Welcome to the 2008 Furnace Creek 508 Webcast, produced by AdventureCORPS, Inc. 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 and thank you, racers, crews, and staff!

   
 
DSC06981 Pre-Race Activity, Friday, Oct 3
_A031355 Racer Mugshots
_A031466 Pre-Race meeting, including Race Founder John Marino and 1983 Champion Michael Secrest (who is competing again this year)
DSC07052 Solo Start - 7am
PA040025 Pre Race and Solo Start - 7am
_A041501 Solo Start Line and on the Road
DSC07074 Relay Team Start Line
_A041678 Relay Teams on the Road: First 25 miles
_A041792 Relay Teams on the Road, Mile 25 to 55
_A041829 Teams Pass the Baton at TS 1 in Calfornia City
_A041904 TS1 Cali City to TS2 Trona
_A042002 TS2 Trona
_A042070 Trona to Mile 200 (base of Towne Pass)
_A042191 Towne Pass to TS3 Furnace Creek
_A042220 TS 3 Furnace Creek to TS4 Shoshone
_A052308 Shoshone to Amboy Crater: Top Ten Solos and Top Few Teams
PA040192 On The Road Part One
PA040180 On The Road Part Two
HPIM0466 Time Station #5 at Baker
 
_A052377 Finishers through 2:50PM
_A052574 Finishers 2:50PM - 5:00PM
_A052591 Finishers 5:00pm - 6:52pm
_A052700 Finishers 7:00pm - 9:50pm
_A062817 Finishers 9:50pm through 3:20am
_A062871 Final Finishers
   
Furnace Creek 508 Hall of Fame, Class of 2008
2008 Race Dedication
2008 Photos from Photogs "Out There:"
508 Racer Blogs and Websites
George Red-Eyed Vireo Vargas
Lisa Empress Penguin Smith-Batchen
Michael Alpine Ibex Emde
Emde and Treadwell Race for Mobius Kids
Matt Desert Locust Ruscigno
Brian Emperor Moth Davidson
Shanna Dik-Dik Armstrong
Deanna Aye-Aye Adams
Jeff Jaguar Martin | His Blog
Joan Nanook Grant
Monica Quetzal Fernandez
Nicholas Retriever Rice-McDonald
Robyn Athenian Rottweiler Benincasa
Mike Wild Turkey Wilson
2x Team Capybara
2x Team Garuda
2x Team Prairie Dog | Member Franz Kelsch
2x WolfFish
4x Team Agouti
4x Team Domestic Carabao
Furnace Creek 508 Media Coverage
The 508 on BikeRadar.com
Vinnie Tortorich in the Oak Park Acorn
Vinnie Tortorich in Westside Today
Vinnie Tortorich in The Signal
Joseph Desena on Santa Clarita Radio
The 508 in The Signal

Special thanks to the 508 race and webcast staff who make this happen:

THIS EVENT HELD UNDER SPECIAL PERMITS GRANTED BY:

Califonia Department of Transportation, County of Inyo, Death Valley National Park, Mojave National Preserve, and others.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Chief Warren Stanley, Lt. Ralph Elvira, Sgt. R. Lund, and Officers Scott Wall, C.Proper and B. Kazal of the California Highway Patrol for their superb traffic safety efforts on Saturday morning.

RACE DIRECTION AND MEDIA

Race HQ and Webcast: Keith 4x Sasquatch Kostman and Elizabeth Jefferson

Race Director: Chris Kostman

Images: Chris Kostman, Len Bertain, Jeff Brown Bear Bell, Doug Dog Sloan, Dave and Margaret Nelson

SPONSORS:

Special thanks to Hammer Nutrition, Sparrow Hawk Photography, Bicycle John's, Moeben Sleeves, Hilton Garden Inn of Santa Clarita, Furnace Creek Ranch, and the Best Western Gardens Inn of Twenty Nine Palms.

 

RACE STAFF ON COURSE

Pre-Race: Charlie Chimpanzee Marko and Shelby Kostman

AdventureCORPS Fan Number One: Bill Walton | More

National Anthem: Casey Dakus

Neutral Support, First 25 Miles: Bicycle John's: John Fries, Mike Grace, Derek Nuhfer, Charlie Marko, and Candis Marko

Roving: John Hawk Marino

Roving: Doug Dog Sloan and Jeff Brown Bear Bell

Roving: Rick Amoeba Anderson

Roving: Cindi PitSnake Staiger

Roving: Tom Parkes

Roving: Dennis Babbler Bird Brown

Roving: Keith Wild Mustang Laird and Eric Red Rooster Wilson

Roving: Pat Eaglet Enright and Seana Hoopoe Hogan

Roving: Len Bertain and Chris Kostman

TIME STATION STAFF

TS1 California City: Terry Hutt

TS2 Trona: Dawn and Mike Derlighter

TS3 Furnace Creek: Timmer Vadheim and Doug Goodwin

TS4 Shoshone: Dennis Babbler Bird Brown

TS5 Baker: Tom Parkes

TS6 Kelso: Glen and Linda Tebo

TS7 Almost Amboy: Bruce Gungle

Finish Line: Elizabeth Jefferson, Len Bertain, Cindi PitSnake Staiger, Rick Amoeba Anderson Jeff Brown Bear Bell, Doug Dog Sloan, Tim Kjenstad, and staff

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