Riverside Avenue will be turned into a bed racetrack at noon for the annual Homecoming bed races.
Fifty-four teams of students will be dressed up in costumes, competing for the chance to be named the bed race champion.
The students race in teams of five – four people pushing the bed and one person riding it.
Jack Hesser, general chair for the Homecoming steering committee, said the racing could be terrifying.
“For the most part, they’ve never practiced with these beds,” Hesser said. “And you know Muncie, there’s all those potholes on the roads.”
Hesser said there were only a few beds they could use when racing.
The beds race two at a time for 100 yards, but they aren’t competing against each other – they’re competing against time. The race works in a bracket system, and the winner in each category is given a plaque.
There are seven categories students can race in: fraternity, sorority, independent male, independent female, residence halls male, residence halls female, and faculty, staff and alumni.
The winners from each category race to be the overall winner at the end.
Along with the racing, each team dresses up, as there is a competition for the best costume.
Hesser said last year some of the faculty and staff dressed up in a Wizard of Oz theme – complete with flying monkeys and wizards.
“The University Singers always wear their really old uniforms, like the old sweaters and skirts,” he said.
Hesser said students typically swarm to watch the bed races.
“It’s really an awesome experience,” he said. “This is one of the Homecoming activities that’s actually a physical competition.”
Hannah Johnson, one of the special event chairs for the Homecoming steering committee, said when everyone is at the race, they seem really excited to be there.
"It's an annual thing; it's a tradition, and it's something we want to keep going at Ball State," Johnson said.
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