Soda Wars Results
First Round Results
Match 1: dnL v Pepsi Twist
Date: May 27, 2003
Time: 3:35 pm
Purchase Place: 7-11, Stuarts Draft, VA
Taste Test Location: El Puerto parking lot, Stuarts Draft, VA
Commitee:
Brad O'Neil (1 point for dnL)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (1 point for dnL)
Cullen O'Neil (-0.5 points for both)
Final Score: dnL 1.5, Pepsi Twist -0.5
Notes: Cullen thought both sodas sucked. Also, Mexicans gave us strange looks.
Match 2: Mountain Dew Code Red v Sprite Tropical Remix
Date: May 28, 2003
Time: 3:30 pm
Purchase Place: Exxon, Stuarts Draft, VA
Taste Test Location: Food Lion parking lot, Stuarts Draft, VA
Commitee:
Tim Willis (1 point for Code Red)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (3 points for Code Red)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for Sprite Remix)
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Code Red)
Final Score: Code Red 5, Sprite Remix 1
Notes: Tim constantly refered to Code Red as "Red Code." He was also quoted as saying, in reference to Sprite Remix, "This tastes like fuckin' pineapple!!" Also, he gave his point to "Red Code" "with more bias than the 1950's American south."
Match 3: Mountain Dew Livewire v Red Fusion
Date: May 29, 2003
Time: 3:50 pm
Purchase Place: Eaver's Amaco, Stuarts Draft, VA
Taste Test Location: Du Pont Employee's Credit Union parking lot, Stuarts Draft, VA
Commitee:
Jeremy Grant (1 point for Livewire)
Tim Willis (1 point for Livewire)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for Livewire)
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Red Fusion)
Ray Lent (1 point for Red Fusion)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (2 points for Livewire)
Final Score: Livewire 5, Red Fusion 2
Notes: Tim said that, although he thought Red Fusion was the better of the two sodas, he noted that it tasted just like Dr. Pepper, and so cast his vote for "Wirelive." Ray attempted to cast a write-in vote for Dasani Water, but was promptly beaten. Incidentally, Tim did make it home by 4:00. Specifically, he arrived at 3:59.
Match 4: Pepsi Blue v Vanilla Coke
Date: June 1, 2003
Time: 1:25 pm
Purchase Place: Eaver's Citgo, Stuarts Draft, VA
Taste Test Location: P & R Sales parking lot, Stuarts Draft, VA
Commitee:
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Vanilla Coke)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for Pepsi Blue)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (1,000,000 points for Vanilla Coke)
Final Score: Pepsi Blue 1,000,001, Pepsi Blue 1
Notes: Wow, an upset. Half of the Pepsi Blue was lost in a fizzy accident that resulted from Brad heaving it skyward then deciding not to catch it.
Semifinal Results
Match 5: dnL versus Mountain Dew Code Red
Date: June 2, 2003
Time: 4:50 pm
Purchase Place: Shell, Fishersville, VA
Taste Test Location: Hampton Inn parking lot, Fishersville, VA
Commitee:
Ray Lent (1 point for dnL)
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Code Red)
Tim Willis (1 point for Code Red)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for dnL)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (2.5 points for dnL)
Final Score: dnL 4.5, Mountain Dew Code Red 2
Notes: A very close match, dnL managed to come from behind for the win. Also, our commitee first went to a Marathon station as well as a Rite-Aid only to find that neither carried dnL.
Match 6: Mountain Dew Livewire versus Vanilla Coke
Date: June 3, 2003
Time: 3:30 pm
Purchase Place: Rite Aid, Stuarts Draft, VA
Taste Test Location: The Cheese Shop parking lot, Stuarts Draft, VA
Commitee:
Jarrod Thomas (1 point for Vanilla Coke)
Tim Willis (1 point for Vanilla Coke)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for Livewire)
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Livewire)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (An ocelot for Livewire)
Final Score: Mountain Dew Livewire 2+ocelot, Vanilla Coke 2
Notes: Brad hydroplaned on the way to The Cheese Shop and almost died.
The Final
Match 7: dnL versus Mountain Dew Livewire
Date: June 4, 2003
Time: 3:55 pm
Purchase Place: Hess, Waynesboro, VA
Taste Test Location: Waynesboro High School parking lot, Waynesboro, VA
Commitee:
Ray Lent [absentee] (1 point for dnL)
Jarrod Thomas [absentee] (1 point for dnL)
Jeremy Grant (1 point for Livewire)
Cullen O'Neil (1 point for Livewire)
Tim Willis (1 point for dnL)
Brad O'Neil (1 point for Livewire)
"Hurricane" Bob Lent (1 point for dnL)
Final Score: dnL 4, Mountain Dew Livewire 3
Notes: A massive conspiracy arose today wherein Tim, Jeremy, and Cullen voted for Mountain Dew Code Red. Also, Jeremy wore a shirt with the bracket and sodas printed onto it, and is therefore cooler than your mom. Also it is noteworthy that the absentee voters brought home the gold for dnL. Man, nothing beats guzzling sodas in the parking lot of a high school you don't even attend.