Gary Porter is an American former monster-truck driver that races on the United States Hot Rod Association circuit.
In July 2017, Gary Porter retired from monster truck driving after spending 32 years in the sport.
1995 saw Carolina Crusher finish fourth in the Special Events Penda Points series and winning a race.
In 2000, Clear Channel Entertainment hired Porter to drive various trucks for them, notably Ragin' Steel and Spider-Man.
The following year, at the behest of longtime friend and rival Dennis Anderson, he began driving Grave Digger 12, whose chassis was similar to that of his last incarnation of Carolina Crusher.
Porter tends to have a tremendous amount of respect for his equipment and is typically considered to be the tamest in freestyle of all the Digger drivers.