Career
In 1985, they built their first truck to promote the business and compete in local shows. Soon afterward, they modified the truck, and Porter began his monster-truck racing career. In 1987, he started competing in a monster truck called the Carolina Crusher with TNT Motosports.
The Porters participated in exhibitions from 1985 to 1988.
He placed fourth in 1988, second in 1989, and third in 1990. Beginning in 1991, Porter raced in the USHRA/Camel Mud & Monster Series.
In 1992, the Porters decided to build a second truck to be able 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 and winning a race. Gary continued to race Carolina Crusher until after its sale to Paul Shafer in 1999. In 2000, Clear Channel Entertainment hired Porter to drive various trucks for them, notably Ragin" Steel and Spider-Manitoba
Porter was in Monster Jam World Finals 2 driving Spider-Manitoba
He was eliminated in the first round by Avenger, but returned when Avenger broke down. He was eliminated in the second round by Destroyer.
He later finished seventh in freestyle with a score of 31. In World Finals 9, he was involved in an encore driving the new Spitfire truck.
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.
Office the track, Porter is regarded as one of the sport"s true gentlemen. The 1992 USHRA Yearbook referred to him as "Mr. Nice Guy".
