Outboard Racing

Ron Hill’s boat racing book is out:
“Ron Hill Here!”
128 pages of fun reading!

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Here is why..!!..

Cesare Scotti in the first picture and Renato Molinari in the second picture.
Scotti was racing the #23 Molinari/Evinrude Starflite SS V4 third picture.
Renato Molinari was racing the #22 Molinari/Evinrude Starflite SS V4 behind the #23.
After 6 hours Scotti won and Renato was second driving an Evinrude.

Thanks to Terry Weddell for info and pictures.

F1-V8 racing in Paris 1984

The Paris GP 1984 was run in the beginning of June 1984 organized by Hélice Club de France.
The second picture is the race location a very nice place for racing, but the famous river Seine was always rough on drivers and boats.
Tom Percival and I was racing for the same sponsor.. “International Travel Card”. The third picture is Tom’s #10 Hodges/Evinrude V8.
I dont have a picture of my #8 Burgess but it was looking pretty similar in the “International Travel Card” colors.
Gérard Barthélémy was a new french driver and he was out testing before the race. I was watching him flying down the race course and at the end of the course wide open he took off..a very bad flipp and we lost Gérard..
A terrible feeling watching and nothing you can do.
R.I.P my friend.
The Paris GP was run the next day but it was a very tough deal..

The F1-V8 line up in Paris GP 1984.
From left:
Molinari, Velden, Salabert, Spalding, Percival,Bullen,Jenkins, Mostert, Frost, Vidoli, Strom, Hakkinen not sure about the last boats.

My #8 Burgess/ITC/Evinrude boat is third from the right.

The Offshore race in Key West this year is canceled and Mark Waddington, the owner of Performance Boat Center stepped up in the last minute and made Lake of the Ozarks even more famous.

Thank you very much.

A few mixed pictures.

Steve Curtis told me today Cougar Boats, fishing and race boats are going to be built in Florida. Great News,

The UIM SE class European championship race in Copenhagen, Denmark 1981.
Lennart Strom drove his red #21 Sjoberg/Evinrude FT-19S and was in a hard battle with Denmark’s Karin Nielsen in her #2 Molgaard/Johnson FT-19S.
They touched at the end of the straight away and Lennart got the worst part of it..A brutal WOT flipp..Lennart was OK but very disappointed..!!
Karin was the winner.

The first picture is from the start in one of the heats.
You can see my brother Lennart in the red boat next to Karen.