Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**2us70** · 10-12-2022, 10:52 AM

I think that boat was built in central Florida by a guy named Bowerman maybe?

Originally Posted by lars strom

Kevin White

That boat is in the 1977 Johnson brochure.

**Mark Poole ModVP** · 10-12-2022, 11:24 AM

Kevin White was the manager at the OMC training center in Atlanta Ga. when I went there the first time in 1982. He showed me a pic of a 49 cu. in. 75 Johnson that he built. It had OMC snowmobile carbs on it! Those carbs had injector pumps on them. Who knows, it could have been the engine on that boat. I think he was involved in some E class racing back then.

**2us70** · 10-12-2022, 11:57 AM

SE class was a stock production motor class. The 49in OMC loopers made plenty of power and pretty good torque. Once they got a good lower unit under them the Mercurys were out of contention. 1973 was the last year Mercury won SE at Nationals (finished 1+2). OMC already had the advantage in E production by then.

**Mark Poole ModVP** · 10-12-2022, 12:05 PM

I always thought it was pretty amazing how the stock lower units on the tunnel hulls would still pump water with no mods to the intakes. Most of the racers would run the propshaft above the bottom of the sponsons.

**lars strom** · 10-12-2022, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Mark Poole ModVP

I always thought it was pretty amazing how the stock lower units on the tunnel hulls would still pump water with no mods to the intakes. Most of the racers would run the propshaft above the bottom of the sponsons.

Mark,

Click the link for a very interesting story how I got around the water pickup issue for the standard Nitro gear case.

European Champion for the third consecutive year 1975

https://svera.se/blogg/racing-historier/european-champion-for-the-third-consecutive-year

**Amberjack1234** · 10-12-2022, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by oldschoolltv

Yes Burt Ross was our Florida OMC rep, here was a picture of him with my dad.
Attachment 510972

Yes good picture Bert was Our South Florida Johnson rep and was instrumental in getting my dealership in Homestead Florida. Great guy good racer And a lot of help dealers in South Florida period he was also instrumental in getting me Johnson V4 strangler for the Al Martin tunnel boat That I had built and raised in S ST class. Ended up going back to a mercury T3When they came out.

**lars strom** · 10-12-2022, 05:29 PM

1991 Evinrude XP 300 4.0 liter.
Thanks Kurt.

**oldschoolltv** · 10-12-2022, 05:46 PM

Bunky Bowerman was the boat builder, he built several of my dads and 2 of mine.

**John Schubert** · 10-12-2022, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by 2us70

I think that boat was built in central Florida by a guy named Bowerman maybe?

To me it looks like one of the 30 that Seebold built for the Muncey wide world whatever with equal boats & motors for his invitational race. Won by Billy Schumacher with Geoff Briggs second.

Kevin Whites motor would not have been legal for SE

**Amberjack1234** · 10-13-2022, 06:06 AM

Florida boat builders

Originally Posted by oldschoolltv

Bunky Bowerman was the boat builder, he built several of my dads and 2 of mine.

Yes!! You are absolutely correct Bunky Bowerman I am I am quite sure that he built most of Ken Olson’s boats back in the day. I believe the one that I barrel rolled at the Caribbean club testing on day was a Bowerman boat. You had to float them around the corner you couldn’t drive them in hard as I learned the hard way. Again Ken was a gentleman never said aHarsh word just gotten his Cadillac took his boat home with BC and came back for the next race at the club.

**lars strom** · 10-13-2022, 10:49 AM

WOW..6 years ago today..

Check this video out..great times onboard Razzmatazz October 13 2016..

**lars strom** · 10-13-2022, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Its pretty incredible..the first 1000 meter run was 181.569 MPH..that is 292+ Kilometer per hour..!!

This is my picture from 2008.

**lars strom** · 10-13-2022, 01:05 PM

The Evinrude F1-V8 powered fastest outboard boat in the world was hanging in the ceiling at Race Rock Cafe in Orlando for a long time.

**lars strom** · 10-13-2022, 06:34 PM

One more of my pictures from 2008. Even Carina Strom and Lucky is in the picture..

**WaterZebra** · 10-14-2022, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

The Evinrude F1-V8 powered fastest outboard boat in the world was hanging in the ceiling at Race Rock Cafe in Orlando for a long time.

When I was at the Race Rock in 1998 / 1999, it was hanging inverted in the entry way roof and not inside? The atmosphere was everything. The food was average.