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.

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