Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[2us70]

Heathman was another driver better suited to a seat in the "Race of Champions".

[lars strom]

#24 Velden/Evinrude V8

[Muskoka2]

Used to have some great races up here 10 miles from my house!

[lars strom]

Rob Wood of Canada driving the US F1 series 1988.

More pictures here.
https://svera.se/blogg/rob-wood-of-canada-driving-the-us-f1-series-1988/

[lars strom]

The F1-V8 Gold Team/Benson & Hedges run by Cees Van Der Velden 1983/84 & 85.

https://svera.se/blogg/the-f1-v8-gol...velden-198384/

Yes..its Carina in the first picture..

[lars strom]

Another fact is.. OMC did run the very successful F1-V8 series for nine years.

Started 1981 and ended after the 1989 season.
Millions of spectators around the world and sometimes up to 500,000 people watching from the shore.
Many major sponsors and here is a list of some..
Cool, Aspen, Carlsberg, JPS, Benson & Hedges, Martini, Castrol, Nordica, Nashua, Denim, Champion, Trimite, Peter Stuyvesant, Gordon’s Gin, Tecnocar, Beneteau, Dole, ITC, Lasse Strom Marin, Naiu, Texaco, ToTip, Stefanel, Arla Milk and many more.
The eighties was by far the most interesting time in tunnel boat racing.
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[Muskoka2]

What would those boats run flat out on a long straight Lars?

[lars strom]

Marc Huider makes beautiful 1:6 scale.

[lars strom]

What would those boats run flat out on a long straight Lars?

Well in 1984 Rick Frost drove 144 MPH in Windermere with the older style Burgess and a Johnson V8 carb model with 12 inch mid section.

In 1985 came the more powerful fuel injected V8 with 6 inch mid section. In a combination with better boats more than 150 MPH but under 160 MPH.

Ben Robertsons 141 MPH average on one lap is pretty brutal..(1986)

https://svera.se/blogg/benny-roberts...m-on-the-pole/

[lars strom]

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[lars strom]

From the FaceBook page May 20 2020.

[lars strom]

Here are the four UIM ON class OMC 2 liter V6 cross-flow engines in Bristol 1974.

#5 Peter Thorneywork Johnson V6
#7 Cesare Scotti Evinrude V6
#12 Hans Pelster
#14 Jimbo McConnell

I was wrong..there was 5 OMC 2 liter cross-flow V6 engines racing in Bristol 1974.

#8 James Beard in his Cougar with Evinrude Super Strangler V6 2 liter cross-flow.

Thanks Fast on Water.

[Lake X Kid]

My recollection of the pioneers and guys, who participated in the beginning years of F1 and tunnel outboard racing.

Let me know what you think, and who needs to be included in the list. I did not list guys like; Don Aronow and Fred Kiekhaefer because they were mainly involved with MerCruiser engines. However, I did list guys who initially started with outboards, and then their sporting careers progressed into MerCruiser offshore racing.

[Rotary John]

Ziggy Bottle, Jim Nerstrom, Clarence Blanchard-OMC & a dozen more. I don't know how deep you want to go.

[WaterZebra]

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How did OMC decide who was going to run what brand? Some of the answers are easy and some are puzzling.

Rick Frost - Johnson
Velden Team - Johnson
Bob Spalding - Evinrude
Molinari - Exclusively Evinrude
Woods - Evinrude
Robertson - Johnson
Bullen - Evinrude
Strom - Evinrude
McConnell - Evinrude
Salabert - Evinrude