2004 Furnace Creek 508 Webcast
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Welcome to the 2004 Furnace Creek 508 Webcast, hosted and produced by AdventureCORPS. We post updates here as often as possible, inclulding time splits through the seven race Time Stations along the route, plus finish line arrival times, images, and anecdotes. We hope this gives you a little bit of the feeling of participating in this awesome race and challenging this one-of-a-kind race course.
Special thanks to the 508 Race and Webcast Staff who Make this Happen!
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Webcast produced by:
Chris Kostman
Time Station Data managed by:
Anna Boldon
Webcast Images provided by:
Dave and Margaret Nelson
Chris Kostman and Laurie
Webcast Reporter:
Steven Barnes
Video produced by:
Dan Dominy
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Race Staff includes:
Roving: Anne Snail Darter Schneider and Patsy Inouye
Roving: Mike Whale Wilson and Rick Amoeba Anderson
Roving: Bill Bald Eagle Ellis
Roving: Joe Garza
Roving: Steve Teal
Roving: Steven Barnes
Roving: Mike Angelfish Angelos
Time splits provided by:
TS1 California City: Cindi Staiger
TS2 Trona: Dawn and Mike Derlighter
TS4 Shoshone: Dennis Brown
TS5 Baker: Tom Parkes
TS6 Kelso: Glen Tebo
TS7 Almost Amboy: Dan Horse Dibb and Greg Polecat Page
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Basic Info
Pre-race Press Release
Race Roster with totem, age, home town, state, and country
Race Route, including route sheet, elevation profiles, 3D imagery, detailed course descriptions, and Time Station locations
Race Magazine (2meg Pdf download)
Time Station Splits and Results
Solo Splits | Solo Splits as Excel File | Team Splits | Team Splits as Excel File | Results without Time Splits | Official Race Report
Race Stories and Insights
Fixed Gear Cyclists Challenge World's Toughest Weekend Bicycle Race
Anna Boldon: Webcast Data Cruncher in Wisconsin
The Mighty Ostrich
The Fixed 508: Barley Boar Forsman
Larry Tarpon Kluck's Secret Weapon
More Fixie Fever: Sam Seal Beal
Spider Monkey Chow
Shrike is 'Bent
The Other Italian Stallion
Merlin at Nightfall
The Wolverine: A Nocturnal Creature
Ian Thrush Tuttle: Powered by Campbell's
What Is A Quokka?
Have You Ever Seen Sasquatch Up Close?
A Fixed Seal
Apopyllus Now: A Two Man Effort
Leatherback Turtles: A 70+ Two Man Effort
Mongolian Wild Ass Sighting
Landshark and Wren pass through Baker
Lemur Presses On
Wolverine: All Smiles
Time Station 7: A Mirage in the Desert
Slideshows in Chronological Order
Pre-Race Meeting and Hall of Fame Induction
Solo Start Line and on the Road
Relay Start Line
Relay Racers on the Road, start to Mile 25
Relay Racers on the Road, Mile 25-Mile 50
Team Sasquatch Feature (4x division leaders)
TS#1, California City: Relay Teams pass the Baton
Relay Teams from Cali City to Trona, TS#2 (mile 152)
Relay Teams pass the Baton at Trona, TS#2, plus some solos
Solos and Relays from Trona to Mile 200, Base of Townes Pass
The Sun Sets and the Solo and Relay Racers Climb Townes Pass
Solo Racers from Stove Pipe Wells to TS#3, Furnace Creek, Mile 252
Mostly Solo Racers, and the top Teams, from Furnace Creek to Badwater
Solo Racers and Lead Team Racers climbing Jubilee Pass and Salsberry Pass, en route to Shoshone
Staff and Selected Racers from TS#4 Shoshone to TS#5 Shoshone to TS#6 Kelso
The Soon-to-Be Men's Solo Champion, Marko Tweety Bird Baloh, en route to TS#7, Almost Amboy
Special Feature: Solo Men's Champion Marko Tweety Bird Baloh Gallery by David Nelson
Finish Line: Marko Tweety Bird Baloh, 4x Mixed Team Velociraptor, 2x Mens Team Yak, and David Mudcat Holt
Finish Line: 1st 4x Mens Team Sasquatch: Steve Ilg, Ron Jones, Roy Wallack, and Keith Kostman
Finish Line: Women's Solo Champion Osprey, Team 4x Falcons, Landshark, Rocky Mountain Wolf, Chicken, and Team 2x Basenji
Finish Line: Wren, Team 2x Pupfish, Puffin, Team 2x Grizz, Team 4x Javelina, Team 4x Agouti, Python, Fixed Gear Boar, and Team 2x Pronghorn
Finish Line: Team 2x Rollie Pollie, Lemur, Team 2x Golden Sun Dragon, Team 4x Dogfish, Border Collie, Fixed Gear Seal, and Wolverine
Finish Line: Penguin, Thrush, Saluki, Oyster, Team 4x Western Wood Pewee, Team 2x Mongolian Wild Asses, and Quokka
Finish Line: 4x Serval, 2x Chinook, Daddy Long Legs, 2x Leatherback Turtles, and Bilby
Finish Line: Spider Monkey, Donkey, Merlin, Team 2x Desert Tortoise, and Brindle Boxer
Finish Line: Night Owl, Fixed Gear Parrot, Scarlett Fairy Cup (Death Valley Cup Winner), Team 2x Mahi Mahi, Yodeling Plankton, Tarpon, and Fennec Fox
Support Vehicle Set-Up: Signage, Amber Lights, Racks, Speakers, and Such
Race Official Joe Garza's images from throughout the Race
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