In 1997 Grave Digger 12 would debut and become Anderson's main truck.In 1996, the second ride truck of the fleet, Grave Digger 11 replaced Grave Digger 9 after it was sold to Jake Blackwell.Grave Digger appears in "There Goes a Monster Truck" in Salt Lake City, Utah driven by Pablo. In 1995, Pablo Huffaker built Grave Digger 10 which would replace his old chassis.In the summer, Grave Digger 2 was extensively modified to be used for a 4th of July charity stunt where Dennis drove it across the Currituck Sound, effectively earning the nickname the "Sound Digger". In 1994, the first Grave Digger ride truck: Grave Digger 9, was built.In Tampa, Florida, while racing Carolina Crusher, the truck landed weird and when Dennis turned, the rear end was completely separated. Also in 1993, Grave Digger first appears on USHRA Monster Wars, where the truck was represented by a grim reaper mascot. He drove this truck across the United States together with Anderson's. In 1993, Pablo Huffaker ran Jack Koberna's old Grave Digger 4 body on his Jus' Show N Off chassis for 10 shows, causing it to be mislabeled as such, while it was actually the ninth truck on the fleet.Grave Digger's mascot character in USHRA Monster Wars. In 1992, Grave Digger 7 and Grave Digger 8 were created with Lyle Hancock driving and Robert Parker sharing driving duties.The first Grave Digger display truck: the street-legal Grave Digger 6, was also introduced. The truck used an older King Krunch chassis, and a new leafer frame was built and Grave Digger 2's old racing gear was used on Grave Digger 5, as the new ride for Les. In the same year, Grave Digger 4 was driven by Jack Koberna on the west coast. In 1991, the first four-link suspension Digger, Grave Digger 3 was completed.Construction on Grave Digger 3 was also started during this year. Grave Digger 1 was then driven by Dennis' brother, Les Anderson. In 1989, Anderson debuted a new truck, Grave Digger 2 the body switched from the 1951 Ford panel van to a 1950 Chevrolet panel van, which has been used for all subsequent Grave Diggers ever since (except for Grave Digger 17).His first major victory was in Saint Paul, Minnesota, against Bigfoot two years later.
The truck became very popular, despite not enjoying the sponsorship of trucks like Bigfoot (which was sponsored by Ford).
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Dennis would spray paint the name in black on the truck for its first events and later would switch to a red primer paint scheme with professional yellow lettering.īlue and silver Grave Digger in 1984. At first, the truck was not painted at all and utilized its original weathered gray paint and rust as the design. The name came from a smack-talking session he had with his rivals ("I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it.").
Though Dennis retired from driving in 2017, he continues to run his own King Sling mega truck, as well as the Extreme King Sling ride truck. Grave Digger has also competed at every Monster Jam World Finals event since its inception, with the team taking fourteen championships over the years. FELD and the Andersons’ workshop, Digger's Dungeon, maintain and operate the six Grave Digger trucks that are currently competing in Monster Jam events not only in the United States, but around the world.Īlongside Bigfoot and Maximum Destruction (the latter of which is considered to be Grave Digger's rival, particularly when Dennis and Tom Meents would compete at the same event), Grave Digger is arguably the most famous monster truck of all time and has become a cultural icon of the sport being considered Monster Jam’s flagship truck and inspiring two spinoff trucks: Grave Digger the Legend and Son-Uva Digger respectively.
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Alongside Dennis and his family, Grave Digger’s vast roster of drivers has most notably included: Pablo Huffaker, Charlie Pauken, Gary Porter, Randy Brown, Chad Tingler, Morgan Kane, Cole Venard, Tyler Menninga, Brandon Vinson, and many more.
First built in 1982, Grave Digger became popular in the mid-80s for its spooky-themed paint scheme and Dennis’s wild driving style. Grave Digger is a 1950 Chevrolet panel van monster truck owned by FELD Motorsports and created by Dennis Anderson.
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