With gasoline costing nearly $4 per gallon in Georgia, drivers probably weren’t expecting to see prices from decades ago. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Powder Springs, where two neighboring gas stations started a price war that sent regular unleaded tumbling to just 97 cents per gallon.
The unlikely battle unfolded on Monday, October 12, at an Amoco and a Sunoco station on Marietta Street. As both businesses repeatedly lowered their prices, word spread quickly among local motorists.
Before long, drivers were lining up to take advantage of the extraordinary discounts. Some even called friends and relatives to make sure they didn’t miss out…