Of the three major homecoming traditions, traffic-stopping, crowd-gathering, competitive as they are, this one probably was birthed as the most competitive of them all. Yet, despite that - or, more accurately, because of that - it has become the one most different from its origins. The Ramblin’ Wreck Parade, the last of the trio that also includes the Mini 500 and the Freshman Cake Race, today is a dignified procession from the doors of the McCamish Pavilion south down Fowler Street. But it wasn’t always like that.
According to Tech’s Football Information Guide, records for calling specific weekends homecoming weekend only goes back to the year 1949.