Welcome to the 2006 Furnace Creek 508 Webcast, produced by AdventureCORPS. 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. Congratulations, racers, crews, and staff!
NEWS FROM THE FINISH LINE: Michael Alpine Ibex Emde is the men's solo champion with a time of 28:23:31.
Pre-Race Press Release
Race Roster
Race Route
2006 Furnace Creek 508 Race Magazine
Solo Time Splits
Team Time Splits
Full Race Report
Pre-Race Activity
Racer Mugshots
Pre-Race Meeting by Wayne Kostman
Solo Race Pre-Race Activity by Jeff Bell
Solo Race Start Line by Chris Kostman
Solo Racers on the Road by Chris Kostman
Solo Racers on San Francisquito Canyon by Eric Ostendorff
Teams: Pre-Race and Start Line by Jeff Bell
Teams on the Road to Mile 24
Teams on the Road from Mile 24 to Mile 70
Solos into Mojave: Malteese, Babbler Bird, Flying Fish
Time Station One, California City
California City (mile 82) to Randsburg (mile 115)
Randsburg (mile 115) to Trona, TS#2 (mile 152)
Trona, TS#2 (mile 152) to base of Townes Pass (mile 200)
Base of Townes Pass (mile 200)
Mile 200 to Mile 252 (Furnace Creek, TS#2)
Mile 252 (Furnace Creek, TS#3) to Mile 325 (Shoshone, TS#4)
The View from Shoshone, TS#4, Mile 325
Mile 325 (Shoshone, TS#4) to Mile 381 (Baker, TS#5)
From Shoshone, Mile 325 towards the Finish
The View from Kelso, TS#6, Mile 416, Part One
The View from Kelso, TS#6, Mile 416, Part Two
Mile 416 (Kelso, TS#6) Past Mile 455 (Amboy Luau Time Station #7): Race Leaders Alpine Ibex and 2x Hammerhead
2x Hammerhead, Alpine Ibex, Snow Leopard, 4x Mongrel Dogs, 2x Platypus, 2x Gallus Gallus, Crow
Mudcat, 2x Bumble Skipper, 4x Mojave Green, 2x Red Kangaroo, 4x Fruit Bats
Werewolf, Wren, Muskrat, 4x Alligator, Titanium Triceratops, Cookie Monster
Dung Mite, Python, Rocky Mountain Wolf, 4x Gray Fox
Flamingo, 2x Wild Rooster, 2x African Swamp Rat, 4x Bonobo, Swift
4x Manticore, 2x Silver Foxes, Blue Dog, 2x Kitten, 2x Leatherback Turtles
4x Swallow, 4x Zorilla, 4x Desperate House Flies, Flicker, 2x Numbat, 2x Horned Toads
2x Pronghorn, Devil Grasshopper, 2x Tiger Shark, Seal
Bradan, 4x Great Gray Owls, 4x Chukar, Bear, 2x Skink, Donkey, Bongo
4x Western Wood Pewee, Silly Goose, Collared Lizard, 2x Tortuga, Griffin, 2x Addax, Lone Wolf
Dik-Dik, 4x Chinook, Sloth, Tarpon & 2x Prairie Falcon
Scarlett Fairy Cup, Spider, Golden Drassenji, Monarch Butterfly, Water Bear, Hoary Marmot, Desert Duck & Viper
Rottweiler, 2x Protoceratops, Red-Eye Viero, Picachu, Nautilus, 2x Gummer Bears, Scorpion, Fast Rabbit & Mahi Mahi
Final Finishers: Hoodoo, Mammoth, Tapir, Blandy Dragons Tandem, Archaeopteryx, Giant Water Bug & Red Wolf
Kevin Wolverine Walsh - Hall of Fame Inductee - Interview
Pre-Race Comments: aligators, alpine ibex, arab horse, archaeopteryx, baboon
Pre-Race Comments: bear, blabberbird, blackfooted ferret, blandydragon, blue dog
Pre-Race Comments: bongo, bonobo, british red squirrel, bumbleskipper, chinook
Pre-Race Comments: chucker, crow, desert duck, desert rat, devil grasshopper
Pre-Race Comments: dik dik, donkey, dungmite, fastrabbit, fast truck gecko
Pre-Race Comments: flamingo, flicker, flying_pig, fruitbat, gallus gallus
Pre-Race Comments: great grey owls, great dane, grey fox, griffin, gummer bears
Pre-Race Comments: hammerhead, hare, hoary marmot, hoodoo, horntoad
Pre-Race Comments: kitten, leafhopper, leatherback turtles, mahi mahi, maltese
Pre-Race Comments: manticore, medicine horse, monarch butterfly, mudcat, muskrat
Pre-Race Comments: nautilus, nudibranch, numbat, pikachu, platypus
Pre-Race Comments: pound puppy, prairie dog, prairie falcon, protoceratops, python
Pre-Race Comments: ram, red eye vireo, red wolf, red kangaroo, red tailed hawk
Pre-Race Comments: rocky mountain wolf, rottweiler, scorpion, seal, silver foxes
Pre-Race Comments: skink, sloth, spider, swamp rat, swift
Pre-Race Comments: tapir, tasmanian wolf, team pronghorn, tiger shark, titanium triceratops
Pre-Race Comments: tortuga, viper, water bear, werewolf, western wood peawee
Pre-Race Comments: wild rooster, wookiee, wren, zorilla
Interviews from mile 200: alpine ibex, werewolf, crow and eric ostrich ostendorff
General description of the terrain and weather at mile 200
Update while approaching Shoshone at the back of the pack
Special thanks to the 508 race and webcast staff who make this happen:
RACE DIRECTION AND MEDIA
Webcast and Race Director: Chris Kostman
Remote Webcast Support: Anna Boldon
Images: Chris Kostman; Dave and Margaret Nelson
Video: Dan Dominy with Lana Corless
Audio: Morgan Goat Beeby and Chris Cheung
RACE STAFF ON COURSE
Pre-Race: Laurie Streff
Pre-Race: Wayne and Shelby Kostman
Start Line: Charlie Chimpanzee Marko
Roving: Jeff Brown Bear Bell and Doug Dog Sloan
Roving: Rick Amoeba Anderson
Roving: Eric Ostrich Ostendorff
Roving: Cindi PitSnake Staiger
Roving: Jeff Jaguar Martin and Jo Carmichael
Roving: Morgan Goat Beeby and Chris Cheung
Roving: Ian Parker and Anne Tournay
TIME STATION STAFF
TS1 California City: Terry Hutt
TS2 Trona: Dawn and Mike Derlighter
TS3 Furnace Creek: Jack Blackbird Bochsler
TS4 Shoshone: Eric Ostrich Ostendorff
TS5 Baker: Ton Parkes
TS6 Kelso: Glen Tebo
TS7 Almost Amboy: Dan Horse Dibb and Greg Polecat Page
Finish Line: Cindi PitSnake Staiger,
Jeff Brown Bear Bell,
Doug Dog Sloan,
Dave White Tail Deer Heckman,
Corry Feldman,
Jeff Jaguar Martin, and Jo Carmichael
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