Marine
Rouen Again!
Mercury Powers Top Nine Finishers at 24-Hour Race
OptiMax 200XS SST Sweeps 1-3 in Class 2 Competition
FOND DU LAC, Wis., May 4, 2009 –Mercury Marine won the 24 Hours of Rouen endurance powerboat race Sunday, May 3, in Rouen, France. The top nine finishers were powered by Mercury outboard engines.
Rouen tests both man and machine as boats run nonstop, with the exception of fuel stops and driver exchanges, for 24 hours. Mercury has powered more first-place finishers at Rouen than any other engine builder. Drakkar Inshore #3, a Mercury S3000 race outboard-powered DAC hull, won the 46th running of the world’s most demanding powerboat race. Pilots Franck Revert, Phillippe Dessertenne, Jerome Ruffin and Pierre Lundin completed 760 laps for the win overall, and first place finish in Class 3 competition.
Drakkar Inshore #3 finished a mere three laps ahead of Mercury S3000 race outboard powered Team Vauban Humanis. Tech Motor Racing, Drakkar Inshore #2 Team TC4, Team Touax and Team Performance rounded out 3-7. All were powered by Mercury S3000 race outboards.
The low-emissions Mercury OptiMax 200XS SST race outboard-powered Navikart, a Moore hull piloted by Sebastien Lemoine, Eric Doublet, Tony Bourdin and Franck Delambre, completed 657 laps for a first-place finish in Class 2 competition and eighth place overall. The 2.5 Liter, 200 h.p. Mercury OptiMax 200XS SST race outboard powered Navikart finished an astounding 47 laps ahead of Team Passion, a Molinari hull powered by the larger displacement and more powerful low emissions Evinrude E-Tec Class 3 race outboard, which finished tenth overall (ninth in Class 3 competition). Mercury S3000 race outboard powered Neptune Inshore rounded out the top eight in Class 3 competition and Mercury’s sweep of the top nine finishers.
Yves Roguez, Frederic Roguez, Marit Stromoy Marit and Colin Jelf piloted Ixe Team, a DAC hull powered by an OptiMax 200XS SST race outboard, to finish second in Class 2 competition. Team Daily, a Moore boat powered by a low-emissions OptiMax 200XS SST race outboard, finished third. Mercury SST 120 race outboards powered Neptune Inshore and One Team Family, to their respective 4-5 finishes in Class 2 competition.
Results by Category:
Top 5 - Class 3
Drakkar Inshore #3 (Mercury S3000-760 laps)
Team Vauban Humanis #8 (Mercury S3000-757 laps)
Tech Motor Racing #16(Mercury S3000-752 laps)
Drakkar Inshore #2 (Mercury S3000-750 laps)
Team TC4 #9 (Mercury S3000-712 laps)
Top 5 - Class 2
Navikart #32 (Mercury OptiMax 200XS SST-657 laps)
Ixe Team #33 (Mercury OptiMax 200XS SST-588 laps)
Team Daily #36 (Mercury OptiMax 200XS SST-569 laps)
Neptune Inshore #34 (Mercury SST 120-432 laps)
One Team Family (Mercury SST 120-376 laps)About Mercury Racing
Based in Fond du Lac, Wis., Mercury Racing, a division of Mercury Marine, is a leading provider of high-performance marine propulsion systems for discriminating boaters worldwide, offering an exciting and fulfilling power boating experience on the water. Using leading-edge technology, Mercury Racing produces high-performance outboards, sterndrives, propellers, parts and accessories. Mercury Racing-powered boats win more races worldwide and set more records as compared to boats powered by other marine engine manufacturers. Mercury Marine is a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), the world’s largest manufacturer of recreational products, including pleasure boats, marine engines, fitness equipment, and bowling and billiards.
CONTACT: Rick Mackie
Mercury Racing
Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: 920-924-2032
FAX: 920-921-6533
E-mail: rmackie@mercmarine.com
