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Dennis Montague Anderson (born October 24, 1960) is an American former professional monster truck driver. He is the creator, team owner, and former driver of “Grave Digger” on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit. Anderson is from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, where he currently resides. Nicknamed “the Icon”, he is often regarded as one of the greatest monster truck drivers of all time. Anderson has won four Monster Jam World titles, including a freestyle title in 2000, and three racing titles in 2004, 2006, and 2010.
Anderson started out as a mud bogger with his original truck in 1982. His career started when he first worked on a farm at the time for a wealthy family. One day the boss’s son came in talking smack calling Dennis’s 1952 Ford pickup truck painted in red primer, junk, and it would not make it through the mud like his truck would. So Dennis, offended, talked back to the boss’s son and told him “I’ll take this junk and dig you a Grave!” The other workers, impressed, wrote “Grave Digger” on Dennis’s time card. When Dennis got home that day he spray painted Grave Digger on the door. And that weekend Dennis met with the boss’s son along with his friends at the mud…
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