Grave Digger 20 was a 1950 Chevrolet Panel Van monster truck driven by Dennis Anderson. The truck was similar in design to Grave Digger 19, but with more tubing and a more stable shock package.
History[]
The truck would debut at SEMA 2005, displaying with Grave Digger 19's collectors.
The truck made its competition debut in Minneapolis with a special paint scheme dubbed "green ghost".
In 2006, the truck continued running the green ghost body. At World Finals VII, Dennis would win the racing championship over Jim Creten in Bounty Hunter. In Minneapolis, Dennis was injured from a hard landing in qualifying. Chad Tingler replaced him in freestyle.
In 2007, Dennis would be sidelined for the season, Adam Anderson would drive the truck 9 years before he officially joined the team. Dennis returned at World Finals VIII with a chrome paint scheme by Spectra Chrome.
In 2009, Paul Cohen drove the truck in Rosemont after Dennis came down with the flu.
In 2010, Dennis won his fourth and final World Finals championship. From then until February 2011, Dennis drove this truck to nine straight stadium racing victories, only to be ended by Frank Krmel in Advance Auto Parts Grinder in Atlanta. That streak included his 2010 world racing title and wins at the first ever stadium events in Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
In 2011, Dennis was scheduled to compete in Philadelphia however, was replaced by Charlie Pauken due to him participating in the filming of the History Channel series Around the World In 80 Ways.
In 2012, the truck was rebuilt with a new shock package, replacing the 26" shocks with 30" shocks. 2012 also marked Grave Digger's 30th Anniversary, and Dennis would debut 2 special paint schemes, a purple version, and a green version which Dennis would swap out each weekend.
In 2013, The truck ran its final season and would be replaced by Grave Digger 30 in 2014. The chassis was scrapped sometime around 2015.
In 2024, Spin Master would produce the 25th Anniversary chrome scheme and labeled it with the roman numerals. This is the first and only die-cast release to ever have its body numbered.
World Finals appearances[]
- 2006 - Dennis Anderson (won racing)
- 2007 - Dennis Anderson (As the 25th Anniversary)
- 2008 - Dennis Anderson
- 2009 - Dennis Anderson
- 2010 - Dennis Anderson (won racing)
- 2011 - Dennis Anderson (racing only because of a blown engine)
- 2012 - Dennis Anderson (As the 30th Anniversary)
- 2013 - Dennis Anderson
Trivia[]
- This would be Dennis's longest time in a single Digger, running the truck from 2005-2013.
- The hand-painted 25th anniversary chrome paint took 60+ hours to complete.
- The 'Green Ghost' paint was also run on Grave Digger 14 and Grave Digger 15.
- The truck did run coil springs as a test in early 2006, they were abandoned after 2 were destroyed.
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