Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

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Lost my dad last week, I made a nice slideshow and found some great pictures.Attachment 536777

so sorry to hear of mike's passing. please accept my condolences for you and all your family.

[lars strom]

Leon, Spain 1982.

Roger Jenkins - F1-V8 Team Carlsberg.
If you look close in the background you kan see my #1 OE class Burgess/AKAI boat cowling on the ground and my blue Mazda pickup.

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Mike Butler
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Rockford 1974.

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Tom Percival leading Roger Jenkins.

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Stephen Medaris

Australian equivalent to the T850 boats powered by a stock Evinrude SST60 and current Australian 1250cc Mono Speed record holder at just under 82MPH set in 1996. Did 88MPH with the OMC Mod 50 gear. These boats currently run in the 850cc Mono Class in Queensland powered by the OMC 75hp Stingers.

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Mike Butler
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Art in Clinton, Iowa 1972.

[WaterZebra]

Mike Butler
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Art in Clinton, Iowa 1972.

Kennedy, Woods and Velden were the only owner/drivers who successfully switched between OMC and Mercury without "complications". Robertson did not make this list because I cant remember Benny ever racing a Merc V6?

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Ben raced Merc V6 before he went to the V8 series and then went back to racing in Champ boat after the V8 series died.

[lars strom]

@Mark Poole ModVP

Correct and Ben also raced a Yamaha V6 in the Champ/PROP series a few years.

[lars strom]

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

Jack Aylsworth

Evinrude Powered FIERO BOATCAR

Powered by an Evinrude 50hp looper outboard, this “boatcar” is likely better as a boat than it was as a car. Those who remember this little mid-engine Pontiac will recall that the 1984 introduction year cars had a propensity to catch fire. By mid-1987, the 1984 Fieros were catching fire at a rate of about 20 per month. Its Iron Duke engine dated back to 1977 and wouldn't fit as it was, so a redesigned sump and oil pan were used but the dipstick wasn't changed so the oil level would appear to be normal when it was in fact a quart low. Now add to this, defective connecting rods that only exacerbated low engine oil levels, and fires would result. In addition, a wiring harness mounted just above the exhaust manifold was also given to melting and starting electrical fires, and improperly-tightened head bolts would also sometimes crack the block and start a fire.(The Iron Duke engine has been removed from the boatcar.)




Note that the Fiero in “standard trim” does not float!

[lars strom]

Burgess/Evinrude/Johnson FR 31M
UIM F3

[lars strom]

Thanks Fast on Water..

Can anybody tell us if these are still valid for free parking in Antwerp?

[lars strom]

My brother Lennart Ström raced/tested the first new F3 engine in Martinique late 1987/early 1988. There was some issues OMC corrected and this is/was an extremely good engine used in UIM F3 racing for many years.

https://svera.se/blogg/the-omc-fr-31m-f3-race-engine-1988/

[lars strom]

Pretty cool..!!

Thanks KEITH SCOTTON

[DanUmbarger]

My brother Lennart Ström raced/tested the first new F3 engine in Martinique late 1987/early 1988. There was some issues OMC corrected and this is/was an extremely good engine used in UIM F3 racing for many years.

https://svera.se/blogg/the-omc-fr-31m-f3-race-engine-1988/

Sounds like your brother was an accomplished driver as were you. Did he ever move to the higher classes or did he pretty much stay in F3?