Thursday, August 27 Recap

August 27, 2026

Former Monticello Raceway Dash winning drivers Jim Taggart Jr. and Bruce Aldrich Jr. are in a tight battle for third place, going into today’s card Aldrich had 131 wins and Taggart had 129. During the course of the day Taggart had a double and Bruce had one winner. Today’s tally is Bruce with 132 and Taggart with 131. Mike Merton has a commanding lead for the top spot with 192 wins his nearest competitor is his brother Greg with 153.

Tammy Sowers has a 13 win lead over Jennifer Petrelli, Bruce Aldrich is third with 59 winners hailing from his barn.

Today’s action saw Jim Taggart and Ralph Silvestri III each nab driving double on the 10 race card., Ponda Eagle (R. Silvestri III) literally won by the length of the stretch in an epic charted 37 length win advantage over the second place finisher in 1:54.2 -$2.12