Road Test. Winner gets Pepsi and Doritos!

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I-95n at Exit 10  to Fairmont, North Carolina


Ok Road Trippers, time for a Road Test. And no you do NOT win a Drivers License!  But you do win $5 worth of Pepsi or Dorito Products with a fill up of fuel at the upcoming Exit 10 to Fairmont. If you take the Exit bare right to the Extra Mile Chevron and tell em RoadSpoke sent you. So get right to Exit. ​

Now for the Fast Facts.


Can you guess which of the following Fast Facts about the state of North Carolina is false? Three of them are true, and just one is false. Here we go.


1. Krispy Kreme Doughnut was founded here in North Carolina.


2. The first miniature golf course was built here.


3. Coke was invented here.


4. Babe Ruth, as a pro ball player, hit his first home run here.


What do you think? Which is false? Krispy Creme? Mini Golf? Coke? Or Babe Ruth? First I’ll reveal which are true. ​

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts was indeed founded here, in Winston-Salem. That’s true! In fact, local legend has it that in 1937,  Vernon Rudolph opened his first Krispy Kreme store, deciding on Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the location because his favorite cigarette company, Camel Cigarettes, was headquartered in Winston-Salem. Apparently in an era where everyone smoked, Vernon Rudolph liked his cigs fresh!   Vernon also learned something about fresh baked Krispy Kreme donuts when customers began lining up at midnight which was when Vernon began to bake the next day's inventory.  By 4 am the fresh baked donuts were sold out! 

Anyways, returning to our Road Test... The first mini golf course was built here, in Fayetteville. That is also a fact. 

You know what else happened in Fayetteville? Babe Ruth hit his first home run! On March 7 in 1914.

Which means that if you guessed Coke wasn’t invented here, you’re correct!  But in this case, the lie is not too far from the truth. Because even though Coke wasn’t invented here, Pepsi was!


Pepsi Cola was first introduced as a product called "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898. In 1931 at the depth of the Great Depression the Pepsi-Cola Company entered bankruptcy. Eventually Pepsi's assets were purchased by Charles Guth, who was the president of a candy manufacturing company with retail stores that contained soda fountains. He was interested in Pepsi because he wanted to replace Coca-Cola at his stores' fountains after Coke refused to give him a discount on syrup.


Think about it, if Coke had just given that discount way back when, there would be no Pepsi to rival them! ​

And even after Pepsi took off, the Coca Cola company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola company not just once but on three separate occasions between 1922 and 1933. But they declined on each occasion and the rivalry has just kept growing.


Time to play another game. I’ll give you four Pepsi slogans from the past sixty years or so. Three will be true and one will be false. Can you guess the false one? Here we go. The first slogan is "Any Weather is Pepsi Weather.” The second slogan is “More Bounce to the Ounce.” Here’s your third option: “Born in the Carolinas.” And finally the fourth option is “If you’re peppy, get Pepsi.”


Are you ready to answer? Do you think it was the slogan that said “born In the Carolinas”? Well you’re wrong, that’s a real Pepsi slogan from 2011! The false slogan was “if you’re peppy, get Pepsi.” ​

Why not get right and take the next exit to Fairmount?  I know I am thirsty, and you are likely too. Let’s get a round of sodas or maybe a soda and some Doritos. And when in Carolina do what the locals do. Make it a Pepsi!


#Pepsi #KrispyKreme #NorthCarolina #BradsDrink #NewBern #BabeRuth #CocaCola ​

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