RC Monster Truck World Finals at Digger's Dungeon - 2017
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- JConcepts made the trip up to Diggers Dungeon for the 12th annual No Limit RC Monster Truck World Finals. The event once again was held over Memorial Day weekend. With over 600 trucks entered it was long days and nights of racing. The Anderson family was out racing their JConcepts equipped Axial SMT10's all weekend long.
Dennis Anderson also took some time out to talk about the history of the Grave Digger truck after receiving a full blown replica to help celebrate the 35th anniversary. The truck was equipped with the new JConcepts 1951 Ford Panel Truck "Grandma" body, courtesy of Fred Reep and JConcepts.
A brief history of the Grave Digger Monster Truck...
Grave Digger was originally conceived in 1982 by Dennis Anderson as a mud bogger. This first truck was a red 1952 Ford pickup truck. Later on a silver and blue 1951 Ford Panel Truck was his new mud truck that would become the first Grave Digger monster truck. The truck received its name when Anderson, amicably trash talking with his fellow racers, said the now famous line, "I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it", a reference to the age of his old pickup in comparison to their relatively modern trucks. Anderson gained a reputation for an all-or-nothing driving style and quickly became popular at local events. At one show, a scheduled monster truck failed to show up and Anderson, who already had large tractor tires on the truck, offered to crush cars in the absence of the full-size monster. The promoter accepted and Grave Digger was an instant success as a car crusher and led Anderson to leave mud bogging and pursue monster trucks instead.
In 1986 Grave Digger underwent a transformation to complete monster truck and first received its famous black graveyard paint scheme. In 1987 and 1988 Anderson drove the truck primarily at TNT Motorsports races and became a crowd favorite for driving hard despite lacking major funding that more well known teams, like Bigfoot, had. In 1987, Anderson beat Bigfoot in Saint Paul, Minnesota on a show taped for ESPN. It was the first major victory for Grave Digger.
Anderson moved to Grave Digger 2 in 1989, with a new 1950 Chevy panel van body. It was during this time that the reputation for wild passes was developed, and the popularity of the truck increased. TNT recognised his rising popularity and began promoting Grave Digger heavily, especially for races on the Tuff Trax syndicated television series. This was helped by Bigfoot not racing for points in the 1989 championship, leaving Grave Digger as the most popular truck on the tour.
When TNT became a part of the United States Hot Rod Association in 1991, Anderson began running on the USHRA tour and debuted his first four-link truck, Grave Digger 3. Throughout the 1990s, the popularity of the truck grew and forced Anderson to hire other drivers to run other Grave Digger trucks. Grave Diggers 4, 5 and 8 were built to suit this purpose, and were never driven in any major capacity by Anderson. Anderson drove Grave Digger 7, a direct successor to 3, for most of the decade. It was replaced by Grave Digger 12, well known as the "long wheelbase Digger", which was also the first Grave Digger with purple in the paintjob.
In late 1998, Anderson sold the Grave Digger team to USA Motor Sports (now Feld Entertainment Motor Sports). Anderson continues to drive and still is the most visible member of the team. However, the Grave Digger shop in Poplar Branch, North Carolina now also houses the other trucks which Feld Entertainment owns.
100 comment here, I'm here to say the grandma grave digger is really cool to have as a collection piece
RC MT's are the best. Gravedigger is a legend still going. What a great story!
So cool to see there are still clodbuster based rigs out there! There are so many solid axles options these days I bet alot of people don't even know what a clodbuster is!
Ik sad that the tamiya clodbuster is so hard to come by
I was gonna say if you can find them that's defenitly a shelf queen i'd be scared to run that if I had it lol
I had one yrs ago when they first come out still one of tamiya popular kits
What an amazing journey for the Grave Digger! I didn't realize the original back doors were in the Dungeon, and I didn't know the story about the "Legends" colors, very awesome fun facts!
Faster The Dragste
great video!
what a great event ! with a monster jam star ! how cool is that !!
Dennis is a class act for sure great guy
Awesome recap! You definitely captured some of the best moments. There was a lot of rain that pushed everything into "extra innings" but it was a really fun time. So glad you were there and I was able to pick up an extra set of tires and rims to outfit one of my trucks at the last minute.
CCxRC ~ I Saw Your Truck With Your Logo On It 😂😂
It was nice meeting you and we enjoyed your video as well. -Rich
He's such a great guy ! I met him back in the day and he was just the same 👊 I'm glad to see he's feeling better.
I used to love my RC monster truck. The Midnight Pumpkin, it was sick.......
how do you do the cool zoom the background in but not the foreground? If you know what I mean?
I do that by pushing the camera in while zooming out at the same time, if you time it right then you get that effect. Camera push in, zoom out or camera pull back, zoom in. Works best with a good camera that has a zoom ring on the lens so you do it manually but could work with lower end cameras that have an optical zoom. I used a Panasonic AG-AC90 on this shoot. -Rich
i didnt spected see you here
I LOVE Grave Digger
That is awesome. I run jconcepts tires and 70s Ford body on my clod buster. Great tires and bodies. Also on my clod buster I have a cpe time warp chassis and boom racing shocks with 4link susenshion. Now if jconepts can make bodies for the tamiya CC 01 I'll be very happy . Plus 2.2 all terrain buggy tires will be awesome
I once went one year it was the first time I met Dennis it was awesome watching the racing
badass rc truck
I leve semi close been there and seen the place their the nicest people in the world hes done allot for the area and obviously the sport if anything happens to him I hope the give him a statue
35 Jahre Monstermässig🤘😈 tolles Video👌
HELL YES!
I'm bummed I was there Easter weekend for 7 days and wished it was June lol.
is there a build thread for the excaliber truck in 3:14 ?
WOW so awesome so bad to the bone !!!
Awesome !
Great video!
Awesome 👍😎🤘
Im so happy 😀
My trucks and myself are shown at 3:05 haha.
Thanks :)
Dolphin Boy360 it's not a car it's a truck
did you paint both those bodys?
That Grandma Grave Digger is outstanding! Did you make the stickers?
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I love diggers dungeon
my favorite is grave dugger
digger I ment
very nice
Nice to see Hulk Hogan enjoying RC
PLEASE TELL ME THEY WILL BE SELLING THIS MODLE!!!! I MISSED MY CHANCE THE 1ST TIME SOO,,,IF NOT,,,,I'M GONNA (TRY) TO GET A BRUSHED EMAXX 2SPEED(WISH I STILL HAD MY 2SPEED!)
Please which rc do I turn into monster truck so I can do this is so cool please!
Look at the Axial SMT10
Did they take sway bar off on this truck that they made him cause I️ can only see tall shocks with no sway bar
Will jconcepts ever sell the gravedigger grandma stickers?
Probably not, due to licensing requirements with Feld.
I like you grave digger
Lol, Tony from ccxrc @ 8:47
Wow I wish I had this rc
Is that old style Digger body for sale?
Or just 1 off?
It is for any brand of monster truck
Where do I get one of these and how much
Visit your local hobby shop or Amain Hobbies online, look at the Axial SMT10 trucks.
JConceptsLive did yall modify the smt10 any motor wise and what wheels and tires did you put on them im interested in building one for bashing on my free time
i have the rc grave digger am the 2 owner i taken good care of my trucks in good shape i put wheel bars on my 2 trucks i have skully ghost green and black from traxxas full size trucks they still run good they do long wheeles my 2 trucks i have
How do I buy one
Anyone know how to get the decals
Tell Denis Anderson to come visit us in Medicine hat alberta canada i want to show him my monster jam toys
hey is anyone able to participate in the RC world finals in North Carolina
Yes, class info can be found by searching Facebook for No Limit RC World Finals.
facebook.com/groups/NLRCWorldFinals/
is he retired?
No
Yes, now he is fully retired from any Monster Jam competition.
2:16 you could mistake for the real thing after dennis gets done with it
I wonder if Dennis Anderson actually got to drive one of those RC Grave Diggers. But I'm sure if he did, his would probably break first. LOL!
whats funny?
Look at actual videos of the Grave digger in action, then compare Dennis's driving style to the others, and you'll understand.
Dennis drove the one he was holding multiple times, and his sons Adam, Ryan and Weston also raced.
I got a Traxxas one and I drive it just as hard as the real one is driven
Stfu
Where can I buy a fast grave digger rc?!? Can some one share a link with me ?
Go to your loco target
I would like to see him race Bigfoot one more time at least in r/c
digger I ment
Who else clicked to see Hulk Hogan playing with a Tamiya Clod Buster?
robert
5:35
Drag racing is the thing now but these were always fu
muted it one minute through haha........
Hahahahaaa, "World Finals" Americans competing against themselves classifies as the "World Finals". Hahahahaaaaa!
Hahahaa
Sorry, JConcepts, I love and use your products, but, this just made me laugh.
Well...It's called the "World Finals" cause there's builders, engineers, techs, designers, drivers, and pit crews from all over the world that compete in the monster truck series. Last year, there was a group from Australia competing. So, know your facts.
Can I have a free grave digger rc pls
They all are broken
I LOVE Grave Digger
Same
Spammer