Team Qatar on the front row for the race tomorrow. A strong Jonas Andersson is third.

Sami in his “Flying Flipper” starts fourth.

Report: Harry Fabritius

OMC´s top boat builder Caesare Scotti was unbeatable in the famous Embassy Grand Prix 1974.

There was many new Evinrude-Johnson V6 purpose built 2 liter race engines in the race.Hans Pelster of Holland  drove a Scotti/Johnson V6 race #12.

Jimbo McConnell of the USA a Scotti/Evinrude V6 race #14,

Caesare Scotti in his new Scotti/Evinrude V6 race #7

Peter Thorneywork UK Milesmaster/Johnson Stinger GP V6 (race # 5)

The Bristol race was run in June 1974.  Later same year (October) we sadly lost the very popular Italian boat builder/driver Caesare Scotti in a race accident in the early hours of Paris 6 Hours. I was just behind Scotti in my OE class boat and did see the incident. We learned after the race that Scotti left us.

Thanks to Ray Bulman, Eric Coltham and Steve Pinson for pictures and text.

Fist picture is Jimbo in his Scotti/Evinrude V6

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