Goody's Powder
Goody's Powder is an over-the-counter pain reliever, in elemental "powder" form, marketed and sold by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals. Like BC Powder, with which it is commonly confused, Goody's is sold primarily in the American South. For many years, the face of Goody's has been NASCAR legend Richard Petty, who appears in television commercials, billboards and print advertisements for the product. Goody's contains aspirin, caffeine, and acetaminophen, the same formula as Excedrin, 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.
Trivia
- Goody's is the title sponsor of the Goody's Cool Orange 500 Nextel Cup race at Martinsville, Virgina
- Goody's also was the title sponsor of the Goody's Headache Powder 500 Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway from 1996 to 1999
- Goody's was the official pain reliever of NASCAR until 2007 when Tylenol became the new pain reliever of NASCAR
- Goody's sponsored Chad McCumbees no.45 Dodge at Pocono
- Goody's has sponsored Tony Stewarts Busch car in 2006 and 2007
- Stewart is also in Goody's advertising along with Richard Petty
- They have also sponsored David Gillilands Busch Car in 2006
- In Days of Thunder Goody's is the main sponsor for Aldo Benedetti also in one part of the movie Rowdy Burns uses it when playing pool at his house and Cole askes how many of these do you take
- Goody's will sponsor Bobby Labontes Dodge at the fall Martinsvillie race