The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team was created by owner Bob Teague, throttleman (Valencia, CA), and Paul Whittier, driver (Yarrow Point, WA). Both Teague and Whittier are mainstays in the boat racing scene, each with several national and world championship titles under their belts in several different categories of racing. Teague, owner of Teague Custom Marine in Valencia, CA, has completed over 1000 races during his career. However, with the establishment of Team AMSOIL, it was the first time that the two long-time friends would be in the same boat instead of in competing boats on the race course. The addition of AMSOIL Products Inc. from Superior, Wisconsin as the title sponsor of the Team has proven to be an unstoppable driving force.

The sleek silver Skater 368 boat debuted in the middle of the 2007 season and has boldly competed in events across many race sanctioning organizations, including Offshore Super Series (OSS), Offshore Powerboat Association (OPA), and Super Boat International (SBI). This has created an extremely full and diversified racing schedule for the Team each season. Team AMSOIL held the title as Super Cat Lite National and World Champions Back-to-Back-to-Back, 2010-2012 and was also OPA High Points Champion in 2011.

Other notable accomplishments by the Team include setting the Official Endurance Record sanctioned by OSS in 2008 in the Cat Lite Class from Miami, Florida to Bimini, Bahamas and back. The next year, the team returned with a mission of defending and beating its own record in the 106 mile long race. On Friday, June 12th, 2009, Team AMSOIL #77 did just that by running the endurance event in 59 minutes and 40 seconds, which was a little over 5 minutes faster than last the previous year's record. The official average speed of the Team was recorded at 106.8174 MPH.

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