Grave Digger

Grave Digger is a monster truck owned by Feld Motorsports. Active for more than 30 years, there are 10 competing Grave Digger vehicles competing on the Monster Jam circuit. Grave Digger is in every Monster Jam game from Maximum Destruction to Urban Assault to As Big as it Gets to Crush It.

It is special for being the only FELD owned truck to be hand painted on every single body.

History
In 1982, Dennis Anderson created his mud racer, Grave Digger. 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 1986 Dennis Anderson started racing monster trucks full time. The truck became super popular, despite lack of sponsorship that trucks like Bigfoot (Which was sponsored by Ford) had. His first major victory was in Saint Paul, Minnesota, against the Bigfoot.

In 1989 he switched from a 1951 Ford Panel truck to a 1950 Chevrolet Panel truck. Two years later, he debuted Grave Digger (III), the first four-link Grave Digger.

In 1998, Dennis sold team Grave Digger to PACE Motorsports (now Feld Motorsports). Dispite no longer owning the truck, he is still arguably it's most popular driver.

I 2000, Dennis Anderson and Grave Digger were invited to Monster Jam World Finals 1 and won the freestyle championship there with a score of 40.

in 2001 Dennis Anderson Debuts Grave Digger # 14 will looking forward to Defend the World Freestyle Championship as a buddy on pay per view broadcast at monster jam world finals II

In 2002, Grave Digger celebrated its 20th Anniversary.

In 2003, Dennis Anderson suffered an injury, keeping him out of World Finals 4. Grave Digger was driven by Pablo Huffaker

In 2004, Grave Digger won the racing championship at Monster Jam World Finals 5, taking out Pablo Huffaker driving Blacksmith.

In 2006, Dennis suffered an injury Until the World Finals and his son, Adam, would drive Grave Digger for part of the season in 2007.

In 2007, Grave Digger celebrated its 25th Anniversary.

In 2012, Grave Digger celebrated its 30th Anniversary.

In 2015, three Grave Diggers competed in World Finals 16, with Dennis driving a black and green Grave Digger, Colton Eichelberger driving a purple Grave Digger, and Charlie Pauken driving a green Grave Digger. in 2015 Path of Destruction Tour, "Steve Brynes" a Former Nascar Annoucer Which passed away in April 21, 2015 was written On the Grave Digger Tombstone  Instead of the Usual "Dennis Anderson".

In 2016, a new chrome paint scheme will debut along with Dennis's son Adam driving Grave Digger for the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series while lifelong friend of the Anderson boys Morgan Kane will switch from Max D to Grave Digger and Adam's long time crew chief Cole Venard will also join the team with the two competing in the More Monster Jam series. Charlie Pauken, Pablo Huffaker, Randy Brown, Carl Van Horn & Jon Zimmer will all return. In World Finals 17 Morgan Kane in Grave Digger took home racing. Adam Anderson in Grave Digger won freestyle.

In 2016, a new Grave Digger mold was released, the first time in 16 years that the original mold, created in 2000 as one of the original 4 toys, was altered. This new design which went unnoticed at first until fans found the differences, being a more round body, new front clip, and overall, a more realistic design. The problem was that the design never showed the "New tool" deco on the packaging, and it shared the exact same packaging as the old style. Another version of Grave Digger was released, but this time, the roof artwork is different.

2017- Grave Digger celebrates it's 35th Anniversary. Tyler Menninga joins the team and is running the More Monster Jam tour along with Cole Venard. Morgan Kane and Adam Anderson are currently running the Fox Sports 1 Series. Dennis Anderson and Charlie Pauken is running the two Stadium Tours while Randy Brown and Pablo Huffaker runs two of the other Arena Tours. The truck also receives it's first female driver, Krysten Anderson, who will be on the Central More Monster Jam Tour.

Trivia

 * Grave Digger is one of 4 trucks owned by FELD that was sold to them, rather than created by them (The other 3 being Bulldozer, Carolina Crusher, and Son-Uva Digger).
 * The tombstones on the side of Grave Digger represent different trucks that Grave Digger has beaten out in racing finals throughout the years.

Versions
There have been 31 versions of Grave Digger to date. There is no Grave Digger XIII due to superstition about the number 13. The number of the truck is often displayed on the front of the hood.

exempt trucks

Championships

 * 1999 Dennis Anderson (Points)
 * 2000 Dennis Anderson (Freestyle)
 * 2002 Dennis Anderson (Points)
 * 2003 Gary Porter (Points)
 * 2004 Randy Brown (Points)
 * 2004 Dennis Anderson (Racing)
 * 2006 Dennis Anderson (Racing)
 * 2010 Dennis Anderson (Racing)
 * 2016 Morgan Kane (Racing and AMSOIL West) and Adam Anderson (Freestyle and FS1 Series), Cole Venard (AMSOIL East)

Digger's Dungeon
Digger's Dungeon in North Carolina serves as the official home of Grave Digger. It houses various Feld vehicles from time to time. It features a gift shop and museum of various Grave Digger parts, trophies, and merchandise.