Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

[lars strom]

#89 Team Evinrude hauler.

[lars strom]

Carina purchased "Brasfika by Delicato" today.

They are extremely good and she did not know my racing history with Delicato and the CEO Einar Belven back in 1978.

I can't stop eating them..

https://www.delicato.se/

[lars strom]

If you have not raced Paris 6 hours..you are not a real classic boat racer..

I did race 11 years/times in Paris..OE/F3 and OZ/F1 class.
Best race ever.
This is the start and you can also see the copy of Statue of Liberty at the end of the narrow island in the center of the race course.

[WaterZebra]

If you have not raced Paris 6 hours..you are not a real classic boat racer..

I did race 11 years/times in Paris..OE/F3 and OZ/F1 class.
Best race ever.
This is the start and you can also see the copy of Statue of Liberty at the end of the narrow island in the center of the race course.

How did the speed difference between OE and OZ work as far as traffic and racing lanes were concerned?

[lars strom]

Beating the new SE Class Merc 650 XS was easy 1975…but a long story the first time..!!


The Scandinavian SE Championship 1975 took place in Forsaa, Finland.

Around 25 boats were in place at this beautiful Lake, and Mercury had just released the new 650 XS UIM SE race engine and lots of people was hoping the new Merc could give the OMC drivers a run for the money.
Driver Bo Nilson (6) was backed up by AGB, the Swedish distributor for Johnson and I by Huzells, the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. (1)
The strongest Finn was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and a few more drivers from Denmark
and Norway with the new Merc.
The rest was using OMC 3 Cyl. 75 Hp. Four heat and three counts as normally and a clock start.
I did not know how strong the new Merc was, but I was very well prepared and after
the first heat the good news was that the new Merc was no match (sorry
Mercury) and the fight was as usually between Bo (6) and me (1) and some other OMC
drivers.
In the second heat Bimbo Aminoff took the lead but after a few laps I past him and so did Bo but I made a mistake in one turn and Bo past me
for the win.
Well, I do not remember exactly but it came down to the last
heat and the winner of that heat was the overall winner of the race and I was
the lucky one again with only to tens of a second over Bo Nilsson, and I was now
the Scandinavian Champion for the third consecutive year.
Well not yet, because third was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and he filed a protest.
Bo and I did not have any spray paint on our gear cases.
You where allowed to sharpen the skeg, and sand on the gear case if you still was within the template.
We pass that test easy, but the Chief technical inspector said that you must spray paint the gear case, and ours was just polished aluminum
so he disqualified Bo and me.
Bimbo Aminoff was now declared the winner and Bo Nilsson went nuts.
I know how angry he can get, and it turned ugly. After a major argument we left for Sweden and straight to Roland Rosenholtz, the Swedish Power Boat Federations chairman to tell him the
story, but he was already informed.
Mr. Rosenholtz made a few phone calls to Finland and UIM.
“There was nothing in the UIM rule book saying the gearcase must be painted/or not painted”
After a few days I received the Trophy and the price money
from Finland and I was officially the Scandinavian Champion 1975.
Thank you Roland Rosenholtz

[Amberjack1234]

Great pictures. Cool story thanks Lars. Best Always amberjack

[lars strom]

... Some drivers would "jab" to the right (like turning left) and would scrub off their speed. I figured out how to use my knee to "lock" the steering wheel for a gentle arc, keep the speed up and pass these guys in the process.

I raced the crazy Rouen 24 Hours 1975.
Very few people know you only turn right for 24 hours..!!..


https://svera.se/.../our-se-class-vi...-the-rouen.../

[WaterZebra]

Beating the new SE Class Merc 650 XS was easy 1975…but a long story the first time..!!


The Scandinavian SE Championship 1975 took place in Forsaa, Finland.

Around 25 boats were in place at this beautiful Lake, and Mercury had just released the new 650 XS UIM SE race engine and lots of people was hoping the new Merc could give the OMC drivers a run for the money.
Driver Bo Nilson (6) was backed up by AGB, the Swedish distributor for Johnson and I by Huzells, the Swedish distributor for Evinrude. (1)
The strongest Finn was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and a few more drivers from Denmark
and Norway with the new Merc.
The rest was using OMC 3 Cyl. 75 Hp. Four heat and three counts as normally and a clock start.
I did not know how strong the new Merc was, but I was very well prepared and after
the first heat the good news was that the new Merc was no match (sorry
Mercury) and the fight was as usually between Bo (6) and me (1) and some other OMC
drivers.
In the second heat Bimbo Aminoff took the lead but after a few laps I past him and so did Bo but I made a mistake in one turn and Bo past me
for the win.
Well, I do not remember exactly but it came down to the last
heat and the winner of that heat was the overall winner of the race and I was
the lucky one again with only to tens of a second over Bo Nilsson, and I was now
the Scandinavian Champion for the third consecutive year.
Well not yet, because third was Mercury’s Bimbo Aminoff and he filed a protest.
Bo and I did not have any spray paint on our gear cases.
You where allowed to sharpen the skeg, and sand on the gear case if you still was within the template.
We pass that test easy, but the Chief technical inspector said that you must spray paint the gear case, and ours was just polished aluminum
so he disqualified Bo and me.
Bimbo Aminoff was now declared the winner and Bo Nilsson went nuts.
I know how angry he can get, and it turned ugly. After a major argument we left for Sweden and straight to Roland Rosenholtz, the Swedish Power Boat Federations chairman to tell him the
story, but he was already informed.
Mr. Rosenholtz made a few phone calls to Finland and UIM.
“There was nothing in the UIM rule book saying the gearcase must be painted/or not painted”
After a few days I received the Trophy and the price money
from Finland and I was officially the Scandinavian Champion 1975.
Thank you Roland Rosenholtz

A common problem in both APBA and UIM. Race event inspectors interpreting technical rules that are NOT documented or illustrated in any form. By examining the documentation the protest shouldn't have been submitted in the first place? However I do not agree with the use of "templates" to overcome OEM variances nor gearcases that are not painted for "stock" classes. That's why motor technical committees should be made up from factory engineers only and no APBA / UIM race inspectors.

[2us70]

Only got DQd twice for tech issues. The first was in SG at Nationals but I will not elaborate since the families of the persons involved are still around. The second time was at my very last race. We ran a boat in G production at a race in Key West that was the first boat out of a new mold we had just built at Action Marine. The inspector decided that the boat was not a "Production" boat. Action went on to build quite a few of these boats. I was never DQd for one of my motors. I got torn down by the chief OPC inspector 4 times and passed every time.

[WaterZebra]

Only got DQd twice for tech issues. The first was in SG at Nationals but I will not elaborate since the families of the persons involved are still around. The second time was at my very last race. We ran a boat in G production at a race in Key West that was the first boat out of a new mold we had just built at Action Marine. The inspector decided that the boat was not a "Production" boat. Action went on to build quite a few of these boats. I was never DQd for one of my motors. I got torn down by the chief OPC inspector 4 times and passed every time.

Again, what did the rules say in writing regarding "production" boat? Number of units built and sold? I agree with the inspectors decision. I envy you in that you raced in SG! Dimensional inspections are acceptable. Inspections done with special tools and templates, etc are not.

[2us70]

Again, what did the rules say in writing regarding "production" boat? Number of units built and sold? I agree with the inspectors decision. I envy you in that you raced in SG! Dimensional inspections are acceptable. Inspections done with special tools and templates, etc are not.

The SG boat I ran at the 73 Nationals was a customer's boat. We took it up there as a backup plan for our best hope. That was Roger Dixon in the "Rocket Man". I did most of the layup on that boat and it was the lightest 13' we ever built. Barney Schoenrock the owner of Action did most of the setup. Roger drove the race of his life and won the finals.

[lars strom]

Back to OMC racing/history.!!!!!!

The French Jousseaume brothers won Paris 6 Hours and the OE class in Rouen 1975.
(I won the SE class)

[lars strom]

Historically significant Formula 1 V8 for sale.

Owned and raced by multiple world champion Cees Van Der Velden (The flying dutchman).His personal development boat with detachable sponsons.

Due to ill health, I am selling my dads beautiful man cave collection including this Velden world championship points winning race boat. The hull is Balsa, Kevlar and Ply and raced with Benson and Hedges livery, other sponsors were Olivetti, Longines Timing, Castrol, DHL and Champion.

Genuine engine is also extremely rare and to best of my knowledge there is probably less than 6 remaining in the world. 1987 OMC Formula 1 3.5 Litre V8 Fuel Injected 2 Stroke Outboard with 6” bubble back mid section, racing gear box, V8 props. This is as good and big as it ever got with current Formula 1 Limited to much smaller displacement engines.


This was Cees Van Der Velden personal boat with detachable sponsons, electric hydraulic power steering with nitrogen assist, 125 Litre Fuel tank, Hydraulic up down in and out, Porsche 944 fuel pump system, custom tandem enclosed trailer all rebuilt / restored to original condition.

For the guy that has everything.

$150,000 USD

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Holy crap

[lars strom]

The F1-V8 Gold Team/Benson & Hedges run by Cees Van Der Velden 1984/85.

Today I asked Carina to try on the race sweater I got from Christer Rosenholtz
last week.
This is the F1-V8 Gold Team/Benson & Hedges run by Cees Van Der Velden 1984/85.
The race program is from the F1-V8 race in Paris 1984.
I raced in the International Travel Card team with Tom Percival there.

I think Carina makes the Gold Team look good..!!..
EDIT:
I maybe need to explain this a little bit better.. I got the Gold Team/Benson&Hedges sweater from Christer Rosenholtz at the Miami Boat Show last week.
He came from Sweden to visit..
Christer´s father Roland was the Officer of the Day at the Stockholm F1-V8 GP
1983 and 1984.
Also the President of the Swedish Power Boat Federation back then.
Cees Van Der Velden gave Roland the sweater at the race 29 years ago.