Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

Cancun, Mexico for the New Years Eve celebrations :cheers:

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Thanks Erik Nordskog.
(Charlie Strang for people who don’t know)
This is an original drawing by the great Powerboat Magazine art director, John Whorral.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...3&d=1672429951

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Originally Posted by lars strom

Thanks Erik Nordskog.
(Charlie Strang for people who don’t know)
This is an original drawing by the great Powerboat Magazine art director, John Whorral.

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Jim Nerstrom

That’s a great picture. Thanks to Charlie’s interest in racing I got to design the V6 and V8 outboards shown

#11 Bob Spalding and #12 Bertil Wik.
Hodges/Evinrude F1-V8 fuel injection 6 inch mid section.
The year is 1985

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This is my little office in my Evinrude dealership the first year I started (1975) You can see the OMC racing poster on the wall with my
Clerici-Evinrude 65 SS 1973.

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HaaHaa the Evinrude t-shirt did not protect me from getting wet..https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...5/16/1f603.png
Swimming in a pool is not my priority..
— at Ocean Maya Royale Pool Bar.

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Midnight Express 32'

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Tom Percival F1 Stockholm GP 1984.
Tom was using the ITC as his sponsor. I also drove for ITC (International Travel Card) in the race before Paris, but used my own Evinrude dealership as my sponsor in Stockholm GP 1984.


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How did the front spoiler work out?

-BL

@BLisBack!

I tried front spoilers on my UIM SE class Clerici, OE class Burgess and my F1-V8 Burgess but could never get any better lap time with the front spoiler.
Thats my experience no matter what someone else says..:)

The front spoiler was a got spot for sponsors..:cheers:

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Originally Posted by lars strom

Tom Percival F1 Stockholm GP 1984.
Tom was using the ITC as his sponsor. I also drove for ITC (International Travel Card) in the race before Paris, but used my own Evinrude dealership as my sponsor in Stockholm GP 1984.

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Tom was using the ITC as his sponsor. I also drove for ITC (International Travel Card) in the race before Paris, but used my own Evinrude dealership as my sponsor in Stockholm GP 1984.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...4&d=1672872897

Here is a poorly quality picture from my #8 boat in Paris with ITC sponsorship. Tom and I was driving for the same team..!!.

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Did Tom's boat have one of those early safety capsule boxes beneath the cowl?

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Originally Posted by lars strom

Thanks Erik Nordskog.
(Charlie Strang for people who don’t know)
This is an original drawing by the great Powerboat Magazine art director, John Whorral.

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...3&d=1672429951

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Not many people know this but Charlie was heavily involved in NASCAR..

https://www.screamandfly.com/attachm...9&d=1505977477

Strang had hoped the NASCAR business model would be replicated on the F1 V8 program but the sponsorship did not line up like it did for NASCAR.