Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 06:19 AM

Twister Cat Evinrude E-TEC V4H.O.

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**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 09:48 AM

Berghauer brothers drove this Schultz Cat- twin X-115 at Parker, 1968.

Thanks Ron Hill for the picture.

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**2us70** · 12-12-2019, 11:26 AM

I always associated the Berghauer brothers with Mercury?

**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 12:33 PM

The new Johnson 2 cylinder.

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**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 05:00 PM

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**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 07:56 PM

Martini racing.

**lars strom** · 12-12-2019, 09:11 PM

...Evinrude for Christmas.

**lars strom** · 12-13-2019, 10:16 AM

Pretty cool..
Evinrude 225H.O. racing today.

**Ronster43** · 12-13-2019, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by peterse90

I think Jimbo ended up with one and ran it in MOD50 for awhile.

I had a Seebold SE boat but mine was not one the ROC hulls, mine had very different sponson bottoms.

Maybe a few of these became the Jeff Brown fully-rigged packages that were available.

A few definitely stayed in Florida and ran SE, but not very successfully. Too much sponson dihedral...wouldn't turn.

**lars strom** · 12-13-2019, 08:52 PM

Thanks Tim.

**powerabout** · 12-13-2019, 10:21 PM

How about raft of formula E, T 750/850 photos.
Omc dominated that class

**lars strom** · 12-14-2019, 10:04 AM

1973 Evinrude 65 HP.

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**lars strom** · 12-15-2019, 06:44 AM

Boat parade party in Lauderdale by the sea tonight with friends.

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**WaterZebra** · 12-15-2019, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Why didn't OMC try to tie up the horsepower race with Mercury's 80 hp 4 cylinder engine? I know the Mod 50 engine was capable of hp well beyond 80 hp?

**2us70** · 12-15-2019, 11:40 AM

My daughter and son inlaw were on one of the boats in the parade. They have a good friend in the promotion business and usually get invited to participate.

Originally Posted by lars strom

Boat parade party in Lauderdale by the sea tonight with friends.