Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

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Chasewater 1979.
The OZ class UIM European Championship race.
This was an interesting race (I was there racing OE) and Billy Seebold was not allowed to race his Seebold/Long John/Merc T4.
Not because he was an American but Billy did not have a UIM license.
(A feud between APBA and UIM)
So Team Mercury put Roger Jenkins in the big bore Merc T4 Seebold-boat and race number 9 instead of 7.
Tom Percival drove the other Seebold/Long John/Merc T4.
At the end of the weekend Bob Spalding in his #11 Velden/Carlsberg/Johnson V6 RS
3 liter looper fuel injection was the big winner.
Beating the big bore Merc T4 and Team OMC was extremely happy.
This is another fact the Merc boys don’t remember..but this little Swede does..

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Parker Enduro 1980
Another setback for Team Mercury.
Bob Spalding and Ken Stevenson drove the #201 OZ class Velden/Johnson V6 3 liter looper to victory. Beating the Merc/Mariner big bore T4.
Another victory for Team OMC with poor enginering according the Mercury supporters.

More Merc T4 VS OMC 3 liter.

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...In 1984, would the OMC SeaDrive been the 2.6 V-6 Looper engine?

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...P O means Plane Off...

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...In 1984, would the OMC SeaDrive been the 2.6 V-6 Looper engine?

No, this SeaDrive was a cross-flow. The first OMC V6 looper was 1986.

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...remember the OMC Gale-Buccaneer outboard?

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