Krysten Anderson: The Monster Truck Driver Follows in Her Dad’s Footsteps

Dennis Anderson, the original founder of the Grave Digger truck, built quite the following for the black and green monster truck throughout his career. The Monster Jam truck is considered one of the most iconic and recognizable monster trucks in the world. Back in 2017, Dennis was injured while attempting to backflip the truck at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. This ended up pushing him into retirement earlier than expected. But even though Dennis Anderson has ended his driving career, he still has children who followed in the same footsteps who can carry on the family legacy; Adam Anderson, Ryan Anderson, and the newest driver of the three, Krysten Anderson.

Krysten Anderson is the daughter of Dennis Anderson and is also first female driver of Grave Digger. Originally from Currituck, North Carolina, Krysten became an official driver back in 2017 - around the same time as Dennis's accident. She's obviously been surrounded by the Grave Digger brand since she was a child, but now aims at defining her own name. The monster truck driver has competed in the last 3 feld entertainment Monster Jam world finals and the all-star challenge in 2019. With Dennis's legendary career, and Adam Anderson being a 5 times world finals champion, the female Grave Digger driver surely has a high bar set for her. With the last name Anderson, people naturally expect the "all or nothing" performances that they normally see from the truck.

Now, even though she's got big shoes to fill, make no mistake, Krysten is already a very talented driver. She didn't get put into that truck for nothing. But she has potential to be great. Dennis stated that the first time he saw Krysten in a mud truck, he knew she had what it took. This driver has no fear sending that 12,000 pound truck off some jumps to get some serious air time. Take a look at this video from her freestyle run at a Monster Jam event in Fargo, North Dakota back in 2018.

Krysten proves to be a very postive role model for women out there, especially the little girls. They see this Monster Jam driver giving her all in that arena, and witness the extraordinary things women are capable of, first hand. I think with a little time, Krysten is going to prove to the world exactly what she has the ability to do. I wouldn't be surprised to see her become a world finals champion down the line.

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