The Horse power curves produced by engineering were considered "Top Secret" and to be shared with no one. Evinrude was afraid it would add to Mercuries sales. Steve Brigs said let them have the crazy racers, we will go after families and fishermen. We will sell more motors and more dependable motors. That changed when Ralph Evinrude brought Charlie Strang on board. No one ever made money on racing, but it was good for testing dependability and good advertising. I see a lot of those old "crazy racers" enjoying there classic Mercuries at our meets today. . . 😎
