I first want to say this is not a "mine is better than yours thread". I am ignorant when it comes to boat racing! I really enjoy watching most types of boat racing. Problem being I do not watch much TV. So what I have noticed over the last few years and I may have commented on here before is that I have noticed in the races where outboards are used it appears Mercury motors are strapped on the back of 95% of the boats. I know that Yamaha puts out a great product and a bunch of guys in the High Performance bass boat world are really getting some BIG numbers with them. I have read a lot about flashing and that stuff that will really produce significantly more H.P. I know several Stroker owners run the Yami's and they get great numbers top end. If a bass boat owner can get great numbers out of them you would think a racing team could do the same or better. So why the huge discrepancy in one over the other? And I do not think I have ever seen a E-rude or Johnson on the back of any race boat. I did read maybe on here that the E-tecs were used in some races maybe in England or over the big pond. Of course I do not watch ton of races just when I catch it on the tube. I would Love to go to a boat race.