Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 11-16-2020, 10:45 AM

Andre Dierckx of Belgium is racing an Evinrude 2 liter V6 Super Strangler in Drammen, Norway 1975.
If I remember right its a Cougar boat.

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**lars strom** · 11-16-2020, 08:21 PM

EPIC racing.
Down under.

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**lars strom** · 11-17-2020, 06:59 AM

Bob Spalding and Bertil Wik 1985. From TC

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**Instigator** · 11-17-2020, 09:01 AM

Gorgeous!!

Originally Posted by lars strom

Bob Schubert is testing his restored tunnel boat #161 with a Johnson V4 Stinger GP
Pictures by me

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**lars strom** · 11-17-2020, 11:12 AM

The Evinrude V6 Super Strangler was raced for the first time late 1973.
It was a 2 liter cross-flow carb model. In the Johnson colors the name was V6 Stinger GP.

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**lars strom** · 11-17-2020, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

The Evinrude V6 Super Strangler was raced for the first time late 1973.
It was a 2 liter cross-flow carb model. In the Johnson colors the name was V6 Stinger GP.

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**lars strom** · 11-17-2020, 12:51 PM

The Johnson V6 Stinger GP was raced for the first time in Paris 6 hours 1973 and won the race.
It was a 2 liter cross-flow carb model.

**Rotary John** · 11-17-2020, 02:34 PM

Johnny Sander drove the winning Johnson V-6 at Paris 1973. It was the first time the V-6 was raced and was a fabricated special. Only 2 were built. The cranks were made for 2 V-4 cranks welded together.

**WaterZebra** · 11-17-2020, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

The Johnson V6 Stinger GP was raced for the first time in Paris 6 hours 1973 and won the race.
It was a 2 liter cross-flow carb model.

Who is driving #20 in the bottom photo? Barry Woods? The boat has USA / Washington state registration numbers on it.

**Rotary John** · 11-17-2020, 04:32 PM

It's Sanders/Posey 1973 Paris. It's Barry's old boat.

**lars strom** · 11-17-2020, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

Who is driving #20 in the bottom photo? Barry Woods? The boat has USA / Washington state registration numbers on it.

More info..

**lars strom** · 11-18-2020, 10:50 AM

Jimbo McConnell in his #14 ScottiCraft/Evinrude V6 Super Strangler in Bristol 1974.

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**STEVERINO** · 11-18-2020, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Rotary John

Johnny Sander drove the winning Johnson V-6 at Paris 1973. It was the first time the V-6 was raced and was a fabricated special. Only 2 were built. The cranks were made for 2 V-4 cranks welded together.

I was told by the OMC racing manager Paul Kalb that the first V6 engines with the welded cranks were run at only 4500 rpm for that race.

**Rotary John** · 11-18-2020, 01:45 PM

Don't think that was true. The V-4 @ 7500 would of had more HP than the V-6 at 4500

**lars strom** · 11-18-2020, 01:57 PM

Paul Kalb took over OMC racing-Belgium in the spring 1975. (Replaced Jim Wagner) I have no memory of Paul Kalb in Paris before 1975.
(Its still possible he was in Paris 1973)
I was standing in the Paris pit 1973 watching all 6 hours and the two Johnson V6 engines was flying around the long rough race course at river Seine.
Way ahead of everybody else..!!

My first Paris 6 Hours 1973 was a disaster..

http://svera.se/blogg/paris-6-hours/...as-a-disaster/