Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**WaterZebra** · 08-26-2025, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

If I remember correct the transom broke on the Seebold boat.

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Seebold transoms were always an issue. Merc Hi Perf had tie rod kits that bolted the clamp bracket pivot tube and to the hull combing boards on every V6 Seebold. These were not on Barry's Seebold so a transom failure with an OMC V8 is no surprise.

**lars strom** · 08-27-2025, 12:15 AM

Lakeland, Florida 1989.
Interesting sponsor for Ben.

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**WaterZebra** · 08-27-2025, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Lakeland, Florida 1989.
Interesting sponsor for Ben.

Yeah. Budweiser and boat racing were exclusively Bernie Little's territory. Bernie was a huge distributor for Budweiser but was not corporate . There were specific events in Europe where Seebold ran with Budweiser livery but never in the USA. I believe his Bud Light connection wasn't directly connected to corporate either? Robertson had another sponsor which was also peculiar. IBM ....never could figure that one out? Series sponsorship in USA was much harder to get than in Europe. Boat racing in the USA is rapidly morphing into something entirely different now (Lake Of The Ozarks Shootout). We used to call them kilo events (USA). Circle course racing is nearly extinct.

**lars strom** · 08-30-2025, 01:04 AM

Ben 1989

**lars strom** · 08-31-2025, 12:56 AM

Ben and me at Lake of the Ozarks.

**lars strom** · 09-01-2025, 12:38 AM

Ben..

**lars strom** · 09-01-2025, 10:03 PM

Lots of power long time ago

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**Rotary John** · 09-02-2025, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Lots of power long time ago

Miami 1973. Intro of the rotary engine. Note no fuel filler caps and the "Johnson" vertical. Later changed to horizontal. These same boats went from Miami to Parker Az. race the following weekend.

**WaterZebra** · 09-02-2025, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by Rotary John

Miami 1973. Intro of the rotary engine. Note no fuel filler caps and the "Johnson" vertical. Later changed to horizontal. These same boats went from Miami to Parker Az. race the following weekend.

191 was Jimbo. 197? Sanders? After Parker, where were these boats stored? Molinaris? Were they transported to Parker with the engines on?

**Rotary John** · 09-02-2025, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by WaterZebra

191 was Jimbo. 197? Sanders? After Parker, where were these boats stored? Molinaris? Were they transported to Parker with the engines on?

197 was Tommy Posey. Boats were both Scotti's, yes, they were trailered from Waukegan, Ill. to Miami to Parker with the engines mounted. If I remember correctly, they were trailered back to Waukegan, Ill. had new engines mounted and were trailered to Galveston, Tx a month later.
They then returned to Waukegan, got new engines and then trailered to Provo Utah. This

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is the winer of Provo, Tommy Posey.
This is the return from Galveston.

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**lars strom** · 09-02-2025, 12:03 PM

The OMC racing rotary.

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**lars strom** · 09-02-2025, 07:50 PM

1974

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**WaterZebra** · 09-02-2025, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by Rotary John

197 was Tommy Posey. Boats were both Scotti's, yes, they were trailered from Waukegan, Ill. to Miami to Parker with the engines mounted. If I remember correctly, they were trailered back to Waukegan, Ill. had new engines mounted and were trailered to Galveston, Tx a month later.
They then returned to Waukegan, got new engines and then trailered to Provo Utah. This

is the winer of Provo, Tommy Posey.
This is the return from Galveston.

Was there a plan by OMC leadership to have Scotti drive the rotary?

**lars strom** · 09-03-2025, 08:47 PM

1977

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**Mark Poole ModVP** · 09-05-2025, 06:56 PM

Would be a fun experiment to put a rotary on today's composite F1 tunnel boats. It was a small engine for the power it made and had a low center of gravity. The problem back in 1974 was the boat design limited the engine being trimmed up. Personally, I would have to bolt one on a 20' Stoker Mod-VP.