The Race in Gronningen, Holland 1977
The very good 3 hour Race of Amsterdam came to an end 1976.
I got a invitation from Holland 1977, to race OE in Gronningen instead and after some research I found
out it was a pretty big race.
Curre and I took my new Chevy Van and the Molinari Volvo/Konig and headed for Gronningen/Holland.
The City of Gronningen was really excited about the race and there was like a Party weekend
and the Boat race.
If I remember right it was OE and ON, and I think this was one of the first races
for Erwin Zimmerman in the ON class.
There was lots of OE boats and Paul Kalbs driver from Belgium, Willy Permanne was there.
Michael Werner and his factory Mercury also.
I think it was 2 X 30 minutes races and this was one of very few races that year when everything
just went my way.
The Volvo/Konig worked without any problems and I won both 30 minutes races and received
a nice Trophy and some good price money.
In one way this was a very good year for me, but I could not use my Racing to sell more
Evinrude Outboards.
The last Race of the season was Paris 6 Hours and back in Sweden I was working hard to find a way
to get OMC Sweden ready to spend some money for my Racing.
I know OMC hade a Policy that the only Racing expensies was thru Belgium, but I found out a
way to get around that...
The next story is about how I got back to Racing with Evinrude 1978.....