- Goody's Powder
Goody's Powder is an over-the-counter pain reliever, in elemental "powder" form, marketed and sold by
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals. LikeBC Powder , with which it is commonly confused, Goody's is sold primarily in theAmerican South . For many years, the face of Goody's has beenNASCAR legendRichard Petty , who appears intelevision commercials , billboards and print advertisements for the product. Goody's containsaspirin ,caffeine , andacetaminophen , the same formula asExcedrin , but in powder form, which does not need to be dissolved by the digestive system as a tablet would before entering the bloodstream, but the very acidic taste and awkwardness of ingesting the powder is often displeasurable.Race sponsorship
Goodies has a long history of sponsoring motor racing events and teams, especially
NASCAR . The Daytona Busch Race was sponsored by Goody's from 1982 to 1996. Goody's is the title sponsor of theGoody's Cool Orange 500 Nextel Cup race atMartinsville Speedway and was the title sponsor of theGoody's Headache Powder 500 Cup race atBristol Motor Speedway from 1996 to 1999. Goody's was the official pain reliever ofNASCAR until 2007 whenTylenol became the new pain reliever of NASCAR.Goody's sponsored Chad McCumbee's No. 45 Dodge at Pocono and Tony Stewart's Busch car in 2006 and 2007 and they have also sponsored David Gilliland Busch Car in 2006. Goody's will sponsor Bobby Labonte's Dodge at the fall Martinsville race.Goody's was also a sponsor for Aldo Bennedetti's car(character played by Don Simpson) in the movie Days of Thunder.
Recall
Goody's Powder underwent a nationwide recall in December 1992 when William Williams of
Morristown, Tennessee died after ingesting the powder. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DF1739F936A15751C1A964958260| title=Headache Remedy Recalled Over Fatal Tampering] The death was later ruled a suicide and Goody's Manufacturing Company, the manufacturer at the time, was absolved of fault. [cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1D9103EF93BA35752C0A965958260| title= F.B.I. Rules Out Tampering In a Fatal Cyanide Poisoning]Notes
External links
* [http://www.goodyspowder.com Official Goody's Powder site]
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