Then, "I jumped in and started the tour." "I got a call from Monster Jam," he said. He did have to audition before Feld selected him. However, "It's still all family that drives it though," Weston said of the Anderson Grave Digger driving tradition. There have been more than 40 Grave Digger trucks assembled over timeĭennis Anderson eventually sold the Grave Digger team to PACE Motorsports, which in turn was acquired by Feld Entertainment. Dennis Anderson retired from driving in 2017. With his attitude and a flair for driving, he and Grave Digger rode to success when professional Monster Jam established a professional truck circuit. In a 2012 interview with the Telegram & Gazette when he was still driving Grave Digger, Dennis Anderson recalled the Grave Digger name came about when he had responded to some "choice words" from a competitor at an impromptu truck race in 1982. "I'm third in points right now."Īmong his competitors in Arena Championship Series East are Chad Tyler driving Stone Crusher and Brianna Mahon driving Whiplash. "I've been doing pretty good for a rookie," Weston said of his season so far. The top overall point winner from the four competitions wins the event. The audience gets to do the judging for the two-wheel skills, donut and free-style. The latter is "75 seconds to do whatever to wow everybody," Weston said. Within each event there are four competitions: speed two-wheel skills donut style (where drivers spin the monster trucks in circles to create a donut-like impression on the dirt) and free-style. There will also be two pit parties where fans can see the monster trucks up close, meet their favorite drivers and crews, and take pictures from 10:30 a.m. Adam Anderson is a five-time Monster Jam world champion. Sister Krysten Anderson (who was at the DCU Center in 2019) drives Grave Digger in the Arena Championship Central series. The rookie," he said.Īdam Anderson drives Grave Digger on the Monster Jam Stadium Championship circuit, while Ryan Anderson has had his own truck created for him, Son-Uva Digger, and also drives in the Stadium Championship tour. "I'm the youngest monster truck driver in Monster Jam," he said.īut regarding the Anderson clan driving Grave Digger, "I'm the last one. Weston, 19, had been behind the wheel of Grave Digger in his first Monster Jam season in the Arena Championship East series for about a month and a half when he was interviewed recently. Monster Jam, which kept trucking in 2021 despite the pandemic but now has more of its traditional stops back, has different categories of competition and regional tours running simultaneously. Weston Anderson is the youngest of the Anderson family on the Grave Digger team. 18-20 visit will be its first since the pandemic hit. The DCU Center has been a popular Monster Jam stop, but the Feb. Grave Digger 40 years youngĪs Grave Digger celebrates 40 years, Monster Jam is celebrating 30. "The fans will definitely leave the show with a smile on their face and a bunch of memories," Weston Anderson said. The big trucks are capable of big speeds, up to 70 mph, but they have a relatively small space to operate in as the drivers wow the crowd demonstrating their dexterity and control doing maneuvers such as backflips and vertical two-wheel skills. 18, 19 and 20 for an action-packed 12,000-pound monster truck spectacle including speed, skill and plenty of boom boom. Now it's Weston's turn as Monster Jam's Arena Championship Series East vrooms into the DCU Center Feb. Weston's brothers, Adam and Ryan, and sister, Krysten, have followed in dad's tracks and trucks. Grave Digger was created by Anderson's father, Dennis Anderson, 40 years ago before there was even a Monster Jam competition circuit. "Ever since a young age I grew up around it and it kind of seemed normal to me," Anderson said of the famous green and black monster truck with ghoulish images including a graveyard and a prominent skull. WORCESTER - Weston Anderson knew his destiny from an early age: The Grave Digger returns to the DCU Center for Monster Jam's Arena Championship Series East, Feb.
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