Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 06-03-2020, 04:29 PM

Tom Braaten in his UIM OE class Mollgaard/Evinrude CC.

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**lars strom** · 06-03-2020, 05:27 PM

The same boat/engine Rick Frost used all season racing the F1-V8 class. 144+MPH was pretty good..!!
Burgess/Johnson 3.5 liter carb, 12 inch mid section.

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**lars strom** · 06-04-2020, 09:16 AM

This is one of Rick Frost's Burgess boats from 1984. Still with Johnson F1-V8 power.

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**lars strom** · 06-04-2020, 01:53 PM

Pretty cool RIB.

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**lars strom** · 06-04-2020, 05:56 PM

Not sure what this is..??
https://www.alfadan.com/

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**lars strom** · 06-05-2020, 08:16 AM

Is it a Wellcraft..??

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**lars strom** · 06-05-2020, 10:04 AM

The very costly aluminum boat was not a success for Renato 1982. Way to expensive and came apart a few times, Renato lost the World F1 title to Roger Jenkins 1982. OMC asked Renato to go back to wooden boats again for the 1983 season.

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**Bob V** · 06-05-2020, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Lars Strom

Veronica Olderin is a World Champion boat racer and are in to drag racing on four wheels now.
Great racer and a cool girl.

From Powerboats to Top Fuel

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**lars strom** · 06-05-2020, 12:28 PM

Veronica Olderin Top Fuel Racing.

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**Bob V** · 06-05-2020, 01:58 PM

Lars - Put Veronica and your other friend Paula together as a team and they would win before they even got on the track....

**lars strom** · 06-05-2020, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Barry Woods driving a Seebold tunnel boat with the powerful Evinrude F1-V8..I guess to powerful because the transom of the boat broke off..!!

Another Seebold with Evinrude V8 power..this is the more powerful V8 with fuel injection and 6 inch mid section.
Thanks Freddie Webb for the pictures.
#71 is Pete Nydahl.

**lars strom** · 06-06-2020, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

BRP.. the owner of the Evinrude brand decided yesterday not to build any more outboards. (for now)
In my opinion BRP should have stopped building Evinrude outboards a few years ago..!!
Here is why..the top man in charge Jose Boisjoli is still there after 19 years.I guess Mr. Boisjoli don't understand the marine power business and that's no problem if you hire the right people to run the Evinrude division.
Well..did he do so...the answer is pretty easy...NO.
2014 BRP asked me to be an Ambassador for the Evinrude brand. I was honored and was extremely excited..The G2 was introduced and BRP was promising too let the world know how great the cleanest piston outboard was by lots of advertising / promoting of the new clean 2 stroke.(did never happen)
Pretty soon I run in to plenty of issues as an Ambassador.
People and dealers from all over America and the world was contacting me about for them important stuff. In a very nice way I informed the BRP top management what was going on out there.
Well..they did not really want my input.
You could tell by miles BRP did not know how to marketing the new G2 outboard. Both Mercury and the Yamaha leaders was much smarter and cut Evinrude out from all the large boat factories.
Not sure how many times I told BRP we need bigger and more powerful Evinrude Outboards..and a much better Marketing Director.
I guess the man in charge at Evinrude Engineering was only interested in developing smaller outboards when the market where all the money are was asking for bigger more powerful outboards.
Long story short..BRP could not do what the market asked for and took the Evinrude sign down yesterday. To blame it on the Coronavirus is ridiculous.
The only way for Evinrude to come alive again is with a new powerful owner.
Forget Penske..he is 80 years old..I was hoping for a deal with Volvo Penta 3 years ago when Volvo Penta purchased 7 Marine.
Not sure about Volvo Penta today..Its very hard to find a new owner for the Evinrude brand..One ting is for sure..marine dealers and Evinrude supporters have lost all the trust in BRP..
BRP..don't even try to come back in a year or so.
Just sell the Evinrude brand to someone else and get out of the boat building business also..
I know..the BRP/See-Doo is still popular but a completely different animal from outboards.
To build and sell tons of outboards you need to know the marine power business.
Sorry if I made any one upset but this is my take on all this.
PS..Not sure why I even care about this anymore..

Well..with some sad/mean humor you can say the following..
"this new outboard brand looking for investors is maybe going to do much better than Jose Boisjoli and BRP did with the best name in the outboard business"..

**22R** · 06-07-2020, 11:38 AM

Mr Lars, Ya'll looked al Miami Vice in da 80's.

22R

Originally Posted by lars strom

I did found some pictures.. The first two is Outboardland in Marina Del Ray, CA and the third picture is me outside Scan Marine, Inc in Pompano Beach, FL.

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**lars strom** · 06-07-2020, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by 22R

Mr Lars, Ya'll looked al Miami Vice in da 80's.

22R

Yes, I watched Miami Vice in the beginning.
I purchased my first house in Florida (January of 1979) way before Miami Vice started.

**John Schubert** · 06-07-2020, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

This thread: "Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made by OMC" was started by me pretty close to 3 years ago.

I've procrastinated posting my reply but I feel compelled being a retired OMC employee & my brother a retired Evinrude District Sales Manager (DSM). I am appalled that you are so bold as to post your get rich scheme at the expense of OMC and some of their dealers. Knowing that your pricing at the time was below dealer cost plus the strong dollar you dumped product to a dealer in California who obviously was not an authorized franchised OMC/Evinrude dealer. OMC had dealer franchises & each dealer had quotas to make, Dumping to a neighboring dealer not only harmed the franchised dealer but the DSM who was being held responsible for his dealers numbers as well as his own & hurt his income. Plus, this bootleg dealers sales did nothing to help market share numbers as the product was either manufactured in the Brugge factory or in the US but serialized for sales in Europe. Although my brother was on the east coast he suffered similar issues & guess who faces the wrath of hell? The DSM that doesn't make his numbers as a result of your & similar actions by others. Not only does this upset me immensely, your being so bold to post your actions in a public place takes balls, I would say. Plus Lars, by your old posts OMC Europe supported most of your boat racing. I've lost all the respect that I had for you Lars as a former boat racer & more so a person who flaunts his ability to beat the system & with smarter lawyers. Then of all things, you make the US your home. Shame on you.