In 1984, Anderson rebuilt the truck as a true monster truck, replacing the red pickup body with a 1951 Ford panel van body with a blue and silver paint scheme.

This design would inspire Grave Digger the Legend, which debuted 26 years later in 2011. 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.').

In 1982, Dennis Anderson built Grave Digger 1 as a mud racing truck using a red 1951 Ford pickup truck.

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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. 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-80's for its spooky-themed paint scheme and Dennis’ 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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