Offshoreonly.com - Mercury Racing for 2005!!!

This is GREAT!!! Way to step up to plate Mercury Racing!!!

Thank you very much Jimmy Goerlitz and OSS... :evilb:

MD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - FOND DU LAC, Wis. Jan. 25, 2005

Mercury Racing is pleased to announce a $150,000 Offshore Super Series (OSS) contingency prize purse forthe 2005 racing season. The purse is to reward racers who use Mercury Racing-approved outboards and sterndrives in OSS National Series events in OSS Cat Lite, OSS Vee, OSS Vee Lite and OSS Cat Outboard class competition. OSS Cat class competitors using Mercury Racing approved OSS Cat engine packages will be rewarded a separate Mercury Racing Winners Circle promotional credit program. Mercury Racing will support the contingency programs by providing onsite support at all 2005 OSS race events, with the legendary Mercury Racing offshore product support truck and staff.

To be eligible, racers must complete a program registration form available from Mercury Racing. The current Mercury Racing logo (a minimum of 36-inch in length) must be prominently displayed in an appropriate fashion on both the port and starboard side of each race boat as well as both port and starboard sides of the deck of each race boat. Mercury Racing logo graphics painted on the boat must be approved by Mercury Racing. Mercury Racing logo decals will also be made available to eligible teams.

The $150,000 OSS contingency purse consists of a $75,000 contingency for OSS National Series title winners and $75,000 contingency for individual OSS National Series race event and World Championship winners.

A $75,000 purse for OSS National Series title winners will be distributed to the top five places in OSS Cat Lite, OSS Vee, OSS Vee Lite and OSS Cat Outboard classes, based on the total points each race boat accumulates in the OSS National Series during the 2005 race season.

The $75,000 purse for the winners at each individual OSS National Series event will be distributed to OSS Cat Lite, OSS Vee, OSS Vee Lite and OSS Cat Outboard class competition. Each first place class winner using Mercury Racing approved HP525 EFI engines and OSS class approved sterndrives or Mercury Racing 2.5 EFI Offshore Race outboards in the OSS National Series for the 2005 racing season will be awarded a retail value promotional credit per event. The overall World Championship title winners in these classes will also be awarded a retail value promotional credit.

Individual First Place Winner Promotional Credit (Based on Eight Events)

OSS Cat Lite - $2,500 per event
OSS Vee - $2,500 per event
OSS Vee Lite - $1,250 per event
OSS Cat Outboard - $1,250 per event

Overall World Championship Title Winner Promotional Credit
OSS Cat Lite - $5,000
OSS Vee - $5,000
OSS Vee Lite - $2,500
OSS Cat Outboard $2,500

OSS National Series Total High Points (Retail Value Promotional Credit)

OSS Cat Lite:
1st Place - $12,000
2nd Place - $6,000
3rd Place - $4,000
4th Place - $2,000
5th Place - $1,000

OSS Vee:
1st Place - $12,000
2nd Place - $6,000
3rd Place - $4,000
4th Place - $2,000
5th Place - $1,000

OSS Vee Lite:
1st Place - $6,000
2nd Place - $3,000
3rd Place - $2,000
4th Place - $1,000
5th Place - $500

OSS Cat Outboard:
1st Place - $6,000
2nd Place - $3,000
3rd Place - $2,000
4th Place - $1,000
5th Place - $500

Contact Mercury Racing Race Sales Manager Jim Goerlitz at 920-924-2036 for additional information regarding the 2005 Offshore Super Series (OSS) contingency prize purse.