User:Marcfrancislewis/sandbox

Marc Lewis Born 12/21/1971 Salinas California. At the age of two, his family moved to Stockton California where his father worked in real estate. At an early age, Marc wanted to become a race car driver just as most of his peers at the time. At the age of 11, he started racing BMX (bicycle motorcross) until the age of 13. After a few years of BMX racing, he rode freestyle BMX and vert. After receiving his drivers license at the age of 16, his passion towards other disciplines ignited. As a freshman at Lincoln high school, he started wrestling for his school. Because of his size at such an early age, he was pitted against much older students, usually juniors and seniors. After a brief stint with wrestling, the decision was made to train with weights. At the age of 18 the decision was made to move to Southern California where bodybuilding was a standard part of culture. Before moving however, he was offered a job at the age of 20 for Fitzgeralds casino in Reno Nevada. The job was durring one of the worste winters ever encountered by the Reno residents and Marc had a brief stay there for 6 months before moving back to Stockton. After 3 months in Stockton, the decision and opportunity came up to move to Santa Monica Ca. After bodybuilding for 5 years, the decision to move on followed shortly thereafter. Steve need to explore other disciplines of life followed and martial arts and boxing were on the forefront. After a few years of Jeet Kun Do (Bruce Lee's martial art), Marc started training under the tutelage of boxing. After a few years of exploring other disciplines, that childhood dream of auto racing was still there and go kart racing was the simplest medium to satisfy that craving. In 1998 Marc started racing go karts with Los Angeles Kart Club (LAKC) in Saugus Ca. and with Gold Coast Karters in Willow Springs Ca. Since then he has competed in International kart federation (IKF), and Superkarts USA (SKUSA). In 2011 Marc won the Championship with SKUSA in the S4 Magnum class. As of 2013, he has concentrated on his sons racing career (Logan Lewis) which is also competing in SKUSA as a junior. Currently marc is employed as an insurance agent, building manager and yoga instructor.