A Mercury Racing outboard powered four of five class winners at the
Upper Midwest Powerboat Association (UMPBA) drag racing meet on July 17
at Gerrits’ Lakeview on Pelican Lake in north-central Wiscon...
Mercury Racing outboard power dominated the final event of the 2021
Upper Midwest Power Boat Association (UMPBA) drag racing series held
September 11 on Rice Lake, Wis. The event took place in front o...
The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association (UMPBA) hosted its largest drag
racing event of the 2021 season on August 14 in Stevens Point, Wis.,
with 63 race entries speeding down the Wisconsin River in ...
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Mercury Racing gave racers and race fans a preview of the future of
closed-course powerboat racing with a display of the new Mercury Racing
200 APX and Mercury Racing 360 APX competition outboards at ...
We are Mercury Racing. And we are racers. Competition is in our blood
and locked in our DNA, code that was written in 1973 with the creation
of the Mercury Hi-Performance Division specifically to supp...
Devin Wozencraft takes the idea of boating to work seriously. His red,
white and blue 2015 308 Skater is a floating billboard for his business,
Wozencraft Insurance and Finance, which happens to speci...
Mercury Racing has been involved with several unique projects over the
years. We thought you would find the products that evolved from those
projects interesting to say the least.
The recent design evolution by leading builders of high-performance bass
boats will leverage the performance of new four-stroke outboard motors
offered by Mercury Marine and Mercury Racing. These boat...
A number of boat manufacturers have responded to angler requests for
larger and more stable hulls. The changes have resulted with the
consoles moving forward, changing the center of gravity and weight...
Closing a career spent racing and selling the biggest and best engines
on the water, Peter Massina, Mercury Racing Sales Manager in the
Australia/New Zealand, has announced his retirement. Massina has...
Acceleration never gets old, and nothing beats the heart-pounding rush
of dropping the throttles to unleash the torque generated by a pair of
Mercury Racing QC4 sterndrive engines. It could be the ult...
Greetings from Nashville where we just revealed the all-new 450R
outboard. Developed for discerning performance boating enthusiasts
demanding unmatched power and performance, the 450R delivers outstan...
The past, present and future of tunnel boat racing was on display at the
Lake Havasu Classic Outboard Championships, Oct. 15-17, in Lake Havasu
City, Arizona. A historic venue at the peak of tunnel bo...
Mercury Racing will join powerboat racers and fans at the revival of the
Lake Havasu Classic Outboard Championships, Oct. 15-17, in Lake Havasu
City, Arizona. The weekend of racing action will mark th...
Mercury Racing® K-Planes® have long been considered the gold standard of
trim tab design, durability and performance. Originally developed to
endure the punishing rigors of offshore racing, K-Planes f...
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In our recent Intro to Hydrodynamics post we discussed the impact of
drag on escalating boat speed, and the importance of using the science
of hydrodynamics to reduce that drag. The gearcase is the on...
There are two basic ways to increase the top speed of a powerboat: add
power or reduce drag. Adding power is the obvious path and the easiest
to understand, and nobody understands power like Mercury R...
Mercury Racing has a well-earned reputation for handcrafting
high-performance and racing propellers that consistently offer unrivaled
performance. That reputation is based on more than 50 years of
exp...
It’s boat show season – the perfect time of year to check out the latest
performance boats and Mercury Racing propulsion. For those of you who
are about to purchase your first performance hull, congra...
Drag racing may be the most elemental of motorsports – a short, furious
sprint from start to finish line, first one there is the winner. The
goal of the Wisconsin-based Upper Midwest Power Boat Associ...
The story goes that Errol Lanier, a legendary championship offshore
throttleman, walked away from his first ride in a high-performance bass
boat convinced that there was a better way to go fast and ca...
Mercury Racing® has expanded the pitch range of its popular Revolution®
4 XP propeller line, investing in a new base casting that will be used
to produce this high-performance prop in a 15-inch diamet...
The Mercury Racing MAX5 propeller, developed and handcrafted by Mercury
Racing Propeller artisans, is designed for single- and multiple-engine
applications, including the 400R outboard and the 600 SCi...
Mercury Racing has awarded its third annual scholarship to two local
high school students Ryan Beck of New Holstein, Wisconsin and Caleb
Cochran of Eden, Wisconsin for $5000 each. The goal of the scho...
Mercury Racing announced a partnership with the E1 Series to support the
development of an electric powertrain for use in a future E1 Series
powerboat racing championship. Mercury Racing joins the E1 ...
So, what exactly is engine knock? Well, put on your engineering hats for
a moment, as we’re going to get a little technical here. Simply put,
engine knock (aka “detonation”) is an undesirable phenomen...
Our Digital Zero Effort Controls provide an intuitive experience for
performance boaters and competitors alike. Mercury’s exclusive Digital
Throttle & Shift (DTS) technology takes the sweat out of boa...