Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 05:28 AM

Parker Enduro 1984.
Ben Robertson in his # 57 Velden/Johnson F1-V8 3.5 liter turned in one of the fastest laps in the history of the event.

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 05:39 AM

My Australian friend Conn Saloumidis is getting ready to race his #69 Offshore cat powered by 2 X Evinrude E-TEC 300 HP G2 down under again.

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 05:56 AM

PARIS 6 Hours 1975

After Lorentz Näslund and I finished third in Paris 1974..we where now ready for a win in the OE class.
My Nacka Asfalt/Clerici/Evinrude Hustler SE boat was well prepared for the race..
The entry form was in time to Mr. Blodinare..
Race number 69.
Well..a good start don’t help when you hit something a few laps later and break the gear case at the far end of the race course..
Two hours to get back to the pit and the race was over..
We left Paris for a Evinrude dealer meeting on the Canary Islands
My friend Per Benson took Lorentz van and my boat back to Sweden..
I told Per.. please remember to stamp the Carne ATA document out of France..
He forgot that and a letter from OMC came later in the mail ..
My dream of winning Paris 6 hours was still a dream
This was also the last Paris with Lorentz as a co-pilot.

Thank you Amaury Jousseaume for the picture.
I remember when your dad Didier and his brother Paul took the overall win in the Paris 6 hour race 1975. Driving the #13 boat above with a Evinrude Super Strangler two liter V6 cross-flow engine.

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 10:14 AM

Allan Nimmo in his #15 Molinari/Castrol/Johnson F1-V8 3.5 liter looper 1983.

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 06:12 PM

Koenie Rontgen in his #13 Molinari/2 X Evinrude Starflite/Strangler V4 cross-flow.
Picture by Konrad Martin Röntgen

**lars strom** · 10-04-2017, 08:56 PM

Pretty sure you already know this..

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 04:57 AM

Not sure about this boat, but the power is an Evinrude V6 CCC 2.448 cross-flow.
OMC was very active back in the seventies.

EDIT:
Jimbo raced this boat in Beloit 1977 and finished 3rd

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 05:05 AM

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**powerabout** · 10-05-2017, 05:13 AM

do you have any more pictures of 2.0 crossflow and the loopers?
Any info is gold.

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 09:46 AM

All my pictures are going to end up here at the thread. There is some more regarding two 2 liter engines.

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 09:48 AM

Jimbo did great in the Parker Enduro 1982.

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 11:58 AM

A pretty unique picture i run into by accident.
Showing Jimbo McConnell, Ralph Evinrude and Johnny Sanders in front of the Evinrude and Johnson rotary powered race boats.

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

I can still not believe this..seen this pictures above with all the Merc boats so many times in the cyber world and the Merc boys asking where is the OMC..??
Well..Johnny Sanders/Tom Posey with a Molinari/Johnson Stinger V4 1632cc cross-flow won the big race in Paris..!!

As promised on Jackie's thread..here is the rest of the story..Sanders/Posey won with 2 laps and took the lead after two hours..

**lars strom** · 10-05-2017, 08:07 PM

For all of us loving OMC racing this was the man telling you yes or no when it came to racing.
I got a few No..but more Yes from Jack Leek.

**Rotary John** · 10-06-2017, 08:02 AM

I have just been informed Clarence Blanchard passed 10/4/17. Clarence was the designer for Jack Leek and the race tem. The Darth Vader gear case was his design. He was involved in many of the race group program and was responsible for the first V-6 race motor that won Paris '73. He and Jim Nerstrom work closely together on many of the engine programs. May he rest in peace.