Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

Back home to our place at Lake of the Ozarks. Heading down to Friday Hot Summer Nights at the strip. Lots of old boat racing friends here.
Can really recommend this powerboat lake.

[Lake X Kid]

Never saw the boat or Robert Wood again............at least at F1 / PROP races?

Liability insurance for boat races in general nearly became impossible to get in the late 90's.

The unfortunate thing it takes tragedy to inspire safety innovation. Kill switch and safety capsule come to my mind. And then future race events are then put in jeopardy of being cancelled or liability insurance is extremely high (and maybe cost prohibitive).

The annual Long Beach Sprint Nationals in 2019 was postponed by a couple of weeks, because of insurance. The city of Long Beach California demanded higher coverage, than the previous years. Later on short notice the race transpired, and the race fleet entrants was smaller in numbers compared to previous years.

I have several times assisted at the LBSN event. And the local fire department is monitoring the safety regulations throughout the race days' events. And the heat races cannot proceed if one person has a foot in the water. Among other restrictions and safety measures.

21st century racing is more regulated (including safety for drivers and spectators) then in the older days of the 20th century.

[Lake X Kid]

Whatever happened to the F1 boat that ended up on the beach in a crowd at the Pittsburgh race killing a spectator? The boat immediately went into impound and both the driver and boat were never seen again. I never heard anything about pending legal charges or jury trial results..

A spectator fatality can spell Doom, for a race event. It took 28 years before Irvine Lake hosted another boat race, after a boat came onshore and killed a nine year old girl in 1985. Prior races at Irvine had race drivers fatalities too. And thus the ban, on Irvine Lake in California hosting race boat events.

But sometimes the annual events can be resurrected, and be promoted again, by meeting certain safety requirements. See the news clip below and link.

Lucas Series Director Ken Dollar said the series was able to convince Irvine Co. board members and local authorities that “today it’s not the same as it was back in 1985, and they gave us a chance to come back and prove it.”
“Safety’s the biggest thing,” Dollar added. “Back in 1985, it was just a bunch of cowboys out racing their fast boats. But if we were gonna become a true mainstream motorsport, we had to start addressing a lot of the safety issues, not only competitor but spectator.”
Courses at Lucas Series events are away from crowds."

https://www.ocregister.com/2013/05/0...agic-accident/

[Lake X Kid]

From a friend in Australia..
“For everyone who wanted an update on my bike with the V8 2stroke Evinrude outboard, I started it today for the first time”

Here are some likely competition, the Evinrude V8 powered Sand Drag Bike might be competing against.

[powerabout]

A spectator fatality can spell Doom, for a race event. It took 28 years before Irvine Lake hosted another boat race, after a boat came onshore and killed a nine year old girl in 1985. Prior races at Irvine had race drivers fatalities too. And thus the ban, on Irvine Lake in California hosting race boat events.

But sometimes the annual events can be resurrected, and be promoted again, by meeting certain safety requirements. See the news clip below and link.

Lucas Series Director Ken Dollar said the series was able to convince Irvine Co. board members and local authorities that “today it’s not the same as it was back in 1985, and they gave us a chance to come back and prove it.”
“Safety’s the biggest thing,” Dollar added. “Back in 1985, it was just a bunch of cowboys out racing their fast boats. But if we were gonna become a true mainstream motorsport, we had to start addressing a lot of the safety issues, not only competitor but spectator.”
Courses at Lucas Series events are away from crowds."

https://www.ocregister.com/2013/05/0...agic-accident/

makes you wonder how those guys in key west race in shorts and tee shirts and go past the dock at a speed that says they will be on the dock if anything goes wrong. Not to mention the videos of the shear panic in the cockpit when one goes over, what kind of dunk training is that?

[lars strom]

Wow..6 years ago today we went to Milwaukee for the big Evinrude event as an Evinrude Ambassador.
The first G2 was introduced..
Now..six years later..you have to ask..what where BRP thinking..???

[lars strom]

More from the big Evinrude event in Milwaukee 6 years ago today when BRP introduced the G2.

The Evinrude Ambassador is doing his work...letting the world know about the new Evinrude G2

[lars strom]

Getting ready..leaving soon..

[Capt.Insane-o]

[lars strom]

Yes.. We love Lake of the Ozarks and “Fly over Country”.

[lars strom]

[lars strom]

Beautiful sunset at Lake of the Ozarks.

[powerabout]

Wow..6 years ago today we went to Milwaukee for the big Evinrude event as an Evinrude Ambassador.
The first G2 was introduced..
Now..six years later..you have to ask..what where BRP thinking..???

meaning about the G2 or the decision to suddenly stop?

[lars strom]

Both..!!. @powerabout .


Ben Robertson’s 141MPH pole boat.

[lars strom]