Charles Graf  (Throttles)

HOMETOWN: MIAMI, FLORIDA
RESIDES IN: OSPREY, FLORIDA
POSITION: THROTTLEMAN & OWNER

CHARLIE "FAST LANE" GRAF HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERIOUSLY INVOLVED IN SOME SORT OF COMPETITIVE SPORTING EVENTS. WHETHER IT BE WHILE HE WAS WINNING THE "1988 WORLD CHAMPION" TITLE IN THE WALKING HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION OR WHILE HE ACHIEVED THE NATIONAL TITLE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE DOUBLE A ALTERT RACE CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE IS ALWAYS PUTTING FORTH HIS ALL IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES.

CHARLIE HAS BEEN IN LOVE WITH OFF SHORE RACING EVER SINCE HE OWNED AND THROTTLES HIS 38' CIGARETTE BOAT, "BAD COMPANY", OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE SUPERBOAT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH BEING A MEMBER IN THE A.P.B.A., U.I.M., AND THE O.P.A. ASSOCIATIONS. HE MAINTAINS A PROMINENT POSITION WITH HEAVY INVOLVEMENT IN THE RACING CIRCUIT AND THE MARINE INDUSTRY.

AS A RACER AND TEAM OWNER IS ADAMANT THAT HAND IN HAND COMMITMENT AMONGST ALL TEAM MEMBERS EQUALLY, ALONG WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK IS WHAT MAKES A WINNING TEAM. AS PROOF OF HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND COMMITMENT TO RACING, THE TEAM THAT IS "SHAMOO RACING" HAD 8 FIRST PLACE FINISHES LAST YEAR, PLACED SECOND IN THE WORLD'S DIVISION, AND CAPTURED THE TITLE OF "ROOKIE TEAM OF THE YEAR".