Mercury Racing Announces 2003 APBA Offshore Contingency Awards

$75,000 National and World Championship Prize Purse Distributed Fond du Lac, Wis. – Mercury Racing is pleased to announce the $75,000 APBA Offshore GMC Pro Series National and World Championship contingency prize purse winners for the 2003 racing season. The purse rewards the top five 2003 National points finishers and World Champions using Mercury Racing approved engines and sterndrives in 2003 APBA Offshore events. Mercury Racing distributed an additional $75,000 purse for APBA Factory 1, Factory 2, Super Cat Light and Super Vee winners at each individual APBA National GMC Pro-Series event. Winners using Mercury Racing approved engines and sterndrives in the National Pro-Series for the 2003 APBA offshore racing season were awarded a $1,500 promotional credit per race win. The 2003 Mercury Racing $75,000 purse prizes for the National Pro-Series title winners was distributed to APBA F1, F2, Super Cat Light and Super Vee for the top five places based on the total points each race boat accumulates in the National Pro-Series during the race season. The overall World Championship title winners in these classes were awarded a $4,500 promotional credit. Promotional credits are applied toward the purchase of class specific Mercury Racing engines, propellers, parts and accessories. —————-| 2003 Mercury Racing | | Pro-Series National | | Championship Contingency | | Purse Winners | | ————————- ——————+—————-| | Factory 1 | Winner | | Retail* Award | | | | | Value | |————————+—————————— ——————+—————-| | 1st Place | Winnabago/Red Devil | Mark | | $6,000 | | | |Kowalski| | | |————————+—————————–+ ——————+—————-| | 2nd Place | Typhoon | Randy | | $3,000 | | | |Schleuss| | | |————————+—————————–+ ——————+—————-| | 3rd Place | Screamin Eagle | Allen | | $2,000 | | | |Campbell| | | |————————+—————————–+ ——————+—————-| | 4th Place | Velocity VR1 | Steve | | $1,000 | | | |Kildahl | | | |————————+—————————–+ ——————+—————-| | 5th Place | Offshore Addiction | Al | | $500 | | | |Chesley | | | |————————+—————————–+ ——————+—————-|     Factory 2 | | ————————- —————————+—————-| | 1st Place | Snap-On Talk’n Tools | | Brian Ross | $6,000 | |————————+ ——–+——————+—————-| | 2nd Place | AR Donzi | | Joseph Skrocki | $3,000 | |————————+ ——–+——————+—————-| | 3rd Place | Lets Play Racing | | Jeff Krischano | $2,000 | |————————+ ——–+——————+—————-| | 4th Place | Harwich Concrete Block/Pier | | Chris Wickstrom | $1,000 | | | 57 | | | | |————————+ ——–+——————+—————-| | 5th Place | Team Fisher Offshore Racing | | Bobby Fisher | $500 | |————————+ ——–+——————+—————-| —————| Super Cat Light | | —————————————————————————-+—————| | 1st Place | Liquid Metal | Bob Teague | $6,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 2nd Place | In Contempt | Paul Whittier | $3,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 3rd Place | Dirty Duck | “Slug” Hefner | $2,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 4th Place | American Dream | Bill Beaven | $1,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 5th Place | Page Racing | Steve Page | $500 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | Super Vee | | | | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 1st Place | Team Donzi | Doug Valentine | $6,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 2nd Place | Spiderman | Todd Welling | $3,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 3rd Place | Ettore Squeegee | James Richardson | $2,000 | | | | Jr. | | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 4th- Place | N/A | | $1,000 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 5th Place | H & H Speed and Marine | Bob Bull | $500 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| —————| 2003 Mercury Racing | | Factory Pro-Series World | | Championship Contingency | | Purse Winners | | —————————————————————————-+—————| | 1st Place | Winnabago/Red Devil – F-1 | Mark Kowalski | $4,500 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 1st Place | Lets Play Racing – F-2 | Jeff Krischano | $4,500 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| | 1st Place |Liquid Metal ? Super Cat Light | Bob Teague | $4,500 | |————————-+——————————-+——————+—————| *Promotional credit to be applied towards product on customer’s Mercury Racing account.