Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[WaterZebra]

Wow @Rotary John (https://www.screamandfly.com/member.php?u=48164),

Very sad story about Ted Wright. I probably met him in Paris 1974.
Still remember how upset everybody in the OMC team was when Scotti died in the tragic accident.
I have pictures of Scotti laying stuck in the fence at the seawall and his boat floating upside down next to him I
Terrible pictures I refuse to use.
(Got it from a French friend)

How did veteran drivers like Scotti, Percival and Velden end up on seawalls anyway? Sounds like they made risky choices for racing lines. I never liked racing under bridges, near seawalls or dams.

[lars strom]

How did veteran drivers like Scotti, Percival and Velden end up on seawalls anyway? Sounds like they made risky choices for racing lines. I never liked racing under bridges, near seawalls or dams.

well.....14 second in..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6e70WQKAR0

[lars strom]

2 X Evinrude.

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[lars strom]

The Boating Site

Chanticleer 1947 DeFoe, first of the pre-war Cruisemaster yachts to be sold postwar, belonged to Ralph Evinrude and Frances Langford from 1955-1965. She was originally sold to John Pace of Pensacola, FL.

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[WaterZebra]

well.....14 second in..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6e70WQKAR0


Ah yes, now I remember the seawall danger. The safety debate in APBA raged on for the next 2 years whether the crew chief of each race boat entry should have a remotely radio controlled engine kill switch. Safety cockpits were NEVER designed or built for direct impact to a bulkhead or seawall. Safety issues like this incident was the beginning of the end for series OPC racing in the USA.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Very dangerous moment for the people in the safety boat at the blind corner. Bad accident there in the 70's killed two people in a safety boat.

[lars strom]

1983

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[Instigator]

Pretty good shot of twin V-8 offshores from back in the day.

[Instigator]

Another one w/recreational based motors.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Lars, did you like driving at Bristol or dread it?

[BUZZIN' DOZEN]

Pretty good shot of twin V-8 offshores from back in the day.


Maelstrom offshore cat

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[lars strom]

Lars, did you like driving at Bristol or dread it?

Well..I raced Bristol many times but prefer to watch the race from the dock..:)

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[lars strom]

Jonas Andersson (#1) of Sweden is the 2024 UIM F1 World Champ.
(This is Jonas third UIM F1 World Champion title)

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[2us70]

What motor is that?

[lars strom]

What motor is that?

The only engine allowed in the UIM F1 is the Merc 2.5 liter 2 stroke.
(Marit Stromoy is using the Merc APX V8 but not fast enough)

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[lars strom]

Andersson Secures Third F1H2O World Title With Victory In Sharjah Finale

(https://www.speedonthewater.com/andersson-secures-third-f1h2o-world-title-with-victory-in-sharjah-finale/)https://www.speedonthewater.com/andersson-secures-third-f1h2o-world-title-with-victory-in-sharjah-finale/

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[WaterZebra]

What motor is that?

You're joking, right? UIM F1 stopped using black paint on their engine buckets years ago.

[2us70]

I don't keep up anymore.

[WaterZebra]

I don't keep up anymore.

The UIM motor tech specs do NOT represent current racing specs made by any manufacturer. They are custom built one-offs made by the race teams. Merit Stromeroy is the only participant trying to make use of the new Mercury APX V8 race unit. I have no idea where these teams are getting their parts from but it is NOT from Mercury Racing. Hence, the black paint and "Merc" are missing.

[lars strom]

The real UIM Formula 1 engine with NO restrictions.

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[Instigator]

I believe Brendon Powers in Fla is building a bunch of them.


looks to still be 2.5 based but I’m sure with as much billet unbotanium that oil money can buy!



The UIM motor tech specs do NOT represent current racing specs made by any manufacturer. They are custom built one-offs made by the race teams. Merit Stromeroy is the only participant trying to make use of the new Mercury APX V8 race unit. I have no idea where these teams are getting their parts from but it is NOT from Mercury Racing. Hence, the black paint and "Merc" are missing.

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

Jonas Andersson is from the small town Frövi, Sweden and are now a three time UIM F1 World Champion. He is very unique because Jonas is the only "self employed" winning driver with a minimum racing budget.
In his little shop in Sweden he preparers his own Merc 2.5 liter V6 and design his own boats with help from the Danish boat builder Molgaard.
To beat the multi million dollar Middle Eastern teams with hired drivers makes his success even greater.
Congratulations Jonas to your third World Title.

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[Instigator]

Very cool Lars!

Thanks for that lesson.

Nice to see the underdog win.

I have heard rumors of what the other teams spend on powerheads.



Jonas Andersson is from the small town Frövi, Sweden and are now a three time UIM F1 World Champion. He is very unique because Jonas is the only "self employed" winning driver with a minimum racing budget.
In his little shop in Sweden he preparers his own Merc 2.5 liter V6 and design his own boats with help from the Danish boat builder Molgaard.
To beat the multi million dollar Middle Eastern teams with hired drivers makes his success even greater.
Congratulations Jonas to your third World Title.

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[WaterZebra]

How do the staggered intakes work?

[2us70]

That guy is my kind of racer!

[lars strom]

Not many people know this but the Swede John Ericsson from Värmland, Sweden invented the propeller.

https://www.tekniskamuseet.se/en/learn-more/swedish-inventors/john-ericsson-propeller/

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[powerabout]

How do the staggered intakes work?
To compensate for the different exhaust lengths per cylinder groups

[Rotary John]

To compensate for the different exhaust lengths per cylinder groupsHow does that work with 2 exhaust pipes and 3 different intake lengths?

[powerabout]

How does that work with 2 exhaust pipes and 3 different intake lengths?
The path from the bell mouth to the end of the megaphone is what they are compensating for although not quite making up the difference if its thats simple.
Mr Brucato was the man behind this

[WaterZebra]

The path from the bell mouth to the end of the megaphone is what they are compensating for although not quite making up the difference if its thats simple.
Mr Brucato was the man behind this

Brucato sold the spacers as an accessory to his system but I never understood what they were for? Compliments to Andersson for doing the R&D to make them work. Earlier comment about the "little guy"...........some teams have deep pockets and simply write the checks to pay for the results. You can accomplish anything you want if you throw enough money at it.

[powerabout]

Brucato sold the spacers as an accessory to his system but I never understood what they were for? Compliments to Andersson for doing the R&D to make them work. Earlier comment about the "little guy"...........some teams have deep pockets and simply write the checks to pay for the results. You can accomplish anything you want if you throw enough money at it.
What are you referring to there, everyone is using them and have since Merc started selling Brucatos design 25 yrs ago

[lars strom]

Christmas 1954 – A Year To Celebrate


1954 had been a banner year with Johnson building outboards 24-hours a day in three shifts. Two milestone motors were at the heart of this consumer excitement: the revolutionary “quiet” Sea-Horse 5½ hp, which would outsell every other model of outboard made in a single year in industry history to that date, and the new electric start Sea-Horse 25.

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[Instigator]

My dads first real pleasure boat was a 18’ plywood cuddy w/twin 25 hp E-Rudes.

I was very young at the time but clearly remember one being pull start (a ‘53) and one being electric start (a ‘54)!

As luck would have it, he only had trouble w/one starting and it was the rope start!

They we’re tough enough to pull (Ive owned a couple) start that if it didn’t start on the first or second pull, you were in trouble!

One weekend my brother (10 yrs older than me) brought one of his high school buddies, who was a body builder.

When that motor didn’t want to start, my brother and dad were excited to turn the body builder loose on the starter rope.

He broke the starter rope on the first pull!

I remember on mine, I kept in perfect tune and told my skiing partner if it didn’t start on the 2nd or 3rd pull you were doing something wrong!

That was at the end of the rope start era and would have people approach me at the ramp to tell me they knew I wished I had an electric start.

Id smile, not say a word, pump the pressure tank a couple more times and start it on the first pull ��



Christmas 1954 – A Year To Celebrate


1954 had been a banner year with Johnson building outboards 24-hours a day in three shifts. Two milestone motors were at the heart of this consumer excitement: the revolutionary “quiet” Sea-Horse 5½ hp, which would outsell every other model of outboard made in a single year in industry history to that date, and the new electric start Sea-Horse 25.

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[Muskoka2]

I believe Brendon Powers in Fla is building a bunch of them.


looks to still be 2.5 based but I’m sure with as much billet unbotanium that oil money can buy!
And Alex Hledin up in Hudson Quebec does Rusty Wyatts and I thing Bartek Marszelek's! His brother Peter runs Skater! Alex is a dentist by day and mad 2.5 scientist by nite & on weekends!

[WaterZebra]

And Alex Hledin up in Hudson Quebec does Rusty Wyatts and I thing Bartek Marszelek's! His brother Peter runs Skater! Alex is a dentist by day and mad 2.5 scientist by nite & on weekends!

Alex Hledin cooked up a giant 3 butterfly 2.5 inlet that at WOT literally opened up the entire reed gallery of the engine. It made Brucato's rig look like a coffee straw. It was great for quick reed cage inspection............just mash down on the throttle. I don't know if Hledlin's stuff ever made it on OMC engines but Wayne Taylor's MAD EFI equipment sure did and Velden was a customer.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Hledin has been at it a long time. I figured he would be retired by now. He did work for Seebold a long time ago.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

There were two people in South Carolina back in the day that could build and modify OMC race engines that would match anything OMC could put out. D.F. Jenkins cross flow V-4's were legendary for being giant slayers. Earl Bentz early success was powered by Jenkins engines. Also, Dan 'Pop' Piggott was another engine wizard who built some wicked fast OMC 3 cylinder engines. 'Pop' was charging $1500.00 in 1982 for his 3 cylinder powerhead modification service. You supplied the powerhead.

[Muskoka2]

Hledin has been at it a long time. I figured he would be retired by now. He did work for Seebold a long time ago.
Over 80 I believe!

[WaterZebra]

Hledin has been at it a long time. I figured he would be retired by now. He did work for Seebold a long time ago.

The only way you could buy Hledlin's stuff was thru Seebold

[WaterZebra]

There were two people in South Carolina back in the day that could build and modify OMC race engines that would match anything OMC could put out. D.F. Jenkins cross flow V-4's were legendary for being giant slayers. Earl Bentz early success was powered by Jenkins engines. Also, Dan 'Pop' Piggott was another engine wizard who built some wicked fast OMC 3 cylinder engines. 'Pop' was charging $1500.00 in 1982 for his 3 cylinder powerhead modification service. You supplied the powerhead.

What kind of work did they do to these engines?

[lars strom]

Merry Skee-Horse Christmas


By the early 1960’s OMC was highly diversified. Its varied divisions were building: diving compressors, tent campers, snow blowers, all-terrain vehicles, golf & commercial carts, turf equipment, chain saws and boats. In 1964, they added snowmobiles to this diverse list.

OMC’s Sled Ride – OMC made three brands of snowmobiles, OMC Snow Cruiser (Canada), Evinrude Skeeter & Johnson Skee Horse (US), which were introduced in winter of 1965. OMC was the first manufacturer to use a 2-stroke engine with opposing twin-cylinders in their sleds. It had a neutral gear for ease of starting, not common for the 1960's. The sleds weighed 369 lb, which was 100 lb more than most other snowmobiles at the time and had a hard time in deep snow due to the weight. They could reach a speed of 30 mph, and were reliable in all situations, uncommon in the 1960's - except for deep snow. Over time, through constant improvement the sleds became considerably more sophisticated and provided better performance.

1968 Christmas Ad – As mentioned in the ad below, several upgrades were made for the 1968 models including more horsepower.

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[Mark Poole ModVP]

I never heard exactly what the secrets of Jenkins V-4's were. There were rumors that he figured out how to cut slots into the sleeves, designing his own type of finger porting on these engines which would have been some trick on a cross flow. As far as Mr. Piggott's 3 cylinder mods, I heard he cut additional power ports in the sleeves and pistons as well as coming up with port timing figure that worked really well for sprint racing. Pop would never talk about what he knew. If you wanted to know what he did you had to pay the money for his work.

[WaterZebra]

I never heard exactly what the secrets of Jenkins V-4's were. There were rumors that he figured out how to cut slots into the sleeves, designing his own type of finger porting on these engines which would have been some trick on a cross flow. As far as Mr. Piggott's 3 cylinder mods, I heard he cut additional power ports in the sleeves and pistons as well as coming up with port timing figure that worked really well for sprint racing. Pop would never talk about what he knew. If you wanted to know what he did you had to pay the money for his work.

As I have said before..............you can accomplish anything you want if you throw money at it. I'm surprised that Jenkins and Piggott's work were not reverse engineered into other OMC engines. OMC probably knew about it but their modifications were not cost effective for model production.

[2us70]

I raced against D F Jenkins in the 1966 Orange Bowl 9 Hour race. They were almost as fast as the OMC factory supported boat that won the single engine outboard class. They were from tidewater country in South Carolina. The boats were often named "Wild Geechee".

[Instigator]

How about Wayne and Wilbur Weeks?

I know they were from the south and they had some unbeatable OMCs.
Before my time though.

Just round canned some old boat magazines and one had a full page ad for Evolution Marine out of Louisiana which was top of the list in the day.

Wasnt all/just factory support in the day.

[lars strom]

First picture is #14 Nicola Mora of Italy and me in #8 during the Stockholm F1-V8 race 1983.

Second picture is Nicola Mora and me onboard my Skater 32 rigged with 3 X Evinrude V8 engines in Fort Lauderdale 1992.

Great times..:cheers:

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[Amberjack1234]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to everybody from amberjack. Oh sleepy Joe gave me a pardon for Christmas along with 1500 of his other closest friends! So my year is complete God bless everybody

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

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[techteam]

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I got one of those jackets

[Instigator]

One of my favorite racers and a friend of mine.

One of THE BEST David Vs Goliath stories.

Al Stoker and his dad, out of John’s Custom marine in California, built their own Mod VP legal motors, and boats, and faced down the Mercury juggernaut and beat them!

Used to be a famous picture of their boat behind their family statin wagon pitted between the Merc factory transporters!

One of THE only, true, free classes to allow the motor wars to happen.

I have videos of a bunch of his races where there’s 20+ boats, he’s the only OMC and wins!
(most of the videos are on YouTube)

Three time world champion!

And is “Racer” on this website.

He also just won’t the Parker 300 for the 2nd yr in a row.



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[WaterZebra]

One of my favorite racers and a friend of mine.

One of THE BEST David Vs Goliath stories.

Al Stoker and his dad, out of John’s Custom marine in California, built their own Mod VP legal motors, and boats, and faced down the Mercury juggernaut and beat them!

Used to be a famous picture of their boat behind their family statin wagon pitted between the Merc factory transporters!

One of THE only, true, free classes to allow the motor wars to happen.

I have videos of a bunch of his races where there’s 20+ boats, he’s the only OMC and wins!
(most of the videos are on YouTube)

Three time world champion!

And is “Racer” on this website.

He also just won’t the Parker 300 for the 2nd yr in a row.



Mod VP would still exist today if it wasn't for several Merc entries with deep pockets who ruined the class with ridiculous safety requirements and hull rules.

Stoker beat the Merc guys on their own home field (St. Louis).

[lars strom]

Christmas 1936 – “Consolidated Competition” is Born at OMC


On September 30, 1936 Johnson was formally consolidated with OMC. A new corporate policy was established that would create a unique competitive environment throughout the organization for nearly two decades. “Consolidated Competition” as it was known, allowed Evinrude-Elto and Johnson to continue to build their own outboards and compete virtually undisturbed, as they had before consolidation. They would continue to compete head-to-head as if the parent OMC company did not exist.

Generally Friendly Competition - Often, this policy of internal rivalry spilled over into areas of engineering and production. As Fortune Magazine pointed out in its August 1938 issue, “Chief Engineer Irgens of Evinrude and Chief Engineer Rayniak of Johnson get together once a week. If one of them has made some significant advancement he will tell the other....but mostly Irgens is trying to outsmart Rayniak, and vice versa.”

The Rivalry Doesn't End - While the two brands began sharing the common outboards in 1951 - and eventually all motors became the same design - the spirit of head-to-head competition continued well into the 1980's.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LiPigmx-Q

[lars strom]

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[WaterZebra]

This video is a breeding ground for nightmares.

[lars strom]

Johnson sales 1961.

AGB is the Swedish distributor for Johnson and AB Stockholms Motorcentrum the dealer.

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[lars strom]

Christmas 1952 - A Milestone Year

History was made at Johnson Motors in November 1952 as the one-millionth Sea-Horse came down the assembly line at Waukegan, making Johnson the very first outboard to reach that milestone. Johnson would hit successive million sales milestones, leading the industry throughout its entire history.

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[lars strom]

UIM OE/F3 class.
No more info.

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[lars strom]

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[John Schubert]

UIM OE/F3 class.
No more info.

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The St Louis raced first at the gravel pits in Fenton, MO then later at Creve Ceour were Billy Seebold’s races sponsored by The Lions Club where Billy was a member. An officer of the Lions Club, whose name I don’t recall, very active in the races wanted to own & campaign a boat in the races. He didn’t want to start in the F1 class so Billy hooked him up with a Mod 50 rig, built him a boat & recommended a local driver whose name I also don’t recall. Very successful rig, competitive with Butch Brown sponsored by Evinrude/Tom Ireland & Jimbo when he didn’t participate

[lars strom]

444

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[John Schubert]

444

538948
Obviously I can’t challenge this post but, the number on this post is 144. The previous post with 444 is unequivocally the reference made in my post. I saw it perform. When they moved up to F1 after one or maybe 2 years the equipment was sold

[lars strom]

The owner of the 144-444 boat today is in Argentina and he also own this racing V4 used in Paris 1974..
(Yes..its not the correct engine cover)
He also have the race boat from Paris 1974.

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[lars strom]

For sure the popular Evinrude 75 UIM SE class engine but not sure about the flag, boat and driver.

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[Mark Poole ModVP]

Look close at the lower unit. The water inlets are visible. I remember going to a race when I was about 18 and seeing an E class V bottom with the propshaft even with the pad. I asked the guy how it could pump water at speed. His reply..."I don't know it just does".

[lars strom]

#28

Clerici SE boat, Italian Championship 1985, driver Franco Puleo

[lars strom]

10 years ago I did a lot of work as an Evinrude Ambassador.
Helping BRP promote the Evinrude brand and the new G2.
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10 years ago I did a lot of work as an Evinrude Ambassador.
Helping BRP promote the Evinrude brand and the new G2.
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They should have given you that statue.

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Look close at the lower unit. The water inlets are visible. I remember going to a race when I was about 18 and seeing an E class V bottom with the propshaft even with the pad. I asked the guy how it could pump water at speed. His reply..."I don't know it just does".

I had a hustler on my vixen and was baffled how high it would run. same motor on my aquarius and it is way up there

[lars strom]

My experience with cooling water for the 75HP Evinrude.
Long story..

European Champion for the third consecutive year 1975

After the Nordic Championship race in Forsaa, Finland and my enormous success in the SE class the
past 3 years winning over 50 races rumors was circulating that I had a special engine from OMC.

Well, I DID NOT and the engine I used on my own Clerici SE boat 1975 was a stock short leg 75 Hp Evinrude from my inventory at my dealership.
A legal higher compression cylinder head was the only change, and the race power trim and stiff rubber mount.
I can tell the truth now, and the speed advantage was from the boat and the set up and my driving style.
The way to get the better top speed was to raise the engine up much higher than normal race set up.
The stock gear case was like a brake, and I was 2-3″ above everybody else, BUT that made it very difficult to drive/handle the boat.
The prop lost the grip, and the engine lost the cooling water but the trick was to just before the prop lost the grip to use power trim and throttle/steering to avoid that to happen.
I tested for many days and weeks how far you could drive before the engine started to
overheat and that was around 900 meters.
I lost many powerheads before I found out a way to back of just a little to pick up enough water to cool the engine on the straight a way before the turn.
On top of that you have to use the power trim in and out in a special way to make the “air bag” under the tunnel to lift the boat and I have to say that was my best
advantage.
The European Championship race this year was in Sabaudia Italy.
(Remember..in the UIM SE class this was the biggest most important race you could win. UIM did not have a World Championship title in the SE class in the seventies).
I called friends in Italy to find out about this new place for the race and was told that it is in a Lagoon, shallow water and flat water.
That was for me great news, and I worked on raising the engine even higher on the transom and picked up a few more MPH.
Stockholm GP was the weekend before the big one in Italy. I used the Stockholm GP race as a test.
Bad news..I screwed up.. hooked and rolled..but did not hurt myself.
There was plenty of damage the my #1 Clerici boat, a few days after I told Paul Kalb that I preferred
to race my own boat instead of the factory SE boat.
I got help from a local boat builder to repair my boat just in time to make it to Italy.
Did use spray can paint to the repaired wood on the boat at different rest areas on the Autobahn.
Normally I was hiding everything I was doing, (learned from Molinari) but for this big important race I changed that.
Parked the boat in the pit so everybody could see my set up and prop.
I told the Race officials that I want my engine inspected before the
race to put an end to “the special engine”rumor.
They said No, but told me that my engine is going to be inspected very seriously after the race if I was the winner.
I have never felt so ready to win a race and now all the good things started to happen.
Around 35 boats was at the race, and most drivers looked at my race set up and started to raise up there engines higher. That was my plan…
Mercury had maybe 10 drivers using the 650 XS.
4 heat, 3 counts and clock start and I was pretty good at them and took the start and turned first.
Then just pulled away on the long two turn race course.
Many drivers was hooking left and right, because they could not
drive with the engine that high.
This race was for me a perfect one. I won 3 heat in a row and did not race the last one.
I asked the officials to start taking my engine apart and they did.
The power head, mid section even the gear case to check gears and impeller and everybody could now see it was a stock 75 hp Evinrude.
Never worked on the ports or pistons.
Just standard.
Lots of disappointed people when my engine was cleared, but
Lars was happy and the European Champion for the third consecutive year.

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[2us70]

You were fortunate to have a dealership at the time. Burning through "many powerheads" was not an option for most of us at the time. In 1973 at OPC Nationals I saw a guy running an SJ tunnel boat go through 3 99in Mercury powerheads right off the factory support truck in testing. His Dad was quite well off and could afford the cost.

[WaterZebra]

You were fortunate to have a dealership at the time. Burning through "many powerheads" was not an option for most of us at the time. In 1973 at OPC Nationals I saw a guy running an SJ tunnel boat go through 3 99in Mercury powerheads right off the factory support truck in testing. His Dad was quite well off and could afford the cost.

The "sport classes" were supposed to be powered by "stock" engines available thru any dealer. What was a factory support truck doing with "stock" powerheads in the first place"?! Sport classes were intended to prevent racers with deep pockets from dominating? One of the most powerful rules we had to prevent this kind of behavior was the "engine claimer" rule. Loosing racers had the option of "claiming" the winner's engine if the winner appeared to be dominating the race events. :cool:

[WaterZebra]

My experience with cooling water for the 75HP Evinrude.
Long story..

European Champion for the third consecutive year 1975

After the Nordic Championship race in Forsaa, Finland and my enormous success in the SE class the
past 3 years winning over 50 races rumors was circulating that I had a special engine from OMC.

Well, I DID NOT and the engine I used on my own Clerici SE boat 1975 was a stock short leg 75 Hp Evinrude from my inventory at my dealership.
A legal higher compression cylinder head was the only change, and the race power trim and stiff rubber mount.
I can tell the truth now, and the speed advantage was from the boat and the set up and my driving style.
The way to get the better top speed was to raise the engine up much higher than normal race set up.
The stock gear case was like a brake, and I was 2-3″ above everybody else, BUT that made it very difficult to drive/handle the boat.
The prop lost the grip, and the engine lost the cooling water but the trick was to just before the prop lost the grip to use power trim and throttle/steering to avoid that to happen.
I tested for many days and weeks how far you could drive before the engine started to
overheat and that was around 900 meters.
I lost many powerheads before I found out a way to back of just a little to pick up enough water to cool the engine on the straight a way before the turn.
On top of that you have to use the power trim in and out in a special way to make the “air bag” under the tunnel to lift the boat and I have to say that was my best
advantage.
The European Championship race this year was in Sabaudia Italy.
(Remember..in the UIM SE class this was the biggest most important race you could win. UIM did not have a World Championship title in the SE class in the seventies).
I called friends in Italy to find out about this new place for the race and was told that it is in a Lagoon, shallow water and flat water.
That was for me great news, and I worked on raising the engine even higher on the transom and picked up a few more MPH.
Stockholm GP was the weekend before the big one in Italy. I used the Stockholm GP race as a test.
Bad news..I screwed up.. hooked and rolled..but did not hurt myself.
There was plenty of damage the my #1 Clerici boat, a few days after I told Paul Kalb that I preferred
to race my own boat instead of the factory SE boat.
I got help from a local boat builder to repair my boat just in time to make it to Italy.
Did use spray can paint to the repaired wood on the boat at different rest areas on the Autobahn.
Normally I was hiding everything I was doing, (learned from Molinari) but for this big important race I changed that.
Parked the boat in the pit so everybody could see my set up and prop.
I told the Race officials that I want my engine inspected before the
race to put an end to “the special engine”rumor.
They said No, but told me that my engine is going to be inspected very seriously after the race if I was the winner.
I have never felt so ready to win a race and now all the good things started to happen.
Around 35 boats was at the race, and most drivers looked at my race set up and started to raise up there engines higher. That was my plan…
Mercury had maybe 10 drivers using the 650 XS.
4 heat, 3 counts and clock start and I was pretty good at them and took the start and turned first.
Then just pulled away on the long two turn race course.
Many drivers was hooking left and right, because they could not
drive with the engine that high.
This race was for me a perfect one. I won 3 heat in a row and did not race the last one.
I asked the officials to start taking my engine apart and they did.
The power head, mid section even the gear case to check gears and impeller and everybody could now see it was a stock 75 hp Evinrude.
Never worked on the ports or pistons.
Just standard.
Lots of disappointed people when my engine was cleared, but
Lars was happy and the European Champion for the third consecutive year.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=538995&d=1670091142
This is an excellent example where determination in testing and evaluating the results paid off. Other racers simply don't put forth this kind of effort and then bitch that you were cheating with a "special" engine. I wanted to experiment with exhaust tuners and was willing to give up my race heat points in advance and use the race as a test session and one guy still bitched. That's the point where I started to leave my outfit parked in the driveway.

[powerabout]

I love it when the guy with the illegal engine gets beaten by someone that spent the time and effort on other things.

[lars strom]

The "sport classes" were supposed to be powered by "stock" engines available thru any dealer. What was a factory support truck doing with "stock" powerheads in the first place"?! Sport classes were intended to prevent racers with deep pockets from dominating? One of the most powerful rules we had to prevent this kind of behavior was the "engine claimer" rule. Loosing racers had the option of "claiming" the winner's engine if the winner appeared to be dominating the race events. :cool:

Well..not in Europe..

The UIM SE class was by far the largest racing class in the seventies. Some races could have 40 SE boats at the races.
One reason was OMC and distributors in most country's supported the class with low price new engines and parts.
1975 I was hired by OMC for a few races. I won Rouen 24 hours in a factory owned boat but also won SE races with my own boat and engines from my dealership.

Our SE class Victory in the Rouen 24 hours 1975

This was my first race as an Evinrude factory driver for OMC 1975

https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/our-se-class-victory-in-the-rouen-24-hours-1975/


The Amsterdam 3 hours victory was in my own Clerici/Evinrude Hustler.

https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/bo-and-i-team-up-for-our-first-trip-to-england-later-1975/

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539018&d=1647701977
(https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/bo-and-i-team-up-for-our-first-trip-to-england-later-1975/)

[lars strom]

UIM OE/F3 class.
No more info.

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Jean-Luc Izard

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1239723345/?__cft__[0]=AZUcFdTZp9JBahVqb6RON21zbe_lPIZGEa45oj3ynM5Tiqxqc_lRIlgW0Uwj7JulbMLyeOdKnX-ngqXCy4nTbnhZ6zlOqPJW8s9dhYInbIxYvifrMj8XBZdK0tR94YYavoxUs9tehPg_IcB1fjQenr4F&__tn__=R]-R)Boat is a Gardin early 80’ - by Primo Gardin from Lignano (Italia).
Light and fast for formula 3.

[2us70]

I raced other classes but always considered myself a SE Class guy.

[lars strom]

g2.

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[lars strom]

Argo Cat/Johnson V8 300 GT

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[lars strom]

Lasse Ström (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1020429044/?__cft__[0]=AZV_o2w-0iYNEHCt6rLRMv9FIjjrpUoDmlKH5A229mBIx4s3q-uK7ZWk60a71ao0WX8YjsNF4c3fidnRdvOAOts1N4nDcibl7B1difAHPJXYFLuh0qJC2y2NV9wGUhNc_IxVHBHcSuq6SpMoOqc6jI vIXZFGZJg9WM7HNoZhfbDQ1JEMdhGcFkBJ5YmQCXvmAQ8li1O7loVzJmFr1n1zBywL&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R) is with Olle Magnusson (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100003793623266/?__cft__[0]=AZV_o2w-0iYNEHCt6rLRMv9FIjjrpUoDmlKH5A229mBIx4s3q-uK7ZWk60a71ao0WX8YjsNF4c3fidnRdvOAOts1N4nDcibl7B1difAHPJXYFLuh0qJC2y2NV9wGUhNc_IxVHBHcSuq6SpMoOqc6jI vIXZFGZJg9WM7HNoZhfbDQ1JEMdhGcFkBJ5YmQCXvmAQ8li1O7loVzJmFr1n1zBywL&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R) and Roland Rosenholtz (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100002379525805/?__cft__[0]=AZV_o2w-0iYNEHCt6rLRMv9FIjjrpUoDmlKH5A229mBIx4s3q-uK7ZWk60a71ao0WX8YjsNF4c3fidnRdvOAOts1N4nDcibl7B1difAHPJXYFLuh0qJC2y2NV9wGUhNc_IxVHBHcSuq6SpMoOqc6jI vIXZFGZJg9WM7HNoZhfbDQ1JEMdhGcFkBJ5YmQCXvmAQ8li1O7loVzJmFr1n1zBywL&__tn__=-]C%2CP-R).

From the dry F1-V8 pit Stockholm GP 1983.

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[lars strom]

#21 Lennart Ström (https://www.facebook.com/lennart.strom.31?__cft__[0]=AZXSIkTvnuhWYXot-VQaBwsDoleVMxlCjCYS3Qyl4cZVJ5Hg2JESJmxhB6ZSdxkaKiafGYdCUWRu0QsW4MClrZwJ59tGZJ0CHpbcPYmhApbJQ1libqt_i 675oIAmaLT_Xqexo1r9jre9guRaX6xLcBJhnQW8XrS-97-9szi5cL9byZivnJCbJBFPs4Omf5pWiazS7h_8aaKXq6Do49AgxNzz&__tn__=-]K*F) Burgess/Evinrude CC is "ready to fly" in London GP 1983

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[lars strom]

Renato Molinari 1989.

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[lars strom]

The Tom & Bob Event.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539219&d=1736351296

[lars strom]

#12 Francois Salabert
Benson and Hedges/Molinari/Johnson F1-V8.

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[lars strom]

Little die casts BRP gave out to employees.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539281&d=1736586443

[lars strom]

Not many people know this but around 1992 OMC sold a Cobra Stern Drive Diesel. The engine was made by Steyr in Austria and a few was sold in Sweden.
It did use the Cone Clutch King Cobra drive.

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[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

Not many people know this but around 1992 OMC sold a Cobra Stern Drive Diesel. The engine was made by Steyr in Austria and a few was sold in Sweden.
It did use the Cone Clutch King Cobra drive.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539292&d=1736615370

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https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539332&d=1736674144

[lars strom]

Wow..I received this picture from Italy yesterday. Means a lot to me.
My first F1-OZ class race at Idroscalo, Italy in September 1978.
Its me and Renato Molinari in the two Saffa/Molinari OZ class boats.
Renato used #165 and Evinrude CCC V6 power. My #29 used a Johnson RS V6 racing outboard.
This was a race for me to get used to OZ class racing and prepare for the Paris 6 hour race in October 1978.
Me and my Racing Hero Renato in two Saffa boats cant get any better.
R.I.P. Renato. https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png
Thanks to "Archive Agazzi Claudio" for the picture.

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[lars strom]

Lasse Ström (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1020429044/?__cft__[0]=AZW3lQtfwkUx5AynrS1RJRwj25cL8u4iURi9V2Gi5oI09lYVLeFyiRB1Kpb3upgEN8z0uPksETW-3MRjep0X4WbCX4anbOHFQ9aWEeoMFC4zsd8vGBv4_YLtlK8JEpOLZhXzbSO26fx80RGQXP4Ki8mfkiGsurlPAmLt1M-0erTrCnEBDDgxFAAQcCc_oSrYh1o&__tn__=R]-R)

Renato used Saffa as his main sponsor from 1977 to the end of 1979.
Yes, his Saffa paint job was extremely nice. Renato did not smoke, and I did never see him with a Saffa lighter.https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tce/1/16/1f600.png

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539428&d=1736847042

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[WaterZebra]

Lasse Ström (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1020429044/?__cft__[0]=AZW3lQtfwkUx5AynrS1RJRwj25cL8u4iURi9V2Gi5oI09lYVLeFyiRB1Kpb3upgEN8z0uPksETW-3MRjep0X4WbCX4anbOHFQ9aWEeoMFC4zsd8vGBv4_YLtlK8JEpOLZhXzbSO26fx80RGQXP4Ki8mfkiGsurlPAmLt1M-0erTrCnEBDDgxFAAQcCc_oSrYh1o&__tn__=R]-R)

Renato used Saffa as his main sponsor from 1977 to the end of 1979.
Yes, his Saffa paint job was extremely nice. Renato did not smoke, and I did never see him with a Saffa lighter.https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tce/1/16/1f600.png

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539428&d=1736847042

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539429&d=1736847042
Wasn't the Saffa paint graphics used on Renato's on his CCC V6 twin?

[lars strom]

Wow..I received this picture from Italy yesterday. Means a lot to me.
My first F1-OZ class race at Idroscalo, Italy in September 1978.
Its me and Renato Molinari in the two Saffa/Molinari OZ class boats.
Renato used #165 and Evinrude CCC V6 power. My #29 used a Johnson RS V6 racing outboard.
This was a race for me to get used to OZ class racing and prepare for the Paris 6 hour race in October 1978.
Me and my Racing Hero Renato in two Saffa boats cant get any better.
R.I.P. Renato. https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png
Thanks to "Archive Agazzi Claudio" for the picture.

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@WaterZebra (https://www.screamandfly.com/member.php?u=25765)

Saffa Twin..!!

The "meanest, badest" UIM OZ class Saffa/Molinari ever.

Extremely fast but turning was one of many issues.
2 X Evinrude CCC 3 liter V6 727.
Idroscalo, Italy 1979.

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[lars strom]

Renato's first big win in the Saffa/Molinari colors was Bristol 1977.
#2 UIM OZ class.

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[lars strom]

SAFFA racing in the USA.

Not sure when, where and who is driving this #197 Saffa/Molinari/Evinrude V6 CCC 727.
Pretty sure its in the USA.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539683&d=1737578162

[Rotary John]

SAFFA racing in the USA.

Not sure when, where and who is driving this #197 Saffa/Molinari/Evinrude V6 CCC 727.
Pretty sure its in the USA.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539683&d=1737578162197 is Johnnie Sanders

[WaterZebra]

SAFFA racing in the USA.

Not sure when, where and who is driving this #197 Saffa/Molinari/Evinrude V6 CCC 727.
Pretty sure its in the USA.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539683&d=1737578162
Barry Woods showed up for a club race on the Willamette River in Portland OR once with his CCC powered Molinari to "test". He made all the local racers running Merc V6s look like they were crawling along. He took the entire river width bank to bank just to scrub off the speed from straight aways. At the time (1977) it was the fastest OMC tunnel I had ever seen until the V8s showed up nearly 10 years later.

[Rotary John]

Barry Woods showed up for a club race on the Willamette River in Portland OR once with his CCC powered Molinari to "test". He made all the local racers running Merc V6s look like they were crawling along. He took the entire river width bank to bank just to scrub off the speed from straight aways. At the time (1977) it was the fastest OMC tunnel I had ever seen until the V8s showed up nearly 10 years later.I think Barry Woods could outrun anyone with a 10 HP on an Aluma Craft.

[John Schubert]

Wasn’t Johnny 196 & Posey 197, both driving Johnson power. Nevertheless sometimes motor covers did get alternated to ensure equal balance Evinrude/Johnson, especially for factory & factory supported teams

[Rotary John]

Wasn’t Johnny 196 & Posey 197, both driving Johnson power. Nevertheless sometimes motor covers did get alternated to ensure equal balance Evinrude/Johnson, especially for factory & factory supported teamsI stand corrected; 197 is Posey and 196 was Sanders. thanks for keeping this old man straight. John, were you involved with the rotary in the Cushman golf car? I made the engine for it.

[John Schubert]

I stand corrected; 197 is Posey and 196 was Sanders. thanks for keeping this old man straight. John, were you involved with the rotary in the Cushman golf car? I made the engine for it.
I don’t recall that application as the golf car business was shut down & law suits started for “dumping” by a a competitor who was selling less then our manufactured costs. Then we shut down OMC Lincoln as Pioneer was sold & we again de-centralized. I did put together the Combo II GT golf car program. If I recall John, that there might have been a program to put the rotary in a Truckster. I believe by then the rotary was already in the snowmobile. Lawn Boy management moved back to Galesburg in the early 80’s. But , as I said, Cushman golf was no longer an entity by then.

[WaterZebra]

I think Barry Woods could outrun anyone with a 10 HP on an Aluma Craft.

Once, I watched Barry hurl a $1500 Rolla prop on to a pile of beach rocks because the prop didn't do anything like the prop builder promised.:eek:

[Rotary John]

I don’t recall that application as the golf car business was shut down & law suits started for “dumping” by a a competitor who was selling less then our manufactured costs. Then we shut down OMC Lincoln as Pioneer was sold & we again de-centralized. I did put together the Combo II GT golf car program. If I recall John, that there might have been a program to put the rotary in a Truckster. I believe by then the rotary was already in the snowmobile. Lawn Boy management moved back to Galesburg in the early 80’s. But , as I said, Cushman golf was no longer an entity by then.The rotary golf cart was in the very early 70's. Cushman was using a 12HP B&S engine that put out around 9HP. They asked for a 15HP rotary. I detuned a S/N engine to an honest 15 HP. I was told the acceleration was beyond exhilarating, it was downright frightening. It would pick the front wheels off the ground if you nailed it. Anyway, Briggs didn't want to spend the money to develop a new engine and as you said, Cushman golf carts were on the way out.
Better get back to boats before Lars chimes in.

[lars strom]

Jimbo driving a SAFFA/Molinari.

Jimbo McConnell #26 UIM OZ class Saffa/ Molinari/ Evinrude CCC V6 2.448 liter.
London GP 1977.

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[Amberjack1234]

Had a Cushman motor scooter my first year in college. Used it to deliver papers in Tallahassee Florida so I could afford to stay in college. Two speed stick shift springs on the seat big fat tires and would probably run about 45 mph. Canvas saddlebags That could hold about 60 papers. I also witnessed my first snow in Tallahassee and the winter of 6768. Wanted to go home to Miami and quit school, but the thought of possibly being drafted and going to Vietnam made me maintain my low C average.

[2us70]

So Cushman was an OMC brand too? Or were a bunch of companies owned by Briggs & Stratton?

[Rotary John]

So Cushman was an OMC brand too? Or were a bunch of companies owned by Briggs & Stratton?B&S was small engines only till recently. OMC had several companies outside of marine engines. Cushman, Ryan Turf, Pioner chainsaw, Trade Winds campers, OMC boats, Lawnboy, Gale Products. I'm sure I missed some also.

[lars strom]

Fun racer, friend and a pretty tough businessman.

Cees Van Der Velden.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539736&d=1737743279

[lars strom]

Cees and the OMC V6 fuel injection

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[WaterZebra]

Fun racer, friend and a pretty tough businessman.

Cees Van Der Velden.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539736&d=1737743279
Can you elaborate on his business dealings? I've heard bits and pieces on S&F about what he was involved with. Everything from electronics stores, diamonds, cigarettes, etc.

[2us70]

I recall being at a race in the mid 70s and there was an OMC powered tunnel boat with "Lawnboy" on the cowl. Now that makes sense.

[John Schubert]

I recall being at a race in the mid 70s and there was an OMC powered tunnel boat with "Lawnboy" on the cowl. Now that makes sense.
Yup that was me. The boat was painted up Lawn Boy colors & called “Lawn-Boy Superstarter” for a distributor meeting at Lake Tahoe. I had to make several passes by the pavilion dock where they were having outside coffee after breakfast. Lake Tahoe is on a bowl, so when I saw them waving for me to start up the noise echoed all around the lake. One thing that I forgot about was the elevation & attempting to plane as I had our normal club gear case prop on the motor. I had to walk the Jack Leek designed sprint boat built by McDonald up over my wake & finally got her going. At the time I lived in Winter Haven, FL doing some OMC special project. The race was at Lake Hollingsworth, in Lakeland. Jeff Titus beat me with his 16’ Scotti.

[STEVERINO]

Wow..I received this picture from Italy yesterday. Means a lot to me.
My first F1-OZ class race at Idroscalo, Italy in September 1978.
Its me and Renato Molinari in the two Saffa/Molinari OZ class boats.
Renato used #165 and Evinrude CCC V6 power. My #29 used a Johnson RS V6 racing outboard.
This was a race for me to get used to OZ class racing and prepare for the Paris 6 hour race in October 1978.
Me and my Racing Hero Renato in two Saffa boats cant get any better.
R.I.P. Renato. https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png
Thanks to "Archive Agazzi Claudio" for the picture.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539392&d=1736760085

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539393&d=1596572566 I think they are the same 18 ft Molinari OZ boats that were used at the Bristol race then the same boats were used in the Thames race driven by Jimbo and Bob Hering who submarined his in the Thames race.Ron Hill posted on his Fast on Water site the 18ft Molinari that won the Parker race drive by Ron and Fredi Hauenstine in 1979 had been submarined in a earlier race so i think that could have been Herings boat.

[lars strom]

Can you elaborate on his business dealings? I've heard bits and pieces on S&F about what he was involved with. Everything from electronics stores, diamonds, cigarettes, etc.

Well..I have heard and read some stuff about Cees doing business outside his racing business in the early seventies . Not sure what is correct or fake.
He left us long time ago and its not nice to speculate when we can never get his side of the story.
I have NEVER seen Cees doing anything of that.
Cees started his own racing boat factory 1975 and sold lots of brand new racing boats around the world. For the UIM SE, OE, ON and OZ class. Also a few inboard Veldens.
He also leased ready to race racing boats and traded in used boats and sold.
Cees was also selling OMC racing engines and parts. Rigged new boats for customers.
When I say tough..I mean he told you a price and you could never beat him up on his price. Take it or leave it.
I really liked Cees Van Der Velden.
He did a lot to promote racing in Europe.


Picture shows Cees Van Der Velden in his Boxtel boatyard in the Netherlands.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539779&d=1723021179

[2us70]

Yup that was me. The boat was painted up Lawn Boy colors & called “Lawn-Boy Superstarter” for a distributor meeting at Lake Tahoe. I had to make several passes by the pavilion dock where they were having outside coffee after breakfast. Lake Tahoe is on a bowl, so when I saw them waving for me to start up the noise echoed all around the lake. One thing that I forgot about was the elevation & attempting to plane as I had our normal club gear case prop on the motor. I had to walk the Jack Leek designed sprint boat built by McDonald up over my wake & finally got her going. At the time I lived in Winter Haven, FL doing some OMC special project. The race was at Lake Hollingsworth, in Lakeland. Jeff Titus beat me with his 16’ Scotti. That was the one. Jimbo McConnell was there also I think. I had a good day and won SD class. To this day a picture from that race is my computer wallpaper.539815

[John Schubert]

That was the one. Jimbo McConnell was there also I think. I had a good day and won SD class. To this day a picture from that race is my computer wallpaper.539815
Nope, Jimbo wasn’t there. Titus won, I was second & Burt Ross was third with the Allison tunnel with the front wing.

[Lake X Kid]

Can you elaborate on his business dealings? I've heard bits and pieces on S&F about what he was involved with. Everything from electronics stores, diamonds, cigarettes, etc.

Cees was peddling diamonds in the early 1970s. He tried to sell some to my parents. I do not recall the exact location (maybe Como, Italy, or at a race site). Cees opened the palm of his hand and had about a dozen diamonds in his hand. He asked if I wanted some, I was not into the market and declined the sales proposition.

Regarding cigarettes, a twin outboard engine boat one time motored up to the dock at the Como shop. I was told later that; the boat crew was smuggling cigarette cartons from Switzerland into Italy via boat. Lake Como northern end reaches into Switzerland.

Here is Cees and me (on the other side of the cafe from Cees). We were at Palileo's restaurant on the other side of Lake Como, from Renato's waterfront shop.

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[Lake X Kid]

Those out-stretched arms in the cockpit, in racing, were the old style in Formula One cars and NASCAR.
That changed later with Darrell Waltrip in NASCAR, and probably at the end of Jackie Stewart's F1 career, where guys had the steering wheel closer to the chest for better leverage in turning.

Cees makes my arms get tired, thinking about a marathon race with arms stretched out for so long on the racecourse.





Picture shows Cees Van Der Velden in his Boxtel boatyard in the Netherlands.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539779&d=1723021179

[lars strom]

Fun racer, friend and a pretty tough businessman.

Cees Van Der Velden.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539736&d=1737743279

Jim Nerstrom
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100009051379415/?__cft__[0]=AZVavMzuiJHDp2KRD7XcF0O0HS5u2PtYW9JRC_ODhnoLdrzSGIW0r8bMBoP_NBi0Z1sHR_YCYVavaD_YsRL-Yly7W-w5zh2ywSNjuB4bew2ospkipw0af6NShlo4Hz24N-Pm38Z7Lfdznc2Ik1LfD3Mvy5wCSrfdXjW8B1ivwuOsqNY5hAQE0Em8p8GTswURTjTZsz088U6oAvRmnvDsDW7k&__tn__=R]-R)Cees Van Der Velden, loved the sport and never quit promoting. Embraced the safety cell idea of Chris Hodges and took it to the next level. Lots of our friends are still with us because of his efforts.
RIP my old friend .

[lars strom]

Evinrude poster from 1975

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539839&d=1737968413

[2us70]

Bill Vogel set his E Production Hour record in the same race I set an SD Hour record. He lapped me in the last lap of the race and gave me a thumbs up as we ran down the long back straight. That little Delta was the best running E production boat I ever saw. Part of the reason I gave up trying to run a Mercury in that class.

[WaterZebra]

Evinrude poster from 1975

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539839&d=1737968413
Jimbo and Barry Woods used fold down clamshell helmets for years before changing to full bucket helmets I barrel rolled once in a capsuled boat and the rescue diver thought I was panicking. I was holding on to the guy to scratch my nose to get a water droplet off. Try doing that in full bucket helmet while swimming? LOL

[lars strom]

Not sure what Salabert, Renato and his brother are looking at..
My best guess..a great looking female..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.png..or an OMC racing outboard..!!

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539900&d=1738085975

[Mark Poole ModVP]

....Or they are watching Bill Seebold winning the first qualifying heat in Chattanooga!

[lars strom]

OMC & Merc do battle on and of the water..US F-1 Chattanooga 1984.

Complete story here..

https://svera.se/blogg/omc-merc-do-battle-on-and-of-the-water-us-f-1-chattanooga-1984/

[Amberjack1234]

Raised at Lake Hollingsworth back in the early 70s myself. Add an orange Molinary with a blue striped twister raced against a felon named Dick Hunt, who was running a 16 foot Al Martin sprint boat with the blues strike twister on it and what was then UJ class. Help Dick set a record for the class at the time couldn’t quite catch him. If you finished second to Jeff Titus, you were doing good because he was one tough customer on the racecourse ranks right up there with any drivers from South Florida, including Jim Hunt, and several others homer Green included. I think I do remember the lawn boy boat, but then again that was in my drinking days! Lol

[lars strom]

I have never seen Renato in a Johnson racing jacket before..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.png..we all know he was faster with Evinrude..!!
— with Fabio Porta (https://www.facebook.com/fabio.porta.121?__cft__[0]=AZULu8gz1wWFvSj-yq7E8EIsGAeLnNJhiXy52teRGfNnBdKdkw-IdBPuYDeJloOYre6LkW2D5zDT3WUh28VG537vTnOpZ9dFbm32bQcn4tjOR0uQhSVUTBjyp2inD8l_Wqs57rQkjJFFr4W9R4DN-_vylYhykhCG5dTmhDIcZKGIiHwqTVIXbLNjvEX5EsRCNxY_eTKQWbB5ZkA5dOo7SN80&__tn__=-]C*F).

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539996&d=1738335462

[lars strom]

Bristol/Embassy GP 1979.

Renato in his #2 Saffa/Molinari/Evinrude V6 CCC - 727.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=539997&d=1738338200

[lars strom]

UIM OZ class..Formula 1


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[lars strom]

UIM OE class.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540006&d=1738415411

[2us70]

What were the differences between the UIM SE and OE classes? It seems that both were different than APBA SE. The clamp bracket and swivel pin assembly on that 49in Mariner doesn't look anything like the one on my 49in Mercury.

[WaterZebra]

What were the differences between the UIM SE and OE classes? It seems that both were different than APBA SE. The clamp bracket and swivel pin assembly on that 49in Mariner doesn't look anything like the one on my 49in Mercury.

I've never seen a mid section like it in APBA racing?

[lars strom]

UIM SE class Max 850 cc production outboards, homologated minimum 1500 units made.

UIM OE class Max 850 cc was the only restriction.
Meaning you can use any mid section etc.

[peterse90]

What were the differences between the UIM SE and OE classes?

UIM OE was basically the same as what we in North America called MOD 50, at least that is what we called it here in Canada from about 1975 until it kind of became SST 60.

Lars can tell you more about the variuos OMC models in OE, the Merc MOD 50 models were the 650X then the 700X. In Canada we were allowed to use the Merc 650XS in our SE class.

[WaterZebra]

UIM OE was basically the same as what we in North America called MOD 50, at least that is what we called it here in Canada from about 1975 until it kind of became SST 60.

Lars can tell you more about the variuos OMC models in OE, the Merc MOD 50 models were the 650X then the 700X. In Canada we were allowed to use the Merc 650XS in our SE class.

I remember the 650XS but it didn't have a mid section like in the photo above. Even with a radical mid section on the Merc it still got clobbered by OMC products in Mod 50. Mod 50 was clearly OMC turf and always has been.

[lars strom]

Renato's OE mid section 1978..!!
No..Jack Leek did not approve..:)

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540026&d=1597431230

[lars strom]

König 8 cylinders UIM OE class engine.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540033&d=1738525813

[WaterZebra]

Looks like a Merc mid and gearcase?

[lars strom]

Every König 8 cylinders OE powerhead was built-rigged different.
Here is four examples.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540042&d=1738535416
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540041&d=1738535416
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[Mark Poole ModVP]

An 850 CC 8 cylinder engine. I can assume the powerheads never failed?

[Instigator]

Two opposed fours stacked on top of each other.

We saw one at a race in Fla several yrs ago and they never got it off the beach.



An 850 CC 8 cylinder engine. I can assume the powerheads never failed?

[WaterZebra]

Every König 8 cylinders OE powerhead was built-rigged different.
Here is four examples.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540042&d=1738535416
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540041&d=1738535416
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540040&d=1738535416
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540039&d=1738535416
Looks like Michael Werner in the background (3rd pic). What happened to him after his shop burned down (total loss)?

[lars strom]

I have no info about M. Werner but you can find him on FaceBook.

Old Evinrude letter.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540057&d=1738570566

[lars strom]

One of my great Clerici boats made in Formigara, Italy.

This #1 UIM SE class won many races 1975 with Evinrude Hustler power.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540059&d=1738601190

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[WaterZebra]

Interesting letter. Not a word about sponsorship or technical support?

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[lars strom]

One of my great Clerici boats made in Formigara, Italy.

This #1 UIM SE class won many races 1975 with Evinrude Hustler power.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540059&d=1738601190

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540060&d=1738601190

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The biggest most important race of the year 1975 was the European Championship race in Sabaudia, Italy. (south of Rome)

A week before I crashed bad in the Stockholm race and damaged my fast #1 Clerici. Well..got the Daily News headline with a picture of me swimming next the the Evinrude Hustler..!!..

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540091&d=1738658646

With help of great carpenters we could repair the boat and the long trip to Italy started.
Remember stopping at rest areas in Germany/Italy and spray painted the plywood inside with cans of clear coat.

Here is the story from the SE class race in Sabaudia I got some time ago from an Italian friend. Not sure what it says but google could maybe fix that..
I know I won the race and a lot of crazy stuff happened after the race..I asked a great looking Italian girl for a dinner date..We did have fun and a great time...but her brothers did not like this blond Swede..!!..:):smiletest::cheers:

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540092&d=1738659132

[lars strom]

The #1 SE Class Clerici in Paris 6 hour race 1975.
Well..No SE class in Paris only OE so we raced in the OE class and as always the Paris organization force you to use a new number 69

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540123&d=1738740899

[lars strom]

The #1 Clerici UIM SE class flying high in Scandinavia 1975.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540131&d=1738783266

[lars strom]

Entry list Paris 6 Hours 1975.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540147&d=1738795795

[lars strom]

The very fast UIM SE class #1 Clerici/Evinrude Hustler also won the popular Amsterdam 3 Hour race 1975.

Well I was forced to use race #71..but the 7 did not slow the boat down. Second picture is a congratulation telegram from OMC.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540191&d=1661681647

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540192&d=1647701977

[2us70]

Wonder why Clericis never showed up over here in APBA? Obviously a great running boat.

[lars strom]

Sorry I don't know why 2us70.

Franco Clerici did built excellent UIM SD and SE boats in his little shop at his house in Formigara, Italy.
I visited his place many times. Even invited to his daughters wedding one year.
Here is my #1 Clerici and Bo Nilsson in his #6 Clerici 1975.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540205&d=1611626410

[WaterZebra]

Wonder why Clericis never showed up over here in APBA? Obviously a great running boat.

That's easy............too many established boat builders over here. Trans ocean shipping expenses.

Molinaris that showed up here were well used and nearly worn out. Burgess hulls that showed up were John Hill castaways. What few Scottis that showed up were governed by an iron hand of Barry Woods

Veldens were extremely rare too. I watched Velden saw up a nearly new V8 hull in Sacramento CA 1985 to salvage the capsule and hardware rather than shipping it back to Europe. Made me sick to watch.

OMC and Mercury teams never really cared about the boats after they were used up. I always thought we paid waaay too much money for their hand-me-downs.

Even Dieter Schultze showed up for Havasu the first time with a "kit" he shipped from Europe and finished the hull and engine rigging over here.

[lars strom]

Racing memories from 1975. Gear case trouble...
My #1 UIM SE Class Clerici/Nacka Asfalt/Evinrude Hustler.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540223&d=1738920175

[2us70]

When I first encountered the 3 cyl OMC E motors they had a big electric shift lower unit. I was running a 44in Mercury which had been the default E motor for quite some time. When did OMC change that gearcase? It seemed to me that the the lower unit was big handicap on the original 49in OMC motors.

[powerabout]

custom front half
nice

[lars strom]

When I first encountered the 3 cyl OMC E motors they had a big electric shift lower unit. I was running a 44in Mercury which had been the default E motor for quite some time. When did OMC change that gearcase? It seemed to me that the the lower unit was big handicap on the original 49in OMC motors.

OMC made a special engine for the UIM SE class 1973. This engine did not have electric shift and a smaller gearcase.
The nick name for this engine was 65 SS..Yes, I raced this engine 1973.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540238&d=1706062273

[WaterZebra]

OMC made a special engine for the UIM SE class 1973. This engine did not have electric shift and a smaller gearcase.
The nick name for this engine was 65 SS..Yes, I raced this engine 1973.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540238&d=1706062273

Note where the water pick ups are in the photo!! Why didn't this gear case make it to the USA SE class engine? Issues?

[2us70]

That is not the lower unit that the OMCs were running in APBA in73.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlllWxfGbQg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlllWxfGbQg)

[lars strom]

Note where the water pick ups are in the photo!! Why didn't this gear case make it to the USA SE class engine? Issues?

The 1973 65 SS was only used in the UIM SE class 1973. it was the same gear case used for the X-115 / GT-115 1967/68.
1974 OMC made a new engine for the UIM SE class. Much better and faster than the 65 SS

[lars strom]

Racing memories from 1975. Gear case trouble...
My #1 UIM SE Class Clerici/Nacka Asfalt/Evinrude Hustler.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540223&d=1738920175

The picture is from the Swedish news paper and the text under says..I broke down in this heat but won the race.
In the UIM book you raced 4 heat and 3 counts.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540248&d=1739009440

[lars strom]

More racing 1975. My #1 Piraya/Evinrude Hustler was also extremely fast.

With help of Christer Helin (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100003354102529/?__cft__[0]=AZVACeDqkui06WZUoZ8ih6lAZRcTCurhrwdSln3rUnQxIUYtVVjT1KhXk_ChPDHtS3tWBaWqb4dn0TU2sqVEN8MEG4-qek5a3y_sAU2fNtJuY_lIOrGE8M1lQeFhv-56gt4OZPOPmrSxwLmiUeabu0m0jjS7p9kriJNRU5-ZuTE52vhn-g29yQLw2PBcWBUMPQ3TG17XLB-M3KDdJ9okFwhm&__tn__=-]K-R) as the co-pilot we won the UIM E class in the famous offshore race Roslagsloppet 1975

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Monaco 1988

[lars strom]

108 - Thanks I fixed the picture up a bit.

Check the Evinrude sign on the house..
F1 car racing - Monaco GP 1988..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540287&d=1739089890

[Lake X Kid]

Evinrude on land tracks in America.


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VaEAAOSw5K5eInoN/s-l640.jpg


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/w3YAAOSwIBFmTLXn/s-l1600.jpg

[WaterZebra]

The 1973 65 SS was only used in the UIM SE class 1973. it was the same gear case used for the X-115 / GT-115 1967/68.
1974 OMC made a new engine for the UIM SE class. Much better and faster than the 65 SS

It's not only the gearcase but the entire mid section and clamp bracket for an X/GT 115. I guess OMC got around the UIM rules because enough X/GTs had been made to qualify the 65SS as a hybrid? I wonder how OMC adapted the engine block foot prints?

[lars strom]

It's not only the gearcase but the entire mid section and clamp bracket for an X/GT 115. I guess OMC got around the UIM rules because enough X/GTs had been made to qualify the 65SS as a hybrid? I wonder how OMC adapted the engine block foot prints?

Correct..the 1973 Evinrude/Johnson 65SS was a very special race engine for the UIM SE class.
OMC put lots of effort in to this..even a separat UIM homolagation. It was 100% legal in the UIM SE class.
You can see a few more things on my transom of the #99 Clerici. The Johnson picture you can see the shift level on the mid section. (Dieter Schulzes boat in Paris 1973)
OMC mainly did this to beat the Carniti 65 HP..this Carniti was superior for a couple of years in the UIM SE class.
https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540320&d=1739129363

I was the lucky driver putting the 1973 Evinrude 65SS in the winners circle at the big race in Finland 1973.
Full story here

https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/

(https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/)https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540321&d=1507596930


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(https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/)

(https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/historien-om-hur-det-startade-i-stor-skalafor-mig/)

[lars strom]

Here is a report from Italy of the big race in Finland I won with the 65SS 1973.
Not sure what the read is but the Italians racing a Johnson 65SS was very upset after the race..but I have the trophy..:)

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540324&d=1739130148

[lars strom]

This is from the inspection after the big race in Finland 1973. One of the two Bonvicini drivers (#15) 65 SS gear-case was modified with extra drilled holes for the water pick up.. to me it was not an issue because I was faster then him with the approved gear-case.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540395&d=1739304255

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[2us70]

The 1966 Orange Bowl Regatta 9 Hour race single engine outboard class was won by an Evinrude V4. That motor had a lower unit that looked a lot like yours. I think it might have been a prototype and they were not sure it could go the distance so they strapped a spare in the boat with tools to change it.

[keith scotton]

I always wondered if any one knows why the 727 looper never made it to production. I saw a dyno sheet one time that said 300 plus hp at 6000 rpm of course this was probably in racing trim.
Enjoy Life Keith

[lars strom]

I always wondered if any one knows why the 727 looper never made it to production. I saw a dyno sheet one time that said 300 plus hp at 6000 rpm of course this was probably in racing trim.
Enjoy Life Keith

Maybe this was one reason..!!

Jim Nerstrom

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100009051379415/?__cft__[0]=AZWEIwPu7F4X5G0BAijBpN3OVuYAiwX7oKXIsxDKxAX332ONA5unvrQzQ_yBYMkvmcYhjnHrmtcFhfrXhVA9T4qtpfvHNW8vikp E7ATEItj9YDIUESxtuhHx_iy5pyT02521GiIhQM863YdeBQlTg91Kp0fBi5I7SBZp_9gehHY_uDZ0_aJK5Y7y43EZpbuyZjQwBRJ 3TqE2aLsQ9Hvt28fi&__tn__=R]-R) "First time out for the 727 was not a good experience, lots of piston sticking problems. Tommy Posey was so frustrated he ran his engine until he put a rod through the side and almost cut it in half"

[lars strom]

@keith scotton

(https://www.screamandfly.com/member.php?3749-keith-scotton)Paris 6 Hours 1977..
Jimbo & Johnnie Sanders (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100000309826959/?__cft__[0]=AZVWPQhEwIt7vcIt03Q7u4MmcFzQvriyMS4kDOyt_O3khoqvTV71nSDNLmrstNtwgmWSDNopZe8wsbhdUyXqfslgpA_JOYvA1lK GA0ZrGJmYJjvRHQ6GDnvOpLzxWGNMaVCsA6B155hhqDxdPCvY8iVVY2yIWXMukFFf-FNd8HMKk0-7unqoJkdE-3MfmJcXCrw5AKH6dR6K-DSP3FJrQKdf&__tn__=-]K-R) drove the new Evinrude 3 liter looper with fuel injection.

Cathy McConnell

"The Crew referred to this engine as a 727 which was a reference to the project development number. It was also known as the “Tractor” motor referring to it’s stump pulling ability.
It did not like RPM’s."

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540482&d=1739538189

[lars strom]

Renato working on his 727.

540495

[lars strom]

Ted May and his Evinrude V4 Super Strangler changing prepeller.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=540496&d=1739620563

[WaterZebra]

@keith scotton

(https://www.screamandfly.com/member.php?3749-keith-scotton)Paris 6 Hours 1977..
Jimbo & Johnnie Sanders (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100000309826959/?__cft__[0]=AZVWPQhEwIt7vcIt03Q7u4MmcFzQvriyMS4kDOyt_O3khoqvTV71nSDNLmrstNtwgmWSDNopZe8wsbhdUyXqfslgpA_JOYvA1lK GA0ZrGJmYJjvRHQ6GDnvOpLzxWGNMaVCsA6B155hhqDxdPCvY8iVVY2yIWXMukFFf-FNd8HMKk0-7unqoJkdE-3MfmJcXCrw5AKH6dR6K-DSP3FJrQKdf&__tn__=-]K-R) drove the new Evinrude 3 liter looper with fuel injection.

Cathy McConnell

"The Crew referred to this engine as a 727 which was a reference to the project development number. It was also known as the “Tractor” motor referring to it’s stump pulling ability.
It did not like RPM’s."

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Hmmm...............Number 35 belonged to Barry Woods?

[WaterZebra]

Ted May and his Evinrude V4 Super Strangler changing prepeller.

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If you look closely you can see that May was one of the USA racers lucky enough to acquire a Scotti hull. Ted ran that package for many years at Havasu. Ran his own race and didn't try to beat the factory rides. He made sure he started and was on the course and running when the end of the race was declared. His pit stops for fuel were not frantic. Pull in to his trailer, refuel and have aa sandwich and something to drink, etc then back out again .

[John Schubert]

Hmmm...............Number 35 belonged to Barry Woods?
That is true here in APBA races. In Paris, where the picture was taken, the Paris officials assigned the numbers to all teams & entries

[John Schubert]

If you look closely you can see that May was one of the USA racers lucky enough to acquire a Scotti hull. Ted ran that package for many years at Havasu. Ran his own race and didn't try to beat the factory rides. He made sure he started and was on the course and running when the end of the race was declared. His pit stops for fuel were not frantic. Pull in to his trailer, refuel and have aa sandwich and something to drink, etc then back out again .
Ted never laid back, always wanting to win. BTW, he was using the smaller 1:1 gearcase. Looks like the venue was out-in the desert

[lars strom]

Erik Nordskog (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1364952386/?__cft__[0]=AZWOPaywHCkBFzWddRacGo7-RR8G2NK28jQVUZCPVOKrw-bJoyBlN8y9qvpmxmnPf5V0SfNOflywAoZLLU5d8JVig-42yTDg_SlYIsb6HfKGTtx5BYg-JDjUjcf20hXUn8L_TOqKwUT3TIEe-HSg3T1ikHamCEE5MU7dFI3VH6kHBKdxoRiCg9pgxc577wSLB0dWNWT_pAt3k9ftU4fQMvm2&__tn__=R*F)

This was my David Cassidy haircut!

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[lars strom]

Renato Molinari in his Saffa Evinrude V6 CCC - Bristol GP 1977.
Yes..Renato won.

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[Lake X Kid]

Bristol was a great facility to watch a F1 boat race.

However, Bill Seebold said publicly that it was one of (if not the most) dangerous venues to race at.
Roger Jenkins, also, said publicly that F1 race boats became too fast to be running at Bristol.

Having said that, the last time I saw Mr. Bill, in 2019 at Tavares, he proudly showed me on his cell phone his trophies.
One trophy display cabinet was Bristol Only.
All the other trophies including St. Louis were displayed in another cabinet.

To me this illustrated how much Bill valued winning at BRISTOL.

[WaterZebra]

Renato Molinari in his Saffa Evinrude V6 CCC - Bristol GP 1977.
Yes..Renato won.

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Any race course that had any kind of right hand sweep or dog leg was a challenge for drivers who were used to planting the boat and turning left. Some drivers would "jab" to the right (like turning left) and would scrub off their speed. I figured out how to use my knee to "lock" the steering wheel for a gentle arc, keep the speed up and pass these guys in the process. You had to be careful in a dogleg because this technique required the use of all racing lanes to make the sweeping arc. Just because a sea wall and RH turn are there doesn't mean you hug the shoreline? (Bristol) Any race event like Bristol, Paris, Pittsburgh, etc were great for spectators but a nightmare for drivers. The wakes would richocet off the sea walls and docks and make a choppy soup. If you could get on top off that mess and get over it was the trick. If you raced at any of these sites just finishing the event was an accomplishment in itself.

[lars strom]

The one and only.

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[powerabout]

Maybe this was one reason..!!

Jim Nerstrom

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100009051379415/?__cft__[0]=AZWEIwPu7F4X5G0BAijBpN3OVuYAiwX7oKXIsxDKxAX332ONA5unvrQzQ_yBYMkvmcYhjnHrmtcFhfrXhVA9T4qtpfvHNW8vikp E7ATEItj9YDIUESxtuhHx_iy5pyT02521GiIhQM863YdeBQlTg91Kp0fBi5I7SBZp_9gehHY_uDZ0_aJK5Y7y43EZpbuyZjQwBRJ 3TqE2aLsQ9Hvt28fi&__tn__=R]-R) "First time out for the 727 was not a good experience, lots of piston sticking problems. Tommy Posey was so frustrated he ran his engine until he put a rod through the side and almost cut it in half"



Just an even fire crank in the x flow v6 would have given it a longer performance life.

[lars strom]

..... Any race event like Bristol, Paris, Pittsburgh, etc were great for spectators but a nightmare for drivers. .

Yes, and I can add Amsterdam, Cardiff, London, Antwerp, Rouen, Lyon and even Stockholm.
A raced them all. Only one I really loved was Paris.

My two favorite places for very high top speed races was Idrocscalo, Italy (best by far)
and Holme Pierrepont, UK. (second best)

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[lars strom]

Funny..ABU use to be a very successful Swedish fishing company, not anymore.
(Garcia took it out of Sweden)
Evinrude & OMC Cobra are also gone.
Oh..yes ..I forgot..Pontiac is also no more..

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[keith scotton]

Every one or company seams to be out for the Fast Dollar no mater what it does in the long term. Slow and Steady always wins. Number cruncher ceo's have destroyed more company's then I can NAME.
ENJOY LIFE not at the expense of Other's Keith

[WaterZebra]

[QUOTE=keith scotton;3442469]Every one or company seams to be out for the Fast Dollar no mater what it does in the long term. Slow and Steady always wins. Number cruncher ceo's have destroyed more company's then I can NAME.
ENJOY LIFE not at the expense of Other's Keith[/

'm not sure NASCAR will survive in the next 24 months after the Daytona 500 circus and this tariff business. Sponsors are all slipping away quietly. Race teams are declaring bankruptcy and "stock" cars aren't even close to being a family driver. More like NHRA funny cars on a circle track?

[lars strom]

Funny..ABU use to be a very successful Swedish fishing company, not anymore.
(Garcia took it out of Sweden)
Evinrude & OMC Cobra are also gone.
Oh..yes ..I forgot..Pontiac is also no more..

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Jim Nerstrom

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100009051379415/?__cft__[0]=AZVhyDoZS8KXxNdSqubmdhnZvqmaHQK060uP1YZDa6FCUuqfwcNVFthl9av8Rt0MPMah2ByQOWeQ1o75SL8u5zsjAdh4KNCIpvE WD3HkJz3I9VbObaLXc0NjZbSG4iscqY3zCTqycgdYnK52DYHPlbsYjyvSJnZyubzy7M8py-GCnr4olHnp7BEhCeFcGMuIfBbjQUnGzaOkE99WezSp0PEc&__tn__=R-R)Spent a lot of time with the 89 crew at Daytona, great group of volunteers, Jim Sauter the driver. Team located in Plymouth, WI. There’s no way anyone could afford to enter the 500 today with the NASCAR rules and $$$. Sad.

[2us70]

Once upon a time in NASCAR you had to build your race car from a real car.

[lars strom]

#89 Team Evinrude hauler.

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[lars strom]

Carina purchased "Brasfika by Delicato" today.

They are extremely good and she did not know my racing history with Delicato and the CEO Einar Belven back in 1978.

I can't stop eating them..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tea/1/16/1f970.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png

https://www.delicato.se/

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[lars strom]

If you have not raced Paris 6 hours..you are not a real classic boat racer..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.png

I did race 11 years/times in Paris..OE/F3 and OZ/F1 class.
Best race ever.
This is the start and you can also see the copy of Statue of Liberty at the end of the narrow island in the center of the race course.

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[WaterZebra]

If you have not raced Paris 6 hours..you are not a real classic boat racer..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t52/1/16/1f923.pnghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tfc/1/16/1f44d.png

I did race 11 years/times in Paris..OE/F3 and OZ/F1 class.
Best race ever.
This is the start and you can also see the copy of Statue of Liberty at the end of the narrow island in the center of the race course.

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How did the speed difference between OE and OZ work as far as traffic and racing lanes were concerned?

[lars strom]

Beating the new SE Class Merc 650 XS was easy 1975…but a long story the first time..!!


The Scandinavian SE Championship 1975 took place in Forsaa, Finland.

Around 25 boats were in place at this beautiful Lake, and Mercury had just released the new 650 XS UIM SE race engine and lots of people was hoping the new Merc could give the OMC drivers a run for the money.
Driver Bo Nilson (6) was backed up by AGB, the Swedish distributor for Johnson and I by Huzells, the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. (1)
The strongest Finn was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and a few more drivers from Denmark
and Norway with the new Merc.
The rest was using OMC 3 Cyl. 75 Hp. Four heat and three counts as normally and a clock start.
I did not know how strong the new Merc was, but I was very well prepared and after
the first heat the good news was that the new Merc was no match (sorry
Mercury) and the fight was as usually between Bo (6) and me (1) and some other OMC
drivers.
In the second heat Bimbo Aminoff took the lead but after a few laps I past him and so did Bo but I made a mistake in one turn and Bo past me
for the win.
Well, I do not remember exactly but it came down to the last
heat and the winner of that heat was the overall winner of the race and I was
the lucky one again with only to tens of a second over Bo Nilsson, and I was now
the Scandinavian Champion for the third consecutive year.
Well not yet, because third was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and he filed a protest.
Bo and I did not have any spray paint on our gear cases.
You where allowed to sharpen the skeg, and sand on the gear case if you still was within the template.
We pass that test easy, but the Chief technical inspector said that you must spray paint the gear case, and ours was just polished aluminum
so he disqualified Bo and me.
Bimbo Aminoff was now declared the winner and Bo Nilsson went nuts.
I know how angry he can get, and it turned ugly. After a major argument we left for Sweden and straight to Roland Rosenholtz, the Swedish Power Boat Federations chairman to tell him the
story, but he was already informed.
Mr. Rosenholtz made a few phone calls to Finland and UIM.
“There was nothing in the UIM rule book saying the gearcase must be painted/or not painted”
After a few days I received the Trophy and the price money
from Finland and I was officially the Scandinavian Champion 1975.
Thank you Roland Rosenholtz

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[Amberjack1234]

Great pictures. Cool story thanks Lars. Best Always amberjack

[lars strom]

... Some drivers would "jab" to the right (like turning left) and would scrub off their speed. I figured out how to use my knee to "lock" the steering wheel for a gentle arc, keep the speed up and pass these guys in the process.

I raced the crazy Rouen 24 Hours 1975.
Very few people know you only turn right for 24 hours..!!..


(https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/our-se-class-victory-in-the-rouen-24-hours-1975/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3MFGfviGNTXpw_Pa9ZgxBKya5NuREYx9xajN85XS344RwbWS83qlWB-d4_aem_IQTbs-x6pna5l9tYhb1XEA)https://svera.se/.../our-se-class-victory-in-the-rouen.../

[WaterZebra]

Beating the new SE Class Merc 650 XS was easy 1975…but a long story the first time..!!


The Scandinavian SE Championship 1975 took place in Forsaa, Finland.

Around 25 boats were in place at this beautiful Lake, and Mercury had just released the new 650 XS UIM SE race engine and lots of people was hoping the new Merc could give the OMC drivers a run for the money.
Driver Bo Nilson (6) was backed up by AGB, the Swedish distributor for Johnson and I by Huzells, the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. (1)
The strongest Finn was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and a few more drivers from Denmark
and Norway with the new Merc.
The rest was using OMC 3 Cyl. 75 Hp. Four heat and three counts as normally and a clock start.
I did not know how strong the new Merc was, but I was very well prepared and after
the first heat the good news was that the new Merc was no match (sorry
Mercury) and the fight was as usually between Bo (6) and me (1) and some other OMC
drivers.
In the second heat Bimbo Aminoff took the lead but after a few laps I past him and so did Bo but I made a mistake in one turn and Bo past me
for the win.
Well, I do not remember exactly but it came down to the last
heat and the winner of that heat was the overall winner of the race and I was
the lucky one again with only to tens of a second over Bo Nilsson, and I was now
the Scandinavian Champion for the third consecutive year.
Well not yet, because third was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and he filed a protest.
Bo and I did not have any spray paint on our gear cases.
You where allowed to sharpen the skeg, and sand on the gear case if you still was within the template.
We pass that test easy, but the Chief technical inspector said that you must spray paint the gear case, and ours was just polished aluminum
so he disqualified Bo and me.
Bimbo Aminoff was now declared the winner and Bo Nilsson went nuts.
I know how angry he can get, and it turned ugly. After a major argument we left for Sweden and straight to Roland Rosenholtz, the Swedish Power Boat Federations chairman to tell him the
story, but he was already informed.
Mr. Rosenholtz made a few phone calls to Finland and UIM.
“There was nothing in the UIM rule book saying the gearcase must be painted/or not painted”
After a few days I received the Trophy and the price money
from Finland and I was officially the Scandinavian Champion 1975.
Thank you Roland Rosenholtz

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A common problem in both APBA and UIM. Race event inspectors interpreting technical rules that are NOT documented or illustrated in any form. By examining the documentation the protest shouldn't have been submitted in the first place? However I do not agree with the use of "templates" to overcome OEM variances nor gearcases that are not painted for "stock" classes. That's why motor technical committees should be made up from factory engineers only and no APBA / UIM race inspectors.

[2us70]

Only got DQd twice for tech issues. The first was in SG at Nationals but I will not elaborate since the families of the persons involved are still around. The second time was at my very last race. We ran a boat in G production at a race in Key West that was the first boat out of a new mold we had just built at Action Marine. The inspector decided that the boat was not a "Production" boat. Action went on to build quite a few of these boats. I was never DQd for one of my motors. I got torn down by the chief OPC inspector 4 times and passed every time.

[WaterZebra]

Only got DQd twice for tech issues. The first was in SG at Nationals but I will not elaborate since the families of the persons involved are still around. The second time was at my very last race. We ran a boat in G production at a race in Key West that was the first boat out of a new mold we had just built at Action Marine. The inspector decided that the boat was not a "Production" boat. Action went on to build quite a few of these boats. I was never DQd for one of my motors. I got torn down by the chief OPC inspector 4 times and passed every time.

Again, what did the rules say in writing regarding "production" boat? Number of units built and sold? I agree with the inspectors decision. I envy you in that you raced in SG! Dimensional inspections are acceptable. Inspections done with special tools and templates, etc are not.

[2us70]

Again, what did the rules say in writing regarding "production" boat? Number of units built and sold? I agree with the inspectors decision. I envy you in that you raced in SG! Dimensional inspections are acceptable. Inspections done with special tools and templates, etc are not. The SG boat I ran at the 73 Nationals was a customer's boat. We took it up there as a backup plan for our best hope. That was Roger Dixon in the "Rocket Man". I did most of the layup on that boat and it was the lightest 13' we ever built. Barney Schoenrock the owner of Action did most of the setup. Roger drove the race of his life and won the finals.

[lars strom]

Back to OMC racing/history.!!!!!!

The French Jousseaume brothers won Paris 6 Hours and the OE class in Rouen 1975.
(I won the SE class)

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[lars strom]

Historically significant Formula 1 V8 for sale.

Owned and raced by multiple world champion Cees Van Der Velden (The flying dutchman).His personal development boat with detachable sponsons.

Due to ill health, I am selling my dads beautiful man cave collection including this Velden world championship points winning race boat. The hull is Balsa, Kevlar and Ply and raced with Benson and Hedges livery, other sponsors were Olivetti, Longines Timing, Castrol, DHL and Champion.

Genuine engine is also extremely rare and to best of my knowledge there is probably less than 6 remaining in the world. 1987 OMC Formula 1 3.5 Litre V8 Fuel Injected 2 Stroke Outboard with 6” bubble back mid section, racing gear box, V8 props. This is as good and big as it ever got with current Formula 1 Limited to much smaller displacement engines.


This was Cees Van Der Velden personal boat with detachable sponsons, electric hydraulic power steering with nitrogen assist, 125 Litre Fuel tank, Hydraulic up down in and out, Porsche 944 fuel pump system, custom tandem enclosed trailer all rebuilt / restored to original condition.

For the guy that has everything.

$150,000 USD

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Holy crap

[lars strom]

The F1-V8 Gold Team/Benson & Hedges run by Cees Van Der Velden 1984/85.

Today I asked Carina to try on the race sweater I got from Christer Rosenholtz
last week.
This is the F1-V8 Gold Team/Benson & Hedges run by Cees Van Der Velden 1984/85.
The race program is from the F1-V8 race in Paris 1984.
I raced in the International Travel Card team with Tom Percival there.

I think Carina makes the Gold Team look good..!!..
EDIT:
I maybe need to explain this a little bit better.. I got the Gold Team/Benson&Hedges sweater from Christer Rosenholtz at the Miami Boat Show last week.
He came from Sweden to visit..
Christer´s father Roland was the Officer of the Day at the Stockholm F1-V8 GP
1983 and 1984.
Also the President of the Swedish Power Boat Federation back then.
Cees Van Der Velden gave Roland the sweater at the race 29 years ago.

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[WaterZebra]

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Historically significant Formula 1 V8 for sale.

Owned and raced by multiple world champion Cees Van Der Velden (The flying dutchman).His personal development boat with detachable sponsons.

Due to ill health, I am selling my dads beautiful man cave collection including this Velden world championship points winning race boat. The hull is Balsa, Kevlar and Ply and raced with Benson and Hedges livery, other sponsors were Olivetti, Longines Timing, Castrol, DHL and Champion.

Genuine engine is also extremely rare and to best of my knowledge there is probably less than 6 remaining in the world. 1987 OMC Formula 1 3.5 Litre V8 Fuel Injected 2 Stroke Outboard with 6” bubble back mid section, racing gear box, V8 props. This is as good and big as it ever got with current Formula 1 Limited to much smaller displacement engines.


This was Cees Van Der Velden personal boat with detachable sponsons, electric hydraulic power steering with nitrogen assist, 125 Litre Fuel tank, Hydraulic up down in and out, Porsche 944 fuel pump system, custom tandem enclosed trailer all rebuilt / restored to original condition.

For the guy that has everything.

$150,000 USD

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It is by far a beautiful collector's piece but I can't recall Velden ever running Evinrude colors? Is there a story on how this package ended up in Canada?
Note: This hull is not a detachable sponson version?

[lars strom]

I have no more info than this a got from Luke Mason in Australia.
He is the one selling the rig.

[RogerH]

Lars, I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that velden came from Pete Nydahl

[lars strom]

Cees Van Der Velden biting the concrete wall in Bristol 1979

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[lars strom]

I have talked to the owner (father) today.
Yes, its the former blue boat.

Here is some more info from the owner..

"It is the detachable sponson boat,they are bolted thru the tub and nose area and are braced by tubular aluminum cross struts,I have made balsa covers over the bolt access points on the front of the sponsons instead of the **** ally plates it came with. I have replaced the old bolts with new"

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[powerabout]

Yes, and I can add Amsterdam, Cardiff, London, Antwerp, Rouen, Lyon and even Stockholm.
A raced them all. Only one I really loved was Paris.

My two favorite places for very high top speed races was Idrocscalo, Italy (best by far)
and Holme Pierrepont, UK. (second best)

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Did you ever race in Texas where Ben Roberston did the huge lap average speed?

[lars strom]

powerabout

No..if I remember correct they used that location only two times.

"Benny Robertson´s record setting 141 MPH qualifying lap in his #57 SE/Johnson F1-V8 put him on the pole"

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[lars strom]

Cees Van Der Velden biting the concrete wall in Bristol 1979

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[V pads]

This seems appropriate to add now. Not sure if it had been posted before. I’ve had this copy since 89 I guess…. -Eric

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[lars strom]

Early tomorrow morning I am boarding a Delta flight to Florida.
Next post is probably going to be as the picture shows..!!
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[lars strom]

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[Vulture27]

Beaumont Tx. Hi Lars, We were running 1-2-3 on the last lap when I ran out of fuel, in sight of the finish line Gene, Art, and me. I think I started last on the dock because we were making repairs to the boat and didn't do qualifying. Fun race right up to about 10 seconds to the end.

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

GP de Vichy 1981 Gérard Barthélémy.

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[WaterZebra]

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1989 was a weird year for F1 with a mix of Merc V6 and OMC V8 power. The OMC V8 program in Europe and USA had its best years in 1985 to 1988 with Strand deciding to pull OMC sponsorship sometime in the late 80s. Mercury would continue with their IOGP program until about 1993 but was not allowed to use the F1 title (Champ instead). Mercury would continue to pursue the OMC V8 guys with their high winding 2 litre engines going thru piles of pistons in the process. The title of F1 in the USA struggled for years to come while F1 had a more stable climate in Europe (UIM). F1 continues today in Europe but is seldom seen in the USA. Take notice that Woods, Molinari, Wik and Sanders, Posey and Seebold are not in the listing.

[lars strom]

Molinari retired from F1-V8 racing after the 1984 season. He came back for one race (picture #18) in Italy 1985.

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[2us70]

I can still remember this guy in his "Viking Spirit" winning the Orange Bowl 9 Hour without a relief driver. I think he may have won the 250 mile race at the same regatta.

[John Schubert]

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I can still remember this guy in his "Viking Spirit" winning the Orange Bowl 9 Hour without a relief driver. I think he may have won the 250 mile race at the same regatta.
Bob Norskog.

[WaterZebra]

I can still remember this guy in his "Viking Spirit" winning the Orange Bowl 9 Hour without a relief driver. I think he may have won the 250 mile race at the same regatta.

If my memory serves me correctly, Nordskog and Threilkeld (sp?) were the only guys who used OMC power on Switzer wings?

[2us70]

The only time I ever saw Bob Nordskog drive was at the 1966 Orange Bowl Regatta. I was in a single engine outboard boat in the 9 Hour and he passed us like every other lap. The "Viking Spirit" was a beautiful inboard marathon boat and it ran perfectly all day. Nordskog's posture in the boat was very distinctive so you could see it was just him all day long.

[Instigator]

In later yrs he was building his helmets too and they were tiny compared to standard, so could see that too.

Did it to reduce bucketing in the case of a sudden, high speed swim but the APBA fought him in it because it was not Snell approved.

I was a fan.



The only time I ever saw Bob Nordskog drive was at the 1966 Orange Bowl Regatta. I was in a single engine outboard boat in the 9 Hour and he passed us like every other lap. The "Viking Spirit" was a beautiful inboard marathon boat and it ran perfectly all day. Nordskog's posture in the boat was very distinctive so you could see it was just him all day long.

[lars strom]

Ian Thomas (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1046355100/?__cft__[0]=AZV6bLjg5_Cd_O10rdHiAN9YG0ORV3miwy2aQMouslrX0XGjY-EVfeXMtTjD5ok26f0d4pJYI0hDQhYOU4Pnvy-vTJ5EyffDYoTY_INvEVy7gkIqEVYkwRCD7UOML_m3pgx2YXXkUAm1nmZuUI3F3zu3asUWqja3Pb-jsd0EggvIcq1TTyRD7cdJ8FSSG7sriwtDzZZ9wquhCiBIeqFWM7TU&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R)

Restoration just about completed, the boat is from around 1980 and the engine is from 1973.

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[lars strom]

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[peterse90]

If my memory serves me correctly, Nordskog and Threilkeld (sp?) were the only guys who used OMC power on Switzer wings?

Not sure about the USA, but here in Canada OMC had a yellow 'Wing' that I know both Dave Norton and Spencer Dunn drove...although at the National Championships in 1971 Spencer spun out in the 1st corner and Andre Savard went right over top. Good thing Spencer (who was not very tall) was deep in the cockpit as one of Savard's engines went directly over top of Spencer.

[lars strom]

Ian Thomas (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/1046355100/?__cft__[0]=AZV6bLjg5_Cd_O10rdHiAN9YG0ORV3miwy2aQMouslrX0XGjY-EVfeXMtTjD5ok26f0d4pJYI0hDQhYOU4Pnvy-vTJ5EyffDYoTY_INvEVy7gkIqEVYkwRCD7UOML_m3pgx2YXXkUAm1nmZuUI3F3zu3asUWqja3Pb-jsd0EggvIcq1TTyRD7cdJ8FSSG7sriwtDzZZ9wquhCiBIeqFWM7TU&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R)

Restoration just about completed, the boat is from around 1980 and the engine is from 1973.

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More is coming.

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[WaterZebra]

More is coming.

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In the 2nd photo it is interesting to note the OMC clamp bracket. It allowed for relatively easy vertical adjustment where Mercs never did. Also the tilt pin axis is inline with the transom surface plane where Mercs were always fowward. I never saw any OMC powered OPC tunnels porpoise much where my Merc tunnels had a gallop. Connection?

[lars strom]

Renato’s Evinrude V6 in Chasewater UK 1978.
Thanks Fast on Water.

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[lars strom]

Renato’s Evinrude V6 in Drammen, Norway 1979/80.

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[Mugs914]

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Had that poster on my wall. Pretty sure I still have it rolled up with the rest of my old posters...

[lars strom]

Renato’s Evinrude V6 in Chasewater UK 1978.
Thanks Fast on Water.

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Jim Nerstrom

(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2043017495976607/user/100009051379415/?__cft__[0]=AZUlq1raQ64UDWvOQNsq6Lu9Z3irx9LYjBbPyRdqZEJHU8YuaFg-30URzu3rXvVI8MIyjdaX7KPZ25yyAwDnwicCgehBdFmmlZNY7nfVm2tXGHW36NePEjYYUJ56B8NKKzEdW2m2U6Ozez_NSuiym1zw 12OLPUszaIBeRBfUWRXe7Gdjgx6fVtwv4kT2uzuasxQRdkn0V32eF2kWxawmA7nD&__tn__=R]-R)727 V6 with Bendix Fuel Injection system.

[lars strom]

Two legends in deep conversation back in the summer of 1981.
Cees Van Der Velden (Johnson) & Renato Molinari (Evinrude)

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[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

Downes Marine Racing (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027199042905&__cft__[0]=AZXDB1-5E61s7vKadK9oOVOwqLYBmHwDurftYZUHwpcMn22r1sIN6AT2kTzbwbkrfMbpfSVARLyHFFKmtrr6szHVpcNO3WzXRW2IN8nw-RPnIzq_p1VUZ6-cfiiV8osdVOT3rmJTVWjHt4s_bF68KtbN3ntfbvh84jeCs_UFA0TcY95D_ICNcj-fEAPBlNBo3hejV_ESjQisCMww1fsZoweWL-Y6quo17o05I3RcrZ-Pmy1HauTM7C_CCIJfWVswUk0&__tn__=-UC*F)

Play Time….

2025 First round.

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[lars strom]

Bundaberg Poweboat Club
It’s race day
Hayden Juniors -Race 1 - 1st
Jason - 25hp - Race 1 - 2nd
Josh - 25hp - Race 1 - 4th
Craig F1 - Race 1 - 2nd bring it on.
Go the Evinrude!

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