Mark has been a motorcyclist all of his life. Mark has raced in Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Events (WMRRA) locally, and also in the OMRRA, AFM, and AMA events as well. A 2002 WMRRA Open GP Twins champion, Mark’s roadracing experience includes West coast AMA events where he competed against the likes of Jamie Hacking, Ben Bostrom, Miguel Duhamel and Tommy Hayden in the AMA 600SS & Formula Extreme series. A multi-time attendee of Jason Pridmore’s STAR schools, Mark has also attended Freddie Spencer’s school in Las Vegas as well as Mike Sullivan’s school here locally. In short, Mark’s track day, school, racing experience and results provide him plenty of experience to share with students.

Mark is one of the lead instructors of 2Fast’s road course schools and helps manage a staff of over 30 people who make up Team 2Fast (instructors, marshals, trained corner workers, and operations people). During 2Fast trackdays, Mark will join students riding his own 2003 Honda CBR600RR.

The owner of a small aerial mapping business in Kirkland, WA, few people know that Mark was at one time a key special teams player for the University of Washington Huskies football team during the Don James era, and has a Rose Bowl ring to show for it. Additionally, Mark is one of the founding members of R.O.G.U.E., a nationally recognized Honda RC51 website resource you can find at www.rc51.org. Mark is considered by many to be an expert when it comes to Honda RC51’s.

Mark is married to Team 2Fast member Taji DeGross and is blessed with 3 great children in D'Marco, M'Shaiya Belle, and Michaelo DeGross.