Charlie Pauken

Charlie Pauken is a monster truck driver who is most famous for piloting Grave Digger 27 and his signature "Chuckie Dance" he does after freestyles.

History
In 1987, Pauken started driving Excaliber. Ten years later, he sold the monster truck and joined team Grave Digger.

In 2000, he was invited to drive Nitro Machine at the inaugural World Finals. In 2002, he drove a few shows in Firemouth, including Jacksonville, where he won racing. Firemouth was at the World Finals that year, but Carl Van Horn drove it.

In 2001 Charlie Pauken was added to the roster of Team Grave Digger drivers and remains piloting Grave Digger to this day, even competing in the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series in 2015.

At a show in Montreal, Canada, in 2006, Pauken drove Taz while Adam Anderson was substituting for his father. He tied with Bounty Hunter and Maximum Destruction for the freestyle lead, but lost the cheer-off. That same year, he made his second World Finals appearance driving Monster Mutt. He also drove Batman at the Monsters on Mainstreet event in Sylva, North Carolina, and won the freestyle event at that show.

In 2007, driving Monster Mutt, Pauken was shown on the World Finals 7 DVD box, showing him launching the truck over an ice cream van perched on top of a stone ramp.

In 2010, Pauken won his first freestyle championship driving Monster Mutt.