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Gary Porter is a monster truck driver that races on the USHRA circuit. Gary's involvement in monster truck began in 1983 when he and his brother opened Porter's 4x4 Shop in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Then in 1985, they built their first truck to promote the business and competed at local shows. Modifications to the truck led to Gary's monster-truck racing career. The Porters did exhibitions from 1985 to 1988. He began competing in a monster truck called Carolina Crusher in 1988 in the TNT Motorsports series. He placed fourth in 1988, second in 1989, and third in 1990. Beginning in 1991, he raced in the USHRA/Camel Mud & Monster Series Carolina Crusher placed sixth and became the series champion of the Special Events season. In 1992, the Porters decided to build a second truck in order to compete in three different monster truck series. A third Carolina Crusher appeared for the 1994 season, as did a new shop to host Carolina Crusher Racing. The trucks made 125 appearances in 1994. 1995 saw Carolina Crusher finish fourth in the Special Events Penda Points series. As a ten year veteran of monster truck racing, Gary would like to thank all of Carolina Crusher's fans and friends. He's also regarded as one of the sport's true gentlemen. Later in his career and until now he drives Grave Digger #12. When he drove Carolina Crusher, his sponsors were Big A Auto Parts and Chance Converters.

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