Actually got to know Jess as his mother and father lived about. House down from us.
In Newberry Michigan. Went to a few shows to watch Jess?? always had the old school bus and playing for keeps. Wasn’t any he could not fix. Always there to lend a hand to anyone ??
His father Jim passed about 4 years ago now also.
Great family

Well Angelo is correct and wrong because when the picture above was taken this was the current truck running by Jesse in his PFK racing camp. This truck was retired and sold and eventually became sold to MMM, and was restored.

Hi: yep I do have info on status of J Birgy’s PFK truck.
I am a paralegal in the office of William S. Bernheim, USPTO registered attorney . No27,180. It si happens that we represent the party (Antonio Canedo) who went to Birgy’s home along with Bill the owner of Racing and Canedo bought Birgy’s last model PFK in December 2006. I am kind of short on time right now,but I have included below the recitation of FACTS (things agreed upon by both parties in an action before the TTAB (Trademark Trial & Appeal Board.) Whenver you see the word Opposer — that means it is referent to Canedo; whenver you see the word Applicant it refers to owner of Mad Man Motor Sports LLC (“MMM”); The action involved was Canedo’s Opposition to MMM’s application for registration of the TM name for Birgy’s PFK trade name.. The record in the TTAB website has some entries like this (26-ttabvue p.3- no.1) in it.
I have removed them in the text that follows. those entries merely cite to the location of the proof of the following statements that already existed in the period of the Trial
Development. I have removed them to make reading easier. I will also give you the url to where you can see the whole shebang if that is of interest.
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RECITATION OF FACTS.
The mark at issue here is Play’N For Keeps (hereinafter “PFK”);.
The mark being sought was originated by the late Jesse Birgy (“Birgy”), who never registered the identifying name PFK with the Trade Mark Office (“Office”);
Birgy was a well known originator in monster truck construction and used the trade name PFK on several of his monster trucks ;
The trade name PFK was widely known to people knowledgable in the art as being the trade name that was used by Birgy on several of his monster trucks;
OPPOSER (Canedo) purchased a truck bearing the trade name PFK from Birgy in December of 2006 ;
Applicant, Mad ManMotor Sports, LLC (MMM) ) purchased an alleged “original framework” of a prior version of Jesse Birgy’s PFK ; and then, Applicant MMM) )applied for registration of the mark on March 25, 2014, in that filing, Applicant (MMM) )claimed a date of first use in commerce and a first use anywhere as being on March 1, 2014 And, in his applciation for the PFK mark, Applicant (MMM) ) alleged his use was based on … use by a “…related company or licensee, or predecessor in interest to the Applicant. (MMM)” and, citing rules & regulations of the TM office, Applicant (MMM) claimed ownership of the right to file for the mark on the allegation that Applicant ((MMM) is a successor in interest with Jesse Birgy as the predecessor in interest.
Jesse Birgy died in 2008 ; Applicant (MMM)was formed as an L.L.C. by the State of MI on 5/13/2011;

{{NOTE: SO??? the question of course is how did MMM become successor in interest by purchase from Birgy some 3 years after Birgy died and at least 2 years after the last PFK was known to have beensold to Opposer (Canedo)?}}

Not knowing that Applciant (MMM) had fied to register the PFK name, Opposer (Canedo) applied for registration of the PFK mark 4/7/2014 ;
The TM Office issued a Suspension Notice on 9/24/2014; [][ Note: that means that the application by Canedo was put on hold}
Opposer’s (Canedo) then filed a Notice of Opposition on 8/29/2014 the Office mailed Notice of Opposition to Applciant (MMM) on 9/4/2014 A Notice of Opposition means that the person filing the notice, claims and intends to argue that the prior applicant’s claim to registration is not supportable, and should be denied by theTTAB.
The trial process was then begun and the outcome is still pending
To see all docs involved, and, if you have lots of time and a strange interest if trial board proceedings, you can use the following url to see thew whole shebang from start to right up to date now.

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=adv&procstatus=All&pno=91218197&propno=&qs=&propnameop=&propname=&pop=&pn=&pop2=&pn2=&cop=&cn=

ps: If you want, let me know and I’ll send you photos of the true PFK that sprang fro Birgy’s hands and knowledge; the one shown in your prior sending is the imitation built for MMM by some truly fantastic students as part of a competition for the Detroit Autorama’s Student Competition.

Angelo Querin

Hi Mike: I’d like to see a photo or two if they can be sent to me as email attachments. Everything Josh Stewart said about Mr. Birgy jibes with what I have been told by Bill Payne. There are not too many people of the J Birgy ilk around. Angelo Querin /Dixon CA

jesse was a great man and he is missed out here, the truck is still racing but iam not sure who has it at this time but i will try to get some updated info, i do have some pix of it new than the one shown here,

Thanks for the input Josh!