Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 10-17-2023, 01:29 PM

See..Barry Woods drove a Johnson V6 Stinger GP in Cardiff, UK 1975. (It's a Molinari boat)

**lars strom** · 10-17-2023, 07:17 PM

UIM ON class (2 liter) World Championship race in Cardiff, UK 1975.

https://svera.se/blogg/pictures-of-the-very-powerful-omc-2-liter-purpose-built-race-engine/

**lars strom** · 10-18-2023, 10:16 AM

Tight turn..

**lars strom** · 10-19-2023, 09:02 AM

My brother Lennart Ström #21 UIM SE class Sjöberg/Evinrude 1982.

It's a miracle that the cooling works. The UIM SE class was not allowed to modify the production Nitro gear-case for better water pickup.

**lars strom** · 10-19-2023, 11:43 AM

Evinrude - Johnson outboards. Facts, history, racing and OMC.

Jack Aylsworth

WE GOT LETTERS

Typically, you feel blessed if someone says, ”nice catalog cover.” In this case, however, we got dozens of letters. Gorgeous! Beautiful! Fantastic! WOW! Apparently, however, they weren’t referring to the outboard since they also asked: What’s her name? Where does she live? What’s her phone number? (Like we would actually tell anyone that.)
Few Johnson catalog covers ever received that much attention! I can’t imagine what the response would have been in the internet age.
Anyway, it was a… ‘nice cover.’

**WaterZebra** · 10-19-2023, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

I am pretty sure the first picture of #11 Bob Spalding in the pit at the race Idroscalo 1983.
The second picture is me stopping to see if I could help Spalding with something when he was sinking..

Looking at both photos, what was Molinari's objective in having different sweep angles (port vs starboard) with the leading edges of the tunnel?

**lars strom** · 10-19-2023, 07:27 PM

@WaterZebra

I do not have the correct answer but I know Renato did a lot of development by building customers boats different.

**lars strom** · 10-19-2023, 07:48 PM

Thanks Cathy McConnell

Jimbo drove this Boat at Parker 1975. The cover of this Powerboat is Parker 1976 with Geoff Briggs and Bobby Larsen driving. The photo is the poster put out by Evinrude.
Jimbo and Johnnie Sanders were driving the gold and white Goat Boat. There were no American factory sponsored drivers that year.

**lars strom** · 10-19-2023, 07:53 PM

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**lars strom** · 10-20-2023, 07:43 AM

More Evinrude advertising.

"we race so everybody can win"

**lars strom** · 10-20-2023, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

"we race so everybody can win"

"We race so everybody can win" in color ad 1973.

**WaterZebra** · 10-20-2023, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

UIM ON class (2 liter) World Championship race in Cardiff, UK 1975.

https://svera.se/blogg/pictures-of-the-very-powerful-omc-2-liter-purpose-built-race-engine/

I am betting that both Merc and OMC were not happy with Velden's engine hybrid or they remained mum to see which fuel system worked better?

**lars strom** · 10-20-2023, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

I am betting that both Merc and OMC were not happy with Velden's engine hybrid or they remained mum to see which fuel system worked better?

Well..the powerhead with Merc carbs was used by Barry Woods in the Cardiff ON World Championship race..(old news) Cees raced it earlier 1975.
Cees himself was racing the first ever looper 2 liter V6 by OMC.. with the new 12 inch (CCC) mid section. Yes..Cees won big and probably the best race ever I have watched..
This was the powerhead Jimbo won the Miami race a few weeks earlier but used Methanol for the Cardiff ON World Championship race.

https://svera.se/blogg/the-triple-flip-at-miami-marine-stadium-in-august-1975-was-not-the-big-story-the-big-story-was-jimbo-mcconnells-191-scotti-craft-with-an-evinrude-v6-super-strangler-looper/

https://svera.se/blogg/pictures-of-t...t-race-engine/

**lars strom** · 10-20-2023, 07:07 PM

More inside info from the UIM ON class World Championship race in Cardiff, 1975.
Yes..I was there racing the SE class and watched the ON race.

**lars strom** · 10-21-2023, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

More inside info from the UIM ON class World Championship race in Cardiff, 1975.
Yes..I was there racing the SE class and watched the ON race.

Here is the very unique first ever Evinrude Super Strangler V6 2 liter looper winning with 3/4 of a mile in Miami 1975.
Of course with Jimbo McConnell behind the wheel. It's a Scotti-Craft.