Miss GEICO
Today Miss GEICO is owned and operated by AMF Riviera Beach which is owned by Marc Granet, Scotty Begovich, Scott Colton, Gary Stray, Gary Goodell and sponsored by the American insurance company GEICO.
When driven by Granet and throttled by Begovich, Miss GEICO won five consecutive World Championships, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
[1] Builder: Victory Materials: Carbon, Kevlar, S Glass Length: 47 feet Weight: 11,750 Engines: Mercury Racing 1100 Comp Top Speed: 160+ Status: Retired Builder: Mystic Powereboats Materials: Carbon, Kevlar, S Glass Length: 50 feet Weight: 10,000 lbs Type: Jet-A Engines: Whispering Turbines Inc. T-53 703 series Horsepower: 2100 x 2 Top Speed: 210+ mph Status: Total loss Builder: Marine Technologies Incorporated Materials: Composite, Carbon, Epoxy Length: 44 feet Beam: 10’ 6 Weight: 10,000 lbs Fuel: 500 Gal Capacity Type: Jet- A Drives: BPM Engines: Turbine Marine Inc's, Lycoming T-53 703 series Horsepower: 1850 x 2 Top Speed: 195+ mph Status: Show boat Builder: Victory Hull Materials: Composite, Carbon, Epoxy Length: 44 feet Beam: 11’ 10 Weight: 9,500 lbs Fuel: 265 Gal Capacity Type: Jet- A Drives: BPM Engines: Mercury Racing twin 1650 piston power Horsepower: 1650 x 2 Top Speed: 187+ mph Builder: Cigarette Model: Top Gun 38 Materials: Fiberglass Length: 38 feet Weight: 9,500 lbs Drives: Mercury Bravo XR Sportmaster Engines: Mercury 525 EFI Horsepower: 1050 Top Speed: 88+ mph Builder: Cigarette Material: S Glass Length: 32 feet Weight: 8,000 lbs Engines: Mercury Racing 3.2 Stroker Horsepower: 625 Top Speed: 80 mph In 2007, the Discovery Channel filmed Miss GEICO for an episode of their series Build It Bigger which premiered September 26.
Host Danny traveled to Turbine Marine Inc. in Palm Beach, Florida where he helped the team rebuild one of their boats in order to be ready to compete in a Sarasota race.
In the sixth episode of the rebooted series of American Chopper, the OCC crew were commissioned to build a motorbike, sold in 2024 to Sean Kerr of the YouTube channel Bikes & Beards, in the spirit of the Miss GEICO boat.
