the dirt is laid out the stage is set
now it's almost time to roll in the
Monster Jam Trucks the motorsport event
tour is made a stop at Camping World
Stadium this weekend and we just so
happen to have one driver here with us
who's competing to be the Orlando
champion and I get to say it again so
here with us now is gravedigger driver
Adam Anderson you hear it all the time I
know we love getting to know some of the
Monster Jam drivers including yourself
welcome to the new six at nine yeah
thanks for having us on I'm excited it's
great all right so big stadium big crowd
what can people expect from you you
don't know what to expect and that's why
I think that's my favorite part I I've
been driving myself for 14 years now and
I still enjoy the show from inside the
truck until I realize I have to try to
beat that other person oh great here we
go so but it's pretty awesome you know
you never get the same shirt twice we
could do it two days in a row and it's
nothing ever the same and that's the
best part about Monster Jam and being so
family-friendly it's really great and
speaking of family gravedigger is a
family legacy for you and I know it's
one of the most popular trucks but this
is you know gravedigger started by your
dad he did it yeah in 1982 he created
gravedigger and this has been my life
this I thought it was a normal job for
my dad I really had no clue and then my
buddies would come over like what are we
doing here because we lived we had the
shop and then here was my house I had to
listen to these things every morning I
was so mad
it was the dumpster every Thursday at
7:00 a.m. and then gravedigger you know
no I was really bad but it was uh it was
pretty awesome growing up and my dad was
gone a lot on the road creating what the
brand gravediggers today but it honestly
getting out in front of these people
helped from the fans and being a part of
it is it's an honor it really is you got
your brother and sister driving - yeah
yeah it's pretty crazy my sister she's
been driving through this is her third
year now she's the first female driver
of grape there's a bunch of females that
drive in the sport but I'm I'm really
nice but I never thought a girl would
drive grave digger I really didn't in
the whole new world
my sister is crazy I always thought
maybe I could have a little girl one day
but then my sister turn 16 option
there's no way all girls are crazy but
it's awesome to watch I'm we're excited
for her wondering what she's gonna do
this weekend then I am for myself a lot
of times but uh but I kind of focus on
what's going on this weekend
and rock the house man had the careful
world Stadium will be packed with people
and we got the pit party all the kids
are gonna come out and see us man in
last night I did awesome autograph
signing and everybody was just so
excited it makes it easy it really does
okay so I have a confession when Monster
Jam was here last time a couple of my
friends were like let's go tonight I'll
catch up with you guys later but I went
it was the best time like I talked about
it for days what do you want to say to
people who are like oh that may not be
for me I mean we had it was so much fun
it's so perfect you saying that because
that's what a lot of people think that
you know it's a a long time ago it maybe
it was you and your buddies we're gonna
go to have a good time or whatever the
case was but now it's for the entire
family it's a family friendly event but
you and your but you everybody can go
out there and have a great tunnel I see
a lot of grandparents bring the
grandkids out and you know they really
enjoy it and they follow us you know
from following us on TV and it's really
neat because I'm just a regular guy I
grew up in a small town and you know
going from a house that was as big as
gravedigger into you know living in this
world now and being a part of that it's
it's awesome to share that with the
world and it's amazing what you guys do
I mean I didn't know there's gonna be
like bouncing on two wheels and
freestyling what can people expect
that's right that's one of the coolest
things so we we've got the racing
portion of the event which is uh it's
that's a lot of fun it's a great
competition between 14 trucks but the
new thing is the two-wheel competition
that you're talking about isn't it wild
to see crazy a 12,000 pound truck and
balance it whether it's on the sidewalls
on the side of the tires are up on the
nose and drive it around and it's it's
crazy for us inside it's so new it's so
fresh even for us for a sport that's
been around for thirty plus years now
and and to have something new it's
exciting for us as drivers competitors
but also for the fans
how are you competing what are you
trying to accomplish with this go-round
we do not know what we're doing so you
have the racing event you'll have that
and then it goes into you'll have out of
the 14 trucks it'll be a bracket and
then it'll get down to the final to one
of those guys will be crowned the winner
then you go on to that two-wheeled
competition where you do stunts and it
requires trying to maneuver the truck
onto it doesn't matter which two wheels
it is and a lot of guys crash you do I
do all the time but then it's freestyle
which is everybody loves the Freestyle
because that's almost a common
of everything you see all the obstacles
on the track school buses all the cars
and all the hills and we even do
backflips in the trucks now so it's
pretty awesome so real quick pre-show
ritual let's what do people need to know
that you do right before the show take a
nap in the truck and so I'm sitting
there I get strapped in put my helmet on
and once I get in there and then I
because I'm so wore on I just fall
asleep and then I'm out and then my
truck starts up and I think the show
started I panic and then I get here I'm
good to go then I'm ready for the night
all right sleeping in the in the truck
it's not either just they scare me
or a door don't mess with me yeah we nap
on the set right before the show I saw
you ladies doing