iris123 20,939 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,314 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,101 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,087 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,087 Posted February 1, 2022 I just found a couple of Tommy Price, advertising Quaker Oats and Goodyear Tyres... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PotteringAround 631 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 454 Posted February 1, 2022 There was one with Havvy in the nineties, can’t remember what was been advertised though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PotteringAround 631 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 454 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sotonian 609 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,939 Posted February 1, 2022 49 minutes ago, Sotonian said: Pretty sure it was Colin Richardson. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.D 462 Posted February 1, 2022 Looks more like Kai Niemi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,087 Posted February 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, M.D said: Looks more like Kai Niemi Nope. It's Colin... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatface 2,549 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
