early 2007 until The Monster Jam World Finals 8. In 2017, Anderson was hospitalized following an accident while attempting a backflip. On March 10, 2017, it was announced on that Anderson would not compete in World Finals 18 due to the previously stated injury he would retire later that year. Hallmarks Anderson has often crashed or damaged his truck early in racing rounds due to his driving style. For this reason, he had a nickname of "One Run Anderson". Back in his early mud bogging days, he was known for running full throttle, flinging mud everywhere. He would either make a mess going through, or break the truck from heavy strain during most events. Coincidentally and fitting enough, his most recent work has brought Anderson 'full circle' – back to the mud – a custom built monster mud truck called King Sling. The truck, a 1941 Willys truck with custom-cut tractor tires and modern chassis and suspension components, carries twice the horsepower at half the weight of his monster truck Grave Digger. The truck is a favorite exhibition vehicle at mud bogs as it is a combination of monster mud vehicle with the monster mud driver. Awards Motor Madness World Finals Points Champion - 1999 USHRA World Finals Freestyle Champion – 2000 USHRA World Finals Racing Champion – 2004, 2006, 2010 Inducted in the International Monster Truck Hall of Fame - 2012 Inducted in the Monster Jam Hall Of Fame - 2020 Personal life Dennis Anderson is married to Carisa Meyers and has four children: Adam Anderson, Ryan Anderson, Krysten Anderson, and Weston Anderson. Adam and Krysten both drive Grave Digger, and Ryan drives his own truck named Son-uva-Digger. Weston drove his own mega truck, Bog Hog, and began driving Grave Digger in Monster Jam on Arena Championship Series East in 2022. Dennis Anderson's brother, Leslie Anderson, drove Larry Cook's Texas Toy monster truck from 1987 to 1989. Leslie then drove Grave Digger 1 in 1990 and Grave Digger 5 from 1991 to 1993. In 2019, Leslie Anderson returned to driving in his new mega truck, Bad Santa. Leslie Anderson died in Autumn of 2021. References External links USHRA Driver Bio Dennis Anderson Motor Sports Park Living people 1960 births Sportspeople from Norfolk, Virginia Racing drivers from Virginia Monster truck drivers