Facts about Evinrude/Johnson racing outboards made my OMC

**lars strom** · 09-17-2025, 09:45 AM

Ken McCrorie Burgess/Rolatruc/Johnson SE
Bristol GP 1980's.

**lars strom** · 09-17-2025, 08:37 PM

#12 Shelby Love - SST 45-Formula Light

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**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 03:40 AM

#12 Shelby Love - SST 45-Formula Light

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**powerabout** · 09-18-2025, 06:15 AM

Wind tunnel design?

**John Schubert** · 09-18-2025, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by powerabout

Wind tunnel design?

I don’t know that but her father Spencer told me that his dad , her grandfather, who built Spencer’s F 1 boat, chopped off 4’ from the F1 boat(mold) & made her boat. It accelerates very well, but she is light as well

**Vulture27** · 09-18-2025, 07:19 AM

looks like a Rick Hoffman boat

**John Schubert** · 09-18-2025, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Vulture27

looks like a Rick Hoffman boat

Nope

**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 10:22 AM

From Rick Hoffman's FaceBook page.

**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 10:26 AM

Hoffman F1 Composites Llc.

Shelby Love and Clover Racing bring the new Hoffman F1 composites SST 45 to the winner’s circle at Port Neches Texas. Great job Shelby!!

**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 10:49 AM

Great looking design and pretty fast.

**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 10:54 AM

#84 Rodney Foreman in his Burgess/Johnson
Rodney Foreman

**John Schubert** · 09-18-2025, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

Hoffman F1 Composites Llc.

Shelby Love and Clover Racing bring the new Hoffman F1 composites SST 45 to the winner’s circle at Port Neches Texas. Great job Shelby!!

Lars, I know how you like challenging me but Spencer, Shelby's dad told mw that they shortened their F1 boat by 4' to build this boat. Perhaps that what they did, but had Rick build it, but thats not what Spencer told me at the Alton race.

**lars strom** · 09-18-2025, 12:54 PM

I don't have any reason for that.

SST 45-Formula Light is more or less the only tunnel boat racing left today, using OMC made outboards.

I really love when young new drivers have success and I enjoy promoting that.
The builder of this great looking SST 45-Formula Light boat does not really matter to me..but I have an interest in the outboard Shelby is using.

I did read on Hoffmans FB page..Rick is building a new boat for the Merc Formula Race/60 R engine.
I guess that's the end of the SST 45 engine/class soon.
Mercury Racing still support racing and that's a good thing.

**John Schubert** · 09-18-2025, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by lars strom

I don't have any reason for that.

SST 45-Formula Light is more or less the only tunnel boat racing left today, using OMC made outboards.

I really love when young new drivers have success and I enjoy promoting that.
The builder of this great looking SST 45-Formula Light boat does not really matter to me..but I have an interest in the outboard Shelby are using.

I did read on Hoffmans FB page..Rick is building a new boat for the Merc Formula Race/60 R engine.
I guess that's the end of the SST 45 engine/class soon.
Mercury Racing still support racing and that's a good thing.

You do remember me telling you I built the first SST 45 motor in my workshop. Submitted papers to APBA SO, no go. Submitted all documents to Edgar Rise, no response. Two years later when they introduced the A motor, guess what they also introduced the 45. Dave Haman initially took credit working for Edgar without knowing created it’s