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Marc Granet - DRIVER, MISS GEICO....................................................... .........................................................WWW .MISSGEICORACING.COM........................................ .......................................................AMF OFFSHORE RACING TEAMOffshore Powerboats, Speed, Racing, Turbines,Big Horsepower,Professional,Ocean Racing,Big Air!******************************************************** ************************************************************ ************************************************************ Platinum Princess / Miss Geico Driver /AMF Team Director ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ I was introduced to offshore Racing in the 80's through a friend who owned a Velocity. As many of you know once this sport/hobby infects you there is little one can do to stop the need for speed. By the late 90's I was living on the Gulf of Mexico and the proud owner of a 31 ft Formula. Easy access to open water meant I was logging countless hours (and motors) practicing the art of throttling and driving. The Formula was traded for a new 36 Outlaw and I once again set out to learn as much as I could. World Champion racer Mike Flanagan gave me my first real “cat” ride and I knew I was destined to own and drive one of these exotic machines. On a chance meeting with Local Boat builder Jay Pilini champion racer and owner of Spectre Powerboats I commissioned a Brand new 36 Spectre Offshore Cat.I spent the next two years learning what real speed was all about. Ironically, the day my new cat was delivered idling past Todd Warners home the 3 time World Offshore Champion called out from his dock and asked if I wanted to learn how to “run that thing”. My first cat lesson came late 2001 from a one of the best in the business. I was taught to learn from others mistakes and respect the water. Two and a half years of big blocks and I was ready for a new challenge. So I sat down with Jay Pilini again and built a new 30 ft cat with twin outboards. At the same time my close friend and poker run partner Rob Garcia had a 46 Skater with twin turbines (by Turbine Marine) delivered which introduced me to extreme speeds and the feel of a true race boat. Needless to say I was hooked… line and sinker with Turbine power. Chasing the Poker Run Circuit with this exotic machine only left me wanting more.Local racer and Regional Champion, Dan Lawrence and I had been getting the urge to enter some races and test what we had learned after 2 years of poker running and “street racing” our 30 OB cats with the big boys. In 2004 Dan ordered a new Doug Wright 32 Carbon Kevlar and we set a plan to race the 2005 season. LOAN SHARK RACING 2005 was a tremendous season for two rookie racers boasting 4 first place finishes and a total of 8 podium finishes. Competition has always come naturally to me and I believe preparation is the key to success. While running in SBI/APBA league I met Scott Begovich, little did I know through a strange twist of fates we would become good friends and teammates for the greatest ride of our lives.2006 Introduced the Turbine class to the Offshore Super Series and was instantly a crowd favorite. Three thousand plus horsepower boats sailing across the water at speeds of over 175mph. It's been an exciting season running the Platinum Princess we have traveled from the big seas of Puerto Rico and the Pacific to the cool waters of Canada . We achieved great success on our first run at the LOTO shootout taking third overall for the fastest offshore boats in the world. The Platinum Princess was also Crowned “King of the Delta” in 2006 at POPRA's annual top gun Radar shootout.Team AMF Owner John Haggin and the rest of the team are truly dedicated to Offshore Racing's future. Our next project code named “Thunderstruck” is destined to leave its mark on offshore's future for years to come.2005 OSS 3rd Place National Points Cat Outboard2005 OSS 3rd Place World Championships Cat Outboard2006 OSS World Champion Turbine Extreme Class2006 OPA/POPRA World Champion PX Class2006 OSS National Champion Turbine Extreme Class2006 Class Champion LOTO Shootout2006 King of the Delta Pacific Offshore POPRA2007 World Champions SBI/UIM/OSS/OPA/POPRA This profile was edited with FearKiller's Pimp MySpace 2.2