/154.43 : 3+13=16 : 68/18

9 ) Bill Payne - 9967/151.02 : 6+14=20 : 66/29

10) Bari Musawwir - 6698/202.97 : 14+7=21 : 33/4

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11) Camden Murphy - 7565/184.51 : 12+9=21 : 41/6

12) Blake Granger - 6676/166.9 : 15+12=27 : 40/17

13) Jimmy Creten - 7822/137.23 : 11+19=30 : 57/36

14) Bryce Kenny - 4946/224.82 : 28+4=32 : 22/3

15) Armando Castro - 6146/146.33 : 18+15=33 : 42/2

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16) Zack Garner - 5859/127.37 : 19+20=39 : 46/7

17) Donald Epidendio - 4317/205.57 : 35+6=41 : 21/14

18) Colt Stephens - 5265/142.3 : 24+18=42 : 37/3

19) Devin Winfield - 8854/104.16 : 9+34=43 : 85/9

20) Rob Poutre - 5006/143.03 : 27+17=44 : 35/25

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

+2 – Bill Payne (Rock Star) – 9^th

+2 – Preston Perez (Culture Shock) – 23^rd

+1 – Tyler Menninga (Grave Digger) – 2^nd

+1 – Jimmy Creten (Bounty Hunter) – 13^th

+1 – Kaley Engstrom (Shark Attack) – 38^th 

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

17^th – Donald Epidendio (Titan)

57^th – Dillon Fenley (King Krunch)

84^th – Ryan Holman (Amped Up)

===== CLEVELAND, OH =====

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

===== DRUMMONDVILLE, QC =====

9/6 Sat Mrn: NO POINTS; The bracket could not be scored

9/6 Sat Aft: PAT PAQUET [Bucking Bronco] defeated Sharon Lubsen [Canadian Crusher]

Pat Paquet won both rounds of racing with the All Out tour in Drummondville. He has 3 wins driving the Bucking Bronco truck this year. The morning event settled racing with timed trials and a first place race but no bracket, so points were not awarded for that one.

===== DULUTH, GA =====

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

===== EBENSBURG, PA =====

9/6 Sat Ngt: SHANE GRUNSETH [Metal Monster] defeated Brandon Derrow [Bad News Travels Fast]

The new Monster Truck Roundup tour came to the Cambria County Fairgrounds for the first time for the annual American Legion County Fair event. This event has been a KSR Motorsports promotion for the past 15 years and never included racing, but this year the fans got to see a two-jump drag bracket, and also a big upset from Shane Grunseth who inched out Brandon Derrow in Bad News Travels Fast.

===== LONDON, ON =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== MILLVILLE, NJ =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: PRESTON PÉREZ [Culture Shock] defeated Shane Oblen [Webslinger]

9/6 Sat Ngt: CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN

Preston Perez gained two spots in the rankings with his 17^th win of the season, and in a weekend where most drivers seemed to lose ground, that earned him one of the biggest improvements for the week. The Saturday night bracket was cancelled due to rain.

===== NASHVILLE, TN =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: CANCELLED DUE TO LIGHTNING

9/6 Sat Ngt: BRANDON PEZO [Predator] defeated Cliff Vowell [Virginia Giant]

Brandon Pezo is now 1 event away from joining the rankings after claiming his 9^th win in his 19^th event on a tough two-jump, no dirt drag track in Nashville. The trucks had to tackle two ironside sets down the pit lane for this track. The young Pezo has 1726 points so far. The Friday night event was cancelled due to lightning.  

===== NEW EGYPT, NJ =====

9/6 Sat Aft: JIMMY CRETEN [Bounty Hunter] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]

9/6 Sat Ngt: JIMMY CRETEN [Bounty Hunter] defeated Kory Kinal [Jekyll & Hyde]

Jimmy Creten looks like he’ll end the year with the most wins of any driver as he now pulls away with his 36^th win of the season. He swept the Chicago-style brackets in New Egypt this weekend. Runner-up Kory Kinal has been in the same number of final rounds as Creten (48) and has collected an impressive 21 wins this season.

===== OAKLAND, CA =====

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

===== RALEIGH, NC =====

9/6 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

9/6 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event

9/7 Sun Aft: KALEY ENGSTROM [Shark Attack] defeated Mason Rife [Outlaw]

We still need results from Saturday for the Monster Truck Wars in Raleigh, but we know that with the Sunday results in that Kaley Engstrom now has 50 events scored for this year. It was her 14^th recorded win and gained her a spot in the standings. The track was fast two-jump drag on dirt with great racing ramps. Mason Rife had the lead into no-man’s land, but Kaley kept it straighter and pulled away for a narrow win.

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

9/6 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

9/6 Sat Ngt: We do not have results from this event

===== RIVERTON, WY =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: BRANDON SWICK [Next Level Tour] defeated Tim Manchester [Hillbilly]

9/6 Sat Ngt: BRANDON SWICK [Next Level Tour] defeated David Tucker [El Taco Loco]

Brandon Swick swept the Insanity Tour weekend in Riverton, winning both of the Chicago-style brackets for his 5^th and 6^th wins of the season.

===== ROBSTOWN, TX =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: DILLON FENLEY [Crazy Heifer] defeated Chris Davis [Fire Hazzard]

9/6 Sat Ngt: DILLON FENLEY [Crazy Heifer] defeated Johnny Davenport [Ghost Ryder]

Dillon Fenley joins the rankings in 57^th place after winning for the 17^th time in 20 races. He has the 2^nd best Driver Performance Rating (DPR) which is measure of how often fans will see a driver in the final round on their tour.

===== ROSEBURG, OR =====

9/5 Fri Ngt: BILL PAYNE [Rockstar] defeated Donald Epidendio [Titan]

9/6 Sat Ngt: BILL PAYNE [Rockstar] defeated Donald Epidendio [Titan]

Big news from Roseburg as Bill Payne wins twice against arch-rival Donald Epidendio, which not bumped him up into the Top Ten, but also got Payne past championship contender Tristan England in the Total Points rankings. That dropped England’s rank score down by 1 and let Tyler Menninga take the #2 ranking heading into this important weekend. Payne now leads England by 232 and trails Tyler Menninga by only 197. Both England and Menninga are trying to gain ground in the Total Points scoring in their effort to pass Coty Saucier for the world championship, but Payne is making them work for it.

Also of note is that Payne was only 3-22 against Donald Epidendio before this weekend, so those were two big wins at an important time in the championship chase. Despite the two loses, Donald Epidendio’s two runner-ups enabled him to join the rankings in 17^th place, which is a very high ranking to come in at this late in the season.

===== SAINT FÉLICIEN, QC =====

9/6 Sat Aft: We do not have results from this event

===== SIOUX FALLS, SD =====

9/6 Sat Aft: JEFF MURPHY [Shark Attack] defeated Justin Murphy [T-Rex]

Unlike previous years, the Murphy brothers have only met each other twice this season. Jeff is 2-0 now after taking the win at the Monster Truck Mania event in Sioux Falls.

===== SUBLIMITY, OR =====

This Harvest Festival event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded. Thursday night’s sponsor preview event included a few match races but no bracket.

===== TAPPAHANNOCK, VA =====

This Wind Vineyard event did not include side-by-side racing and so points were not awarded

===== TROY, OH =====

9/6 Sat Ngt: RYAN HOLMAN [Amped Up] defeated Josh Holman [Rescue Racer]

Ryan Holman joins the rankings in 84^th after his 9^th win of the year in Troy on a drag racing track with the Monster Truck Bash tour.

===== WEST VALLEY CITY, UT =====

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

===== YUBA CITY, CA =====

9/6 Sat Aft: JERROD COMPTON [Anubis] defeated Stanley Hernandez [Lone Wolf]

9/6 Sat Ngt: ANDY SEIVER [Boss Gator] defeated Brian Leach [USA-1]

Four trucks and four finalists in Yuba City as everyone gets their turn in the finals. Jerrod Compton and Andy Seiver were the ones to get the wins. That’s the 3^rd win for Compton and the 1^st career win for Andy Seiver!

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

Birmingham, England (Monster Jam Ramped Up)

Calgary, AB (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Cannon Falls, MN (Monster Truck Mania)

Chambersburg, PA (Monster Truck Round-Up)

C'oeur d'Alene, WY (Monster Truck Insanity Tour)

Kingston, ON (Monster Madness & FMX World Tour)

La Salle, IL (Monster Truck Bash)

Las Vegas, NV (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

London, ON (Monster Madness & FMX World Tour)

Milwaukee, WI (Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow Party Arena Event)

Okmulgee, OK (Monster Trucks Maniac)

Petaluma, CA (Malicious Monster Truck Tour)

Price, UT (Monster Truck Militia Tour)

Rosemont, IL (Monster Jam Arena Series)

Rutland, VT (2X Monster Trucks Live)

Saint Igance, MI (Monster Truck Throwdown)

Schaghticoke, NY (Monster Truck Wars)

Spencer, IA (All Star Monster Truck Tour)

Texarkana, AR (Monster Truck Insanity Tour)

Wausau, WI (Monster Truck Nitro Tour)

Woodbridge, ON (Monster Trucks All Out Tour)