1. Dennis Anderson is the creator, team owner, and former driver of "Grave Digger" on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit.
21 Facts About Dennis Anderson
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Dennis Anderson has won 4 Monster Jam World titles, including a freestyle title in 2000, and 3 racing titles in 2004,2006, and 2010.
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Dennis Anderson started out as a mud bogger with his original truck in 1982.
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Dennis Anderson's career started when he first worked on a farm at the time for a wealthy family.
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When Dennis Anderson got home that day he spray painted Grave Digger on the door.
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The success of the event led Dennis Anderson to pursue monster trucks as a career.
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In 1987 and 1988 Dennis Anderson drove the truck primarily at TNT Motor sports races.
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In 1988 Dennis Anderson beat Bigfoot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on a show taped for ESPN.
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Dennis Anderson moved to a newly built Grave Digger 2 in 1989, made with a 1950 Chevrolet panel van body.
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When TNT became a part of the USHRA in 1991, Dennis Anderson began running on the USHRA tour and debuted his first four-link suspension truck, Grave Digger 3.
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In 1992, after Dennis Anderson was injured during an event in Louisville, Kentucky, he decided to build a better truck with a similar short wheelbase and a new tube frame, therefore Grave Digger 7 was constructed.
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Dennis Anderson drove that truck from 1992 until 1996, and was a regular on the USHRA syndicated series "Monster Wars".
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Dennis Anderson won the inaugural Monster Jam World Finals freestyle championship in 2000, and scored a racing championship win at the 2004 World Finals.
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Dennis Anderson won another racing championship at the 2006 World Finals driving Grave Digger 20.
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Dennis Anderson has won the 2010 World Finals Racing Championship driving Grave Digger.
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Dennis Anderson became the second driver to attempt the LeDuc Leap in the 2014 World Finals driving Grave Digger.
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Dennis Anderson was a co-host on History Channel's Around the World in 80 Ways.
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Dennis Anderson stated he would remain "behind the scenes" at events, working in the pits with his team.
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Dennis Anderson reinjured himself at a Special Events show in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
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In 2017, Dennis Anderson was hospitalized following an accident while attempting a backflip.
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Dennis Anderson has often crashed or damaged his truck early in racing rounds due to his driving style.