Monti off to a hot start in 2026
At 1h38, on February 5, 2026 • By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
The frigid winter weather has done nothing to cool off Drew Monti. The 31-year-old driver, coming off a season in which he set a career-high with $2.71 million in purses and captured titles at Batavia Downs and Buffalo Raceway, has been winning races at a nearly 24-percent clip since the calendar turned to 2026.
Monti has won 17 of 71 races this year and earned just shy of $100,000 in purses. He will head to Thursday’s (Feb. 5) final day of Batavia’s brief January/February meet with 16 victories in 65 starts at the western New York half-mile oval, where he leads the driver standings by four wins over both Brett Beckwith and Kyle Cummings.
