From the Saint Louis F1 race 2008.
Pictures by Lars Strom
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From the Saint Louis F1 race 2008.
Pictures by Lars Strom
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This is funny and pretty special..
Looks like an Evinrude V6 Super Strangler 2 liter cross flow installed an the newer #4 tunnel boat a few years ago. (..but it is a V4 Super Strangler under the cowling)
The driver is Dieter Jousseaume of France and 1975 Dieter and his brother Paul won Paris 6 Hours with a real Evinrude V6 Super Strangler 2 liter cross flow..see poster & picture.
Thanks Amaury Jousseaume for pictures and info.
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#28 Seebold/Sea-Way Marine/Johnson V6. Driver Mike Schubert.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Owner Greg Jacobsen.
Picture by Lars Strom
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Ron Anderson and Greg Jacobsen in the drivers seat test running the Johnson racing V6.
Picture by Lars Strom
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What's the number written on the head #1?
Not sure what you mean FMP?
More Johnson Racing V6.
Picture by Lars Strom
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Can't make it on the handy, maybe 246?
Is that a "test wheel" on the V6? Can't see if there is something on outside of the disc for drag.
Like these pics as I see a place to put my water temp sending unit on the starboard dump hose.
Thanks Gary
plain disk makes lots of drag
Yes its a test wheel olboatman.
Ron Anderson and Greg Jacobsen again. There was some injection problems they worked on if I remember right.
Picture by Lars Strom
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They also ran a boat in the texas F1 ( F2) with the carby engine, went very well, I watched it in a Port Neches race.
huge comp?Quote:
Originally Posted by FMP
Some famous boat racing people from the St. Louis F1 race 2008. (By the way, the last one)
Picture by Lars Strom
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Mr. Bill
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Jay Price
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Scott Gillman
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Leo Molendijk of Belgium and my wife Carina.
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Carina and my very best friend Lucky.
You have those heads on v6?Quote:
Originally Posted by olboatman
Also from the St. Louis race 2008..
The Worlds Fastest Evinrude F-1 V8 Racing Outboard.
I think Greg Jacobsen purchased the rig around the same time to restore it.
Pictures by Lars Strom
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There was also Tri-Hull boat racing in St.Louis 2008. Older boats with OMC 1632 cc V4 outboards. Pretty crazy but fun to watch.
Maybe the best Yamaha ever..:)
Pictures by Lars Strom
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Great class
Yup Saw them race in Gulfport Fl in April....some wild & crazy driving!!Quote:
Originally Posted by powerabout
Gary
#18 Renato Molinari the overall winner of Rouen 24 Hours 1980.
Molinari/Evinrude CC
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Renato did it again 1981 driving the #11 Molinari/Evinrude CC to the overall victory in the Rouen 24 Hours.
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1975 I drove our #53 SE class Clerici/Evinrude Hustler to victory in Rouen 24 Hours. Here is the full story
Our SE class Victory in the Rouen 24 hours 1975
This was my first race as an Evinrude factory driver for OMC 1975
The racing season in Europe normally starts with the Rouen 24 Hours, but I was invited to South Africa earlier 1975 and drove the famous BP 200..(PB 200 story here)..http://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/1975-2/
I was not crazy about being part of the Rouen race but it was part of my contract with OMC
I flew to OMC in Belgium a week before the race to help out rigging the boat.
Important for me to have power trim buttons and some other things my way.
The rules said three drivers per boat and OMC recommended using two OMC test drivers who where my size.
Two SE class Clerici boats was prepared at the OMC factory. One for me and one for Roger Jenkins.
Roger was a fun man to hang out with..strong personality and Roger was in racing to win..but so was I.
We installed head lights and other “funny things” on the boat. Racing non stop for 24 hours means driving at night in the darkness and the commercial barge traffic
was in business 24/7.
When we got there, it was a lot of boats and most of them were thick fiberglass cats run by local French people.
The next surprise was that the race was run clockwise
around the island!!!!
I was not used to right hand turns but raced and won the 2-hour of Duvnäsviken, Sweden the year before.. that was my only experience with right turns in boat racing.
As usual in France were all info in French only, and I understood nothing of what was said at the driver’s meeting, which lasted over an hour.
Paul Kalb..the new racing boss for Europe did not understand anything either but told me that I was responsible for the entire race planning.
Paul wanted me to start the race and hopefully drive the last hours to finish the race.
My plan was 2-hour shifts because lots of incidents happen in the pit.
The Clerici boat turned poorly when heavy but to many stops with 1.5 hour shifts.
We were out testing a number of times at practice..the waves from the commercial barge traffic was bad bad..but one side of the island the water was little bit smoother.
Well remember that famous Leif “Honken” Holmqvist of Sweden drove a V-bottom boat in the SD class and he came and asked me about the crazy water conditions.
His Volvo Penta powered V-bottom behaved strangely on the rough side of the island.
The start was sometime during the middle of the day and lots of boats took off at the same time. I got a great start and was one of the lead boats but on the other side of the island..all the heavy fiberglass cats came flying by in the extremely rough water.
Wow, I needed to slow down and save the equipment for the last hour instead of try to lead in the beginning of the race. Next thing in my head was..I am pretty stupid to be part of this 24 hour race.
Time for cruise control, we refueled and changed drivers a few times in daylight before it got dark, cold and rainy…!!
One of my shifts in the middle of the night went well .. but the next one like 4 a clock in the morning began with a flying experience from a big wave that I could not see on the back of the island.
I landed on top of one another race boat..the driver of that boat was OK but his boat sank..
that was good for me because I could get back to the pit .. where we took the boat out of the water..
Repaired the damage and replaced the gearcase/ propeller and then we went back on the water to race further into the darkness…!!
At dawn we were a few laps behind Jenkins and the other SE class leaders.
Jenkins now disappeared from the race..his time for trouble and had to spend sometime on the trailer for repair.
Now there was a chance for us to win, so I drove like a mad man for the last hours of the race.
A Rouen 24 Hours SE class victory was now reality..extremely fun and a perfect start as a factory pilot for Evinrude.
After the race we return to the OMC Bruges to rig a new Burgess boat for the OE/Formula 3 World Championship race in Aix-les-Bains also France.
Lars mega crash at the OMC factory 1975..click below for that story.
http://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/lars-mega-crash-at-the-omc-factory-1975/
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The no 6 Burgess is Andy Bullen in 1982 Alfi had to buy a new powerhead for this outfit he purchased a new stock 235hp powerhead from the Evinrude dealer in the uk and modified the new powerhead to match the tuning modifications from his old powerhead and Andy says it was the best crossflow engine he ever raced i think it would have been the later160 cu in engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
Thanks STEVERINO,
The larger 160cubic/inch-2.622cc OMC V6 production 235 HP came 1980. Pretty sure the pictures above is from Bristol 1980..1981 the OMC V8 was introduced for the OZ class racing and no OZ class in Bristol that year.
$4,500 list price for a new 160 cu in 235 crossflow production 235HP V6. You probable had to pay $3,150 for a box of Evinrude.:)
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Retail pricing for Evinrude outboards 1980.
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I raced John Hill from 1974 to late 1981 when John left the OE class for ON class racing 1982.
This is from 1978 and John's Burgess/Johnson RS
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STEVERINO, here is one for you.
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Jimbo McConnell driving the #26 OZ Class Molinari/Saffa/Evinrude CCC V6 2.448 crossflow in London/Thames 1977.
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Renato Molinari driving the #2 OZ Class Molinari/Saffa/Evinrude CCC V6 2.448 crossflow in London/Thames 1977.
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Bob Hering driving the #3 OZ Class Molinari/Saffa/Johnson RS V6 2.448 crossflow in London/Thames 1977.
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Evinrude advertising after Renato's success in Bristol 1977.
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In the 1977 London Thames powerboat race Molinari`s own boat no 2 was a 19ft marathon boat this is the only race I saw him use that boat.McConnells saffa boat no 26 was a 18ft Molinari and Herings no 3 boat was a 18ft Molinari which he managed to submarine not long into this race.By the end of the race all the OZ boats had damaged gearcase prop shafts that's if they managed to get to the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
This is from Bristol 1977.
Molinari (Saffa#2) & Velden (Drakkar#8) is fighing for the lead and Velden run over the back marker RAG II Allen Gibson when they laped him.
Very scary accident and I was watching live from the dock.
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The green boat rag 11 that Velden ran over was a brand new Velden boat first time out and the driver Allen Gibson was no spring chicken was about 5ft tall wore glasses and must have been well into his 50s.Most onlookers thought it was Veldens fault and he would build him a new boat he did but I was told he charged him for it.It was a good job the old guy had plenty of money but his look nearly ran out if you look at Molinaris no 2 boat in the London thames race Allen Gibson in a brand new Veldon rag 11 is at the side of him he manage to collect some rope around his prop whilst still in the 2nd days racing and I saw this for myself his engine locked up and his boat stopped dead and he barrel rolled going down the straight.Not bad first 2 international races and big accidents in both of them I don`t think he drove that often after that I think his son drove his outfit.Quote:
Originally Posted by lars strom
1978 was a very good year for Evinrude factory driver Jimbo McConnell.
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Cees van der Velden was back to OMC and Johnson racing for the 1979 season.
Here he is in the #3 Velden/ Beneteau/Johnson V6 RS 3 liter looper with fuel injection early 1979.
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London GP 1985.
Ben Robertson driving the #57 Velden Racing/Johnson F1-V8 3.5 liter looper, fuel injection and the new really short 6 inch midsection.
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Here is a story I wrote last year about the famous Paris 6 Hour race.
In my opinion the famous Paris 6 Hour race died already 1981.
May 1 2016
The reason was no more OZ class 1981 and no more factory OMC racing.
OMC came out with the new V8 for the OZ class 1981 and Mercury pulled out of the OZ class.
The Paris 6 hour race organization made the decision to ban the OZ class ..(over 2 liter) with some help from Mercury.
Only ON max 2 liter was now allowed to race.
Reality was that the OMC factory could not compete with the powerful 3.5 liter V8 in the race for the overall win and pulled out.
Last year for a factory feud between OMC and Merc was 1980
1984 OMC and a French boat race organization came together to run a race for the OZ F1-V8 class in Paris. This time with the pit in the famous Bois de Boulogne . Still racing on river Seine but far away from the famous Eiffel tower
I raced there with my #8 Burgess/Aspen/Evinrude V8 but not a great place.
Without a factory feud between OMC and Merc the famous Paris 6 hour race was no more
I know some people having a different opinion but I think this story is 100% right.
Ken Stevenson/Bob Spalding won the 1980 Paris 6 Hour race driving the #12 OZ class Velden/Carlsberg/Johnson RS V6 3 liter looper.
The 1981 Race program/entry-list show few 2 liter ON class entry's and most of the famous boat racers names are missing.
http://svera.se/blogg/in-my-opinion-...-already-1981/
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Not so much OMC boat racing history today. Pouring 60 yards of concrete makes you pretty tires..:)
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Well..I have to post one OMC history.:)
Here is Sami Seliö of Finland driving the #25 UIM F1 Johnson V6 around 2003 not really sure but Sami was part of the Velden/Johnson UIM F1 racing.
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Some "stuff" from my file..:)
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