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CFHill
Apr 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/1/99
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Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
--
Chuck
Go #33!
Tom Pendergast
Apr 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/2/99
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Definitely remember the ad campaign, but what I -don't- specifically
remember was them being real drivers. I could be wrong, but I think
they were just three actors in race gear with their name in big ol'
letters on their chests...
Tom Pendergast
[m&m] Go Ernie [m&m] <---(text-only version of an m&m)
--
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most
of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."
- Andy Rooney
Ron Natalie
Apr 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/2/99
to CFHill
CFHill wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
I remember this, but it was completely lost on me at the time
(and it still is) that these were anything other than commercial
actors.
Christopher Cuomo
Apr 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/2/99
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CFHill wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
I have a 1974 Newsweek magazine with Uni, Roy, and Al in a two-page ad.
As best I can tell, they're not race car drivers, simply commercial
actors/models.
CFHill
Apr 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/2/99
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That answers that. Thanks.
Now I have to get Duke of Earl out of my head.
Thanks Rooster!
--
Chuck
Go #33!
Christopher Cuomo wrote in message <370521...@com.chriscuomo>...
Oferboy
Apr 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/3/99
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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 18:32:06 -0500, "Red Rooster" <cr...@hen.com>
wrote:
wrote:
>
>X-No-Archive: Yes
>
>You're welcome! It only took me 2 days to shake it.
>
It took you that long to find the gas pedal ? ;-)
>Red Rooster
>Somewhere on this planet a woman gives birth every 9 seconds.
>She must be found and stopped immediately!
>
Tom Pendergast
Apr 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/3/99
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CFHill wrote:
>
> That answers that. Thanks.
> Now I have to get Duke of Earl out of my head.
>
> That answers that. Thanks.
> Now I have to get Duke of Earl out of my head.
It could be worse, you could be Eric Cartman...
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
I've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of me
On board, I'm the captain, so climb aboard...
(and if you're not a "South Park" fan, this will make absolutely -no-
sense at all, so just disregard, Ohh Kehy? Ohh Kehy.)
--
maggi...@gmail.com
Sep 6, 2014, 10:35:11 PM9/6/14
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Roy is jake plum stead my cousin he was the first stunt driver to ride on two wheels around the track.
Mike Marlow
Sep 6, 2014, 10:43:16 PM9/6/14
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maggi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Roy is jake plum stead my cousin he was the first stunt driver to
> ride on two wheels around the track.
And when was this?
> Roy is jake plum stead my cousin he was the first stunt driver to
> ride on two wheels around the track.
John McCoy
Sep 7, 2014, 10:35:07 AM9/7/14
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"Mike Marlow" <mmarlo...@windstream.net> wrote in news:luggm6$fil$1
@dont-email.me:
Maggie must be very very old, because I'm pretty sure I've
seen ancient movie footage of someone doing that on a board
track in the 20's.
(Google says Jake Plumstead was a member of Joie Chitwood's
group in the 60's...Chitwood started out in the 30's, so I'd
guess Jake was not the first to do the two wheel stunt)
John
@dont-email.me:
seen ancient movie footage of someone doing that on a board
track in the 20's.
(Google says Jake Plumstead was a member of Joie Chitwood's
group in the 60's...Chitwood started out in the 30's, so I'd
guess Jake was not the first to do the two wheel stunt)
John
Mike Marlow
Sep 7, 2014, 10:20:59 PM9/7/14
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not sure who was earlier - Kochman or Chitwood but both were certainly
active in the 60's. Saw both many times.
--
-Mike-
mmarlo...@windstream.net
jmsk...@gmail.com
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rja...@gmail.com
Dec 12, 2018, 11:39:12 AM12/12/18
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On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
>
> --
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
>
> Chuck
> Go #33!
Try contacting DDB advertising in NYC. They did the campaign.
a425couple
Dec 12, 2018, 12:07:17 PM12/12/18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql123u7WSJo
(I do not recognize any of the drivers.)
Comments include:
Boris777Z
6 years ago
Uni, Roy and Al, Good Grief!
Clay Plumstead
1 year ago
Boris777Z What's wrong with it. Roy was my father,but his real name was
not Roy. His real name was Jake Plumstead.
Here is a group of Google - Images of the ads.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Uniroyal+ads&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS744US749&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIodTu4JrfAhVM2IMKHSJaBDcQsAR6BAgBEAE&biw=1920&bih=938
Makes it seem like the 3 drivers are part of a stunt team,
or "Thrill Show" from 1973.
Titled, "Uniroyal Tire Thrill Drivers."
John McCoy
Dec 12, 2018, 9:11:42 PM12/12/18
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a425couple <a425c...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:purf6...@news1.newsguy.com:
> On 12/12/2018 8:39 AM, rja...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
>>> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
>>> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
>>> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
>>> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
>>> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
>>> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
>>> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
>>> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
>>> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>>> --
>>> Chuck
>>> Go #33!
>>
>> Try contacting DDB advertising in NYC. They did the campaign.
>>
>
> Here! View it yourself:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql123u7WSJo
It is truely remarkable that you found that video, but since
Chuck Hill asked the original question in 1999, I'm going to
guess your efforts were wasted, and that he has either long
since found his answer or (more likely) given up on it. Either
way, the chance of him seeing this is pretty much 0.
(at somepoint all that'll be left in Usenet will be clueless
Googlers like rjapels, blindly responding to comments made in
the previous century).
John
news:purf6...@news1.newsguy.com:
> On 12/12/2018 8:39 AM, rja...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
>>> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
>>> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
>>> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
>>> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
>>> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
>>> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
>>> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
>>> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
>>> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>>> --
>>> Chuck
>>> Go #33!
>>
>> Try contacting DDB advertising in NYC. They did the campaign.
>>
>
> Here! View it yourself:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql123u7WSJo
Chuck Hill asked the original question in 1999, I'm going to
guess your efforts were wasted, and that he has either long
since found his answer or (more likely) given up on it. Either
way, the chance of him seeing this is pretty much 0.
(at somepoint all that'll be left in Usenet will be clueless
Googlers like rjapels, blindly responding to comments made in
the previous century).
John
a425couple
Dec 14, 2018, 10:46:56 AM12/14/18
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But, even though finding an answer will probably help
no one else,
it can still be interesting to solve a puzzle.
Just like some work to figure out a crossword puzzle.
Keeps some brain cells and search abilities going.
a425couple
Dec 14, 2018, 11:30:43 PM12/14/18
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On 12/12/2018 6:11 PM, John McCoy wrote:
> a425couple <a425c...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:purf6...@news1.newsguy.com:
>
>> On 12/12/2018 8:39 AM, rja...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
> ---------
> news:purf6...@news1.newsguy.com:
>
>> On 12/12/2018 8:39 AM, rja...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
> (at somepoint all that'll be left in Usenet will be clueless
> Googlers like rjapels, blindly responding to comments made in
> the previous century).
> John
>
Certainly a serious lot of different 'groups'
about auto racing.
But,,,, seems real difficult to get involved in
a real conversation, or discussion.
Pete Zahria
Dec 15, 2018, 8:24:22 PM12/15/18
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RASN (rec.autos.sport.nascar)
--
Dan
"Why are there flotation devices in the seats of planes
instead of parachutes? "
John McCoy
Dec 16, 2018, 11:36:12 AM12/16/18
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a425couple <a425c...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:pv1vvo02dg9
@news4.newsguy.com:
> Meanwhile John, do you use Facebook.
> Certainly a serious lot of different 'groups'
> about auto racing.
> But,,,, seems real difficult to get involved in
> a real conversation, or discussion.
No, I've never set up Facebook, and after all recent security
issues I'm not sure I want to.
I don't see modern "social" media as being discussion oriented,
or even really social. It seems to be mostly "I'll post my
thoughts and then forget about them. Read it or not, I don't
really care."
John
@news4.newsguy.com:
> Meanwhile John, do you use Facebook.
> Certainly a serious lot of different 'groups'
> about auto racing.
> But,,,, seems real difficult to get involved in
> a real conversation, or discussion.
issues I'm not sure I want to.
I don't see modern "social" media as being discussion oriented,
or even really social. It seems to be mostly "I'll post my
thoughts and then forget about them. Read it or not, I don't
really care."
John
thekma...@gmail.com
Dec 16, 2018, 4:40:49 PM12/16/18
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John McCoy wrote: "
No, I've never set up Facebook, and after all recent security
issues I'm not sure I want to.
I don't see modern "social" media as being discussion oriented,
or even really social. It seems to be mostly "I'll post my
thoughts and then forget about them. Read it or not, I don't
really care."
John "
Ain't missing much, Mack. :)
No, I've never set up Facebook, and after all recent security
issues I'm not sure I want to.
I don't see modern "social" media as being discussion oriented,
or even really social. It seems to be mostly "I'll post my
thoughts and then forget about them. Read it or not, I don't
really care."
John "
I discuss issues on Facebook Real hard-hitting
topics, stuff people would rather avoid. Most everyone
else discusses their makup running, not getting
a piece last night, or crying over their supposedly
Conference- bound team getting shut out 17-0.
Different strokes, I guess!
Pete Zahria
Dec 22, 2018, 9:41:54 AM12/22/18
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The groups are what you make it..
The RASN group, could be exactly like this place was 15 years,
if people wanted it to be.
With the addition of posting color pictures.
Not everyone cares that you had French toast for breakfast. I get it.
But it only gets posted, if you post it..
Look at the junk that has been posted here over the years,
by people that many didn't care for.They get blocked.
Same with Facebook... just block them..
BELIEVE me... I was always a Facebook naysayer.
Thought it was stupid...Until I did it.
There is something there for everyone.
I mean everyone. Stuff you never thought would interest you..
That's why I started the page.
Just my opinion. YMMV.
milew...@gmail.com
May 7, 2020, 3:42:16 PM5/7/20
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On Thursday, April 1, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, CFHill wrote:
> Can anyone help me out with this? Back in the 70's there was
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
>
> --
> Chuck
> Go #33!
They were actual stunt drivers:
> a T.V. commercial in which three drivers introduced themselves
> as Uni, Roy and Al. Put their names together and they are making
> a pitch for Uniroyal tires. What I can't remember is who the drivers
> were. I'll guess that Al is Al Unser. I have no idea who Roy is and
> if I remember correctly Uni was a woman driver. Anytime I hear
> Uniroyal mentioned I think back to this old commercial and its
> like having a bad song stuck in your head that you don't even
> know the words to. Anybody else remember this ad?
>
>
> --
> Chuck
> Go #33!
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-uniroyal-tire-uni-roy-al-237549026
Bart Nash
Aug 9, 2020, 10:07:44 PM8/9/20
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Wow, I guess I'm a little late to the party here but the answer to the question is "Jake Plumstead" who was my uncle. I come from a long history of racing on both sides of my family. Uncle Jake learned how to stunt drive from Joey Chitwood and the famous Joey Chitwood thrill show. Later he married my aunt on my mother's side of the family. Jake met my aunt through my dad who at the time was the head mechanic for midget, sprint car, & Indy car driver Bill Schindler https://g.co/kgs/9cSotN. Uncle Jake later moved over to the Hell Drivers and in the early '60s at the 1964 Worlds Fair in Queens NY, he made at the time the famous 70' ramp to ramp jump in a 64 Plymouth I believe. Later when my brother came home from Vietnam he and Uncle Jake started racing midgets on the east coast just like everyone else did on both sides of the family. Uncle Jake was involved in open-wheel midget & sprint car racing until the mid 70's when Uncle Jake decided to use the talents he learned from Joie Chitwood and later perfected with the Hell Drivers and started his own thrill show called the Jake Plumstead Thrill Show. Unfortunately, the thrill show was short-lived do the bad economy and the dwindling of spectator interest. The Uni-Roy-Al commercials were one of the last things Uncle Jake performed under the Jake Plumstead Thrill Show. Later in the late 70's Uncle Jake decided to hang up his stunt driving and began helping me when I strapped myself into my first sprint car. Hope that helps. My two brothers and myself are the last of an auto racing family that began racing in the '30s when racing started at the True Gasoline Alley in Paterson NJ.
thekma...@gmail.com
Aug 19, 2020, 4:20:15 PM8/19/20
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Pete Zahria wrote:
>The groups are what you make it..
>The RASN group, could be exactly like this place was 15 years,
>if people wanted it to be.
>With the addition of posting color pictures.
>Not everyone cares that you had French toast for breakfast. I get it.
>But it only gets posted, if you post it..
>Look at the junk that has been posted here over the years,
>by people that many didn't care for.They get blocked.
>Same with Facebook... just block them..
>BELIEVE me... I was always a Facebook naysayer.
>Thought it was stupid...Until I did it.
>There is something there for everyone.
>I mean everyone. Stuff you never thought would interest you..
>That's why I started the page.
>Just my opinion. YMMV.
____________
>The groups are what you make it..
>The RASN group, could be exactly like this place was 15 years,
>if people wanted it to be.
>With the addition of posting color pictures.
>Not everyone cares that you had French toast for breakfast. I get it.
>But it only gets posted, if you post it..
>Look at the junk that has been posted here over the years,
>by people that many didn't care for.They get blocked.
>Same with Facebook... just block them..
>BELIEVE me... I was always a Facebook naysayer.
>Thought it was stupid...Until I did it.
>There is something there for everyone.
>I mean everyone. Stuff you never thought would interest you..
>That's why I started the page.
>Just my opinion. YMMV.
Yeah, well, I don't appreciate looking up products on Amazon and other sites, then
seeing ads for them in my Facebook newsfeed.
Plus, in the decade or so I've been on there, the amount of unsolicited phone calls
I've received has gone up exponentially - AND I NEVER EVEN PROVIDED FB A
PHONE NUMBER!
I'm through with it!
a425couple
Aug 20, 2020, 11:20:46 AM8/20/20
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on Facebook has eased. His group seems closed.
But meanwhile, your linking of FB with getting unsolicitied
phone calls I think is unwarranted. Two totally separated
trends.
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