Southern Poly Bathtub Racing Association

nt organizations began to build their own motorized bathtubs and thus, the Bathtub Races began. The organizations would compete and race these motorized bathtubs around the original campus loop in order to become the Bathtub Race champion. Most of the bathtubs reached speeds of 90mph and often companies would sponsor them. The event became so large that even our former president, Jimmy Carter, came out and sat in one of the bathtubs. It was a well-known event in which both the campus community as well as the surrounding public looked forward to every year. After several years of success, the Bathtub Races were shut down. One main reason was that Southern Tech was in the early stages of becoming a four-year university. Also, high insurance on the race and the companies sponsoring the tubs, consisting of mostly alcohol and to***co companies, contributed to the demise of the Bathtub Races. The final race was held in 1991 and from then on they were no more. In the Spring of 2010 the races were brought back and continued on to Spring 2011 and will commence yet again this Spring of 2013. The races now consist of push bathtubs with hopes of bringing the motors back in the near future. The Bathtub Racing Association has two SPSU tubs that were built, courtesy of Darryl Higginbotham, and have been used in the past two races. Spring 2013 Bathtub Race
For this Spring Bathtub Race we expect to have both team built bathtubs and teams using the SPSU bathtubs go neck and neck to race and be the Bathtub Race champion. In order for us to move towards our goal of bringing back the motors we must have student groups build their own tubs and also obtain a large following from the campus community. So, register today and get involved with this historic event! There will be several giveaways, a mini food-truck park, prizes to the winning team and of course the title of the Bathtub Race Champion of 2013! Register by submitting the following information to [email protected]:
1. Team name
2. Team members racing & gender of each
3. Your affiliation with SPSU
4. Bring your $10 entrance fee on race day. ALL proceeds will be donated to the Small Dog Rescue & Humane Society in light of the support by the late Professor Larry Logue. First 50 people to attend will receive a FREE t-shirt!