Popular Distractions: Visit Grave Digger's Dungeon In NC
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My first visit to Grave Digger's Dungeon
My first time to be at Grave Digger's Dungeon! Here I was able to pick up merchandise, walk the grounds, see the shop where they repair the trucks, eat at Digger's Dinner, and so much more!
Along the coast of North Carolina on Highway 158, just up the road from Kitty Hawk in the community known as Poplar Branch, is a site that every monster truck fan or American culture aficionado should have on their list of "must visits" - Grave Digger's Dungeon.
Throughout the 1970's, modified and raised pickup trucks were gaining popularity, as were the sports of truck-pulling and mud-bogging. As the trucks got bigger and bigger, and tires reaching diameters of 48 inches at the time, inevitable competition sprang up to build the biggest and baddest truck out there, giving us what we like to call the Monster Truck Movement.
By 1981, Grave Digger, along with other well-known trucks such as Big Foot, Bear Foot, and King Kong, were active in competitions and demonstrations, with Big Foot being the first to verifiably perform the car-crushing bit that has become synonymous with monster trucks. Before long, the field had evolved from heavily reinforced stock chassis' to specialized, custom-built frames and bodies that could stand up to the abuse they were about to be given, sitting on 66-inch diameter tires.
By the late 1980's, the sport had evolved into a more racing-oriented spectacle, and the Monster Truck Racing Association was born to not only standardize the construction rules, but also rules governing safety.
Monster Jam World Finals XIII Encore 2012 - Grave Digger 30th Anniversary
Monster Jam is the world's largest and most famous monster truck tour featuring the biggest names in monster trucks including Grave Digger®, Maximum Destruction®, Monster Mutt®, El Toro Loco®, Captain's Curse® and Blue Thunder®. Monster Jam performs to the delight of families with three elements to every show -- the pit party, racing, and freestyle.
The site is the main home base for Grave Digger's driver's & mechanics, and also features a gift and memorabilia shop, complete with jagged hunks, bits, and pieces of previous versions of the iconic machine. Earlier versions of the truck also reside at the site, ready for the fans to snap a picture with them. For the real fans, one version is fitted with passenger seats provides for the thrill of actually riding in one of these monsters, though giant ramps and car crushing are not (intentionally) part of the experience.
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