Are the bed bugs after you? Let's hope so, because it's time for the Stock Yards Bank Derby Festival® Great Bed Races. An event where you can grab four of your favorite co-workers and race to bed - in a zany kinda way.
A variety of decked-out beds will take to the track at Broadbent Arena competing for the fastest times on Monday, April 28. The five-person teams dress in wild and crazy costumes to compete in this wacky task. No sleeping allowed! Thousands of bed-racing enthusiasts gather to cheer their favorite beds.
In 2007, 38 teams pushed decorated beds on wheels around the “track,” competing for the fastest times and best decorations. The U.A.W./Ford Louisville Assembly Plant #1 and the Curtain Call Photo Booth teams’ creativity and speed dominated the “Champions” and “Fun” divisions. A crowd of more 4,000 fans came to cheer on their favorite beds at Broadbent Arena. The theme of the 2007 Bed Races was “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and featured tributes to characters from the popular movie. The Champions Division showcased some of the event’s most veteran competitors and the Dormitory area at the venue was once again a big hit with pre-race tailgating and practice runs. The races featured some of the toughest competition yet, and included flat tires, tumbling runners and mattresses falling through bed frames.
Prizes went to the teams with the three fastest times in the Champions and Fun Divisions and the "Best Decorated Bed,” “Most Entertaining” and “People’s Choice” categories. The People’s Choice Award returned for the third year in a row, with attendees paying to cast their vote. A total of $7,606 was raised in voting, with half the money going to the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation and half to the charity of the winning team’s choice.
"Competing in this event is just too much fun," says competitor Bob Johnson "It really brings a feeling of team-spirit among your co-workers."
