Anyone remember Pripps Plus?

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Edited Date/Time 3/4/2013 6:50pm
I was going through some old boxes and found a couple of old Pripps Pluss energy drink packets. What ever happened to them? The stuff was killer and I drank a ton of it. I don't have any pics of them either so you will just have to believe me.
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8/15/2011 11:49am
I remember it in 1980 or '81. I loved that stuff
GILLETT
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8/15/2011 11:52am
jatharp12 wrote:
I remember it in 1980 or '81. I loved that stuff
My Dad had a dealership and sold it. I think we used more than he sold. Awesome stuff. Tasted way better than the crap that is out now.
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8/15/2011 11:56am
I don't remember that stuff. But I remember ENDURA. If I remember right there slogan was "Race fuel for your body"
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8/15/2011 12:02pm
Pripps used to have a JUG line of that stuff by the starting line @ LL's...couldn't get enough of that stuff

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8/15/2011 12:06pm
dboivin wrote:
Pripps used to have a JUG line of that stuff by the starting line @ LL's...couldn't get enough of that stuff
Kitsch used to have gallons of it in his mom's van. I had to constantly piss because of that stuff. I probably overdosed on it.Woohoo
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8/15/2011 12:55pm
Best energy drink ever.
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8/15/2011 1:20pm
Pripps was great!!! Use to drink the hell out of that stuff untill they stopped making it.

Lemon flavor Propell Fitness Water tastes just like it, but nothing beats the original.
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8/15/2011 1:40pm
slipdog wrote:
Pripps was great!!! Use to drink the hell out of that stuff untill they stopped making it. Lemon flavor Propell Fitness Water tastes just like it...
Pripps was great!!! Use to drink the hell out of that stuff untill they stopped making it.

Lemon flavor Propell Fitness Water tastes just like it, but nothing beats the original.
I thought the same thing about the Propel water!!!! Very similar, but not the same.
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8/15/2011 1:53pm
I loved Pripps! First time i had it was at '81 Ponca.
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8/15/2011 2:59pm
I mixed about 20,000 gallons of that stuff up for the Bailey MX schools in 83. It worked well. The students loved it.
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8/15/2011 3:32pm
ocscottie wrote:
I loved Pripps! First time i had it was at '81 Ponca.
I remember getting some recovery drink in a dixie cup as you walked your bike from the finish line at Ponca around that time. Always wanted to get some after that but couldn't recall the name and Pripps Plus is kinda ringin a bell.
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8/15/2011 3:54pm
At Loretta's spectating in 1983 they were giving the stuff away.
Loved it!
I went home and started selling in my shop.
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8/15/2011 5:47pm
It was great. Sure wish they still made it.
8/15/2011 7:32pm
wow! blast from the past! i totally forgot about that stuff but now that you mention it, it was awesome! i remember drinking it from the team green section at lorettas back in the early 80's. my step dad was racing and we were too poor to hydrate the accidental child that i was...so the team green tent (even though they were a sworn enemy to our little ktm/maico franchise) was where i sustained life for the week. it was like gatorade but pripps would have been a threat to gatorade because from what I remember, it was really good. i liked gatorade too but pripps was definitely an equal contender. maybe even better? i remember pripps like it was yesterday, the team green tent and especially the pripps free dispensery was right next to staging. perfect placement!
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8/15/2011 7:43pm
Right on Joey! at Ponca we were parked right next to the TG pits, so Pripps was just a few steps away the whole time, i drank so much i was pee'in flo green Cool

That was the year that Jones goggles had the display where you could shoot a .22 pistol into the lens.

Both those remind me of each other.
8/15/2011 7:51pm
scottie i missed that booth. never went to ponca but i see now ponca doesn't recognize lorettas nor does lorettas recognize ponca...too much competition that promoters use to divide us. probably a tiny reason that we remember pripps and ask eachother what the hell happened? seems like we loved the stuff!

on a side note, since you are the man with posting races plus an insider that i much respect, can i find the nbc show anywhere? i forgot to dvr it being that it was not a speed show...
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8/15/2011 7:51pm
Yeah, I loved Pripps in the 80's. If I remember right it was supposed to be really high in magnesium or something like that to prevent arm pump. It seemed like it worked to me.
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ocscottie wrote:
Right on Joey! at Ponca we were parked right next to the TG pits, so Pripps was just a few steps away the whole time, i...
Right on Joey! at Ponca we were parked right next to the TG pits, so Pripps was just a few steps away the whole time, i drank so much i was pee'in flo green Cool

That was the year that Jones goggles had the display where you could shoot a .22 pistol into the lens.

Both those remind me of each other.
Jones Goggles, Pripps Plus, Hi-Point boots, DMC Flourescent Orange seat cover, and Gear Racewear. Hell yeah. Good times for sure.
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8/15/2011 8:03pm
scottie i missed that booth. never went to ponca but i see now ponca doesn't recognize lorettas nor does lorettas recognize ponca...too much competition that promoters...
scottie i missed that booth. never went to ponca but i see now ponca doesn't recognize lorettas nor does lorettas recognize ponca...too much competition that promoters use to divide us. probably a tiny reason that we remember pripps and ask eachother what the hell happened? seems like we loved the stuff!

on a side note, since you are the man with posting races plus an insider that i much respect, can i find the nbc show anywhere? i forgot to dvr it being that it was not a speed show...
Here ya go bud:

https://youtu.be/UuvKY3-s2Vw

check out that guys youtube channel, he has ALL the races!
8/15/2011 8:19pm
jesus christ scottie...can you get me a philly cheese steak dominos pizza deliverd to my door asap....now i'm gonna need some pizza! i figured others had already asked so i might as well...

on a side note, how about motoworld usa episode 37?

i have no idea what that is...i'm just pulling shit out of my ass.

i'm turning on my ps3 and gonna watch what i missed. i asked, you put it up. i am forever indebted to you. wow! thanks man!
8/15/2011 8:40pm
on my ps3, when i get to the message board homepage, a citicard ad overcomes the main forum area of my page...ok after muliple attempts its not just a citicard ad...wow...the power in advertising. i'll just watch it on my laptop. i can access all of vital except for the top left corner of any page i open up...the main forum is part of that upper left corner obviously...if mx vs atv alive was in my ps 3 right now, all of it would be in the steet outside my front door.
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8/16/2011 5:25am
ocscottie wrote:
Right on Joey! at Ponca we were parked right next to the TG pits, so Pripps was just a few steps away the whole time, i...
Right on Joey! at Ponca we were parked right next to the TG pits, so Pripps was just a few steps away the whole time, i drank so much i was pee'in flo green Cool

That was the year that Jones goggles had the display where you could shoot a .22 pistol into the lens.

Both those remind me of each other.
GILLETT wrote:
Jones Goggles, Pripps Plus, Hi-Point boots, DMC Flourescent Orange seat cover, and Gear Racewear. Hell yeah. Good times for sure.
I forgot the Bell Moto-3.Smile
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8/16/2011 7:48am
I raced Ponca in '82, drank loads of Pripps from the Team Green supply, wore Jones goggles with a Moto3, and worshipped Willie Surratt, Keith Turpin and Ronnie Tichenor that year. Can I be in your club??
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8/16/2011 8:01am
Larry Meyers gave me my first cup of Pripps Plus at Loretta's in '83. As many others have already said, I too loved that stuff.
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8/16/2011 8:30am
kardy wrote:
I raced Ponca in '82, drank loads of Pripps from the Team Green supply, wore Jones goggles with a Moto3, and worshipped Willie Surratt, Keith Turpin...
I raced Ponca in '82, drank loads of Pripps from the Team Green supply, wore Jones goggles with a Moto3, and worshipped Willie Surratt, Keith Turpin and Ronnie Tichenor that year. Can I be in your club??
No. LoL

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