(Sturtevant, Wis., February 13, 2007) –Team Evinrude members Bryan and Greg Watts won the Oh Boy! Oberto Redfish Cup All-Star Ice-Breaker redfish tournament in Clearwater, Fla. this past weekend, leading the top five teams in the tournament who were all powered by Evinrude® E-TEC® outboards.
Bryan and Greg fished from a Ranger 183 Ghost boat powered by a 150-hp H.O. Evinrude E-TEC outboard engine. The rest of the top-five teams included;
- Jim Franklin and Brian Fornea; second place finishers fishing from a Majek Illusion tunnel boat powered by a 200-hp H.O. Evinrude E-TEC outboard;
- Paul Jueckstock and Scott Hughes; third place finishers fishing from a Lake and Bay flats boat powered by a 225-hp H.O. Evinrude E-TEC outboard;
- John Ochs and Craig Johnson; fourth place finishers fishing from a Lake and Bay flats boat powered by a 225-hp H.O. Evinrude E-TEC outboard;
- Ray Van Horn and C.A. Richardson; fifth place finishers fishing from a Ranger Banshee Extreme boat powered by a 60-hp Evinrude E-TEC outboard.
"We're proud to see Evinrude anglers have completely swept the final day of the event - a first for our team," said Roch Lambert, vice president, general manager, Outboard Marine Engines, BRP. "Our anglers have an advantage of quick acceleration and speed with high performance, light weight Evinrude E-TEC outboards powering their boats. Knowing they have the best product behind them adds a level of confidence that they need to be successful and focus on doing what they do best."
Bryan and Greg are the 2005 FLW Redfish Series Team of the Year. In 2003, they earned the prestigious Redfish Cup title “Team of the Year” and won the Redfish Cup Championship and Ranger Cup. They hold the 2001 IFA Redfish Tour Championship and Team of the Year titles.
The identical twin brother team has finished in the top-5 in the Team of the Year race every year except 2006 where they finished in 6th place in the FLW team of the year race.
The teams of Jueckstock/Hughes and Ochs/Johnson are part of the Lake & Bay national team that have chosen Evinrude E-TEC outboards as their engine of choice on the ESPN Redfish Cup tournament circuit in 2007. A total of eight Lake & Bay teams selected Evinrude E-TEC for the engine's superior performance, the support BRP offers on the Redfish tournament trails, and the contingency programs offered by BRP for Evinrude anglers. BRP offers an Evinrude contingency program on saltwater tournaments including: ESPN Redfish Cup; SKA Pro Kingfish; SKA Regional Kingfish events; and all of the FLW saltwater tournament trails including the FLW Redfish Series; FLW Kingfish Series; FLW Striper Series; and FLW Professional Kingfish Tour.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP), a privately-held company, is a world leader in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of motorized recreational vehicles. Its portfolio of brands and products includes: Ski-Doo® and Lynx™ snowmobiles, Sea-Doo® watercraft and sport boats, Evinrude® and Johnson® outboard engines, direct injection technologies such as Evinrude E-TEC®, Can-Am™ all-terrain vehicles and roadsters, Rotax® engines and karts.
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