iris123 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 Seen this ad, and it looks like Ovaltine had a fairly long association with speedway. Ron Johnson , Malcolm Craven of West Ham and Mart Seiffert of Wimbledon are others featured I guess in the pre-war and probably post war eras, a number of products used speedway riders. Of course the famous cigarette series are well known. What others were there ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 I remember a Marathon (or possibly Mars) advert that was filmed at a meeting at Wimbledon. There was also a Durex advert which had a Speedway rider in a Durex race jacket and the words: "Crowd Stopper" emblazoned across it. I can't remember who the rider was though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Back in the 1950s, most of the top riders advertised Astorias cigarettes! Sorry, iris, just noticed you mentioned the cigarette adverts. Edited February 1, 2022 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 36 minutes ago, iris123 said: I guess in the pre-war and probably post war eras, a number of products used speedway riders. Of course the famous cigarette series are well known. What others were there ? In those days, it was macho to smoke. Today, it's macho to have tattoos on your neck and bits of metal sticking out of your face... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 I just found a couple of Tommy Price, advertising Quaker Oats and Goodyear Tyres... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, Grachan said: I remember a Marathon (or possibly Mars) advert that was filmed at a meeting at Wimbledon. If we're thinking of the same advert, I definitely remember a Mars advert ( I think late 70s), involving speedway. I think there was a series of adverts on the "work, rest and play" theme, showing someone doing their day job and then enjoying some kind of sport in the evening. All I can remember of the speedway one was the bloke stood on the terraces eating a Mars bar as the bikes raced into the first turn, and he says "I hope Pete wins tonight". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Flag Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 There was one with Havvy in the nineties, can’t remember what was been advertised though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Red Flag said: There was one with Havvy in the nineties, can’t remember what was been advertised though Was that the poster advert for Lucozade? Seen mainly pasted on bus shelters? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Flag Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 minute ago, PotteringAround said: Was that the poster advert for Lucozade? Seen mainly pasted on bus shelters? Yes that’s the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sotonian Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Grachan said: I remember a Marathon (or possibly Mars) advert that was filmed at a meeting at Wimbledon. There was also a Durex advert which had a Speedway rider in a Durex race jacket and the words: "Crowd Stopper" emblazoned across it. I can't remember who the rider was though. Pretty sure it was Colin Richardson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 49 minutes ago, Sotonian said: Pretty sure it was Colin Richardson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 Looks more like Kai Niemi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, M.D said: Looks more like Kai Niemi Nope. It's Colin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Grachan said: I remember a Marathon (or possibly Mars) advert that was filmed at a meeting at Wimbledon. There was also a Durex advert which had a Speedway rider in a Durex race jacket and the words: "Crowd Stopper" emblazoned across it. I can't remember who the rider was though. Nice tagline. This was mentioned in a backtrack interview recently with Colin Richardson. Bonus was he got loads of them. Surprised they didn't use Roger Johnnies instead... 1 hour ago, Red Flag said: There was one with Havvy in the nineties, can’t remember what was been advertised though 1 hour ago, PotteringAround said: Was that the poster advert for Lucozade? Seen mainly pasted on bus shelters? Yep. Lucozade with simply GRIT emblazoned across a pic of Havvy. I confess I tried to nick one for my student pad in Edinburgh at the time....until a police car pulled up and asked why I was whacking a bus shelter with a grolsch bottle. I had more testosterone than brains back then. Cool poster though Edited February 1, 2022 by falcace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 12 hours ago, chunky said: Nope. It's Colin... Yeah your right, it is Colin, my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted February 2, 2022 Report Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) Allan Kidd of Poole Pirates starred in a television commercial that was shown nationwide in 1960 - 1961 for Players Weights cigarettes. It was in many of the national and local newspapers, and it also included a lady named Valerie, who was a fashion model for one of the big stores in Bournemouth. Allan and Valerie were actually married and they later emigrated to Canada. Edited February 2, 2022 by Split 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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