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13th Anniversary

2019 RACE BOOK

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WELCOME TO THE 13th ANNUAL HOODOO 500 ULTRAMARATHON BICYCLE RACE!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, August 22nd • 500-Mile Stage Race check-in: 3pm to 5pm • Mandatory Stage Race Pre-Race Meeting: 5:15pm Friday, August 23rd • 500-Mile Stage Race Start: 7am • 500-Mile and 300-Mile Racer check-in & Voyager/Nomad bicycle inspection: 2pm to 5pm • Mandatory Pre-Race Meeting: 5:15pm Saturday, August 24th • Voyager and Nomad Start: 5am • Solo Start: 7am • Two-Person and 4-Person Relay Teams Start: 9am • Stage Race Escalante Start: 7am Sunday, August 25th • Stage Race Panguitch Start: 7am • Race Ends for Hoodoo 300 nonstop race: 10am Monday, August 26th • Race Ends for all remaining distances and divisions: 7am • Post-Race Banquet Breakfast / Awards Ceremony: 9am Friday, August 28th to Monday, August 31st, 2020 14th ANNUAL HOODOO 500! Please spread the word about this epic race!!!

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Telephone Numbers • CHECK-IN AT UNMANNED TIME STATIONS: TEXT (818) 624-4544. The preferred method is text message. If your text isn’t working you may send an email to embassy@planetultra.com or call in. 1. Your text must include your racer or team name, the Time Station number and the time your racer went through. 2. If phoning in, clearly state your racer or team; the Time Station number, and the time your racer went through. 3. Email or text-message reporting is not allowed from Time Station 7 at the top of Snow Canyon (for 500-mile racers); or from Time Station 4 at Shivwits Gas Station (for 300-mile racers). From either location, racers or their crew must call in to race HQ as soon as the racer leaves the Time Station. • EMERGENCY & RACE DIRECTOR CONTACT: 1. Call 911 for any medical emergency or traffic accident. 2. Race Directors’ Cell Phone - (818) 624-4544 – Deborah; (949) 939-4547 - Brian 3. (Last resort) - Race Headquarters at Best Western Abbey Inn - (435) 652-1234 Ask for Deborah Bowling Route Abbreviations R – Right L – Left X – Cross BR – Stay Right BL – Bear Left TL – Traffic Light SS – Stop Sign T-int – T-intersection TS – Time Station Names of towns/cities traveled through are in italics and underlined. Time Station information is in bold-type. UnOfficial Official Rules Addition: The traffic light at the intersection of Blackridge and Bluff Street, where racers make the final left turn to the finish line, will not change to green for a cyclist. If a car is not present to trip the light, racers must push the button at the cross-walk and wait for the light to turn.

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SPECIAL CREW DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Support vehicles are not allowed on the Race Route for the first 7.7 miles. For the 500-mile distance, support crews are also not allowed on the Race Route for the last 14.4 miles. At the start of the race, support crew must take I-15 from Bluff Street. After turning onto Washington Dam Road, support vehicles must drive .1 miles and pull into the dirt/gravel to wait for their racer. Support crews caught on the route in the first 7.7 miles will cause their racer a mandatory one-hour time penalty which will be added to their total time at the end of the race. Please use the driving directions below. Race Start to Beginning of Rider Support for BOTH DISTANCES: Exit Best Western Abbey Inn from the rear of the hotel RIGHT onto Main Street. Go .2 miles and turn LEFT onto Bluff Street; then stay to the left. Go .2 miles and turn LEFT to enter I-15 North. Go 4.7 miles and take Exit 10 – Green Springs Drive, and turn RIGHT, but move immediately to the left lane. Make the first LEFT onto Telegraph St (the first light after exiting the freeway). Go 1.1 miles and turn RIGHT onto 300 E (traffic light);. Go 1.6 miles and turn LEFT onto Washington Dam Road (traffic light). Go .1 miles and find a place to pull off in the dirt/gravel; making sure the lane is completely clear. 500-mile Support Crews may not follow the route once their racer descends Snow Canyon. Any Crew caught on the route after the turn-off to Snow Canyon (without express permission from the Race Directors) will cause their racer(s) to be disqualified. No exceptions. Please use the driving directions to the finish line below. Snow Canyon To Race Finish at Best Western Abbey Inn (500-mile only): Please don’t forget to call Race Headquarters and report that your racer(s) is proceeding down Snow Canyon. Continue straight (or if you pulled into the parking area at the top of Snow Canyon, turn right) on Hwy 18 towards St. George. Do not, under any circumstances, follow your racer down Snow Canyon. This is a non-negotiable DQ offense. Our Snow Canyon permit allows only racers, and specifically forbids cars. Any vehicles other than bikes descending Snow Canyon will put the future of this section of the route in jeopardy. Hwy 18 becomes N. Bluff Street. The Abbey Inn is 10.6 miles from the top of Snow Canyon on the left side of the road. Support ends for 300-mile racers at the Shivwits Gas Station. Support crews may follow the route to the finish; but not stop along the way.

Check-in at the Finish Line and wait for your racers there!

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WHO’S WHO OF THE HOODOO - HALL OF FAME INDUCTION On this, the 13th Anniversary of the Hoodoo 500, we’re continuing the tradition of honoring the growing number of cyclists who have completed the Hoodoo 500 on five occasions.

LAP LAI Vancouver, WA

Lap has completed the Hoodoo 500 Stage Race every year since we started it in 2014; Four times solo, one time on a 2-man team. Lap held the course record for Solo 60+ on our original route passing through Cedar Breaks.

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DEBORAH HOAG Class of 2015 belated induction

Deborah raced twice on 2-mixed teams, once on 2-mixed tandem team, once on 4-mixed team, and once stage race solo. She holds four records on the original Hoodoo route through Cedar Breaks: 2-mixed 60+, 2-tandem mixed, 2-tandem married couples and 4-mixed 50+. She also holds the Stage Race Solo 60+ record on the original route.

Alexis Berthillier, Rick Jacobson, Brook Henderson, Robert Mutel and Jeanine Spence are going for their 5th finishes in 2019! Good luck, to each of you!

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Introducing the

JULY 2019 AUGUST 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 An all new ultracycling competition, created and brought to you by the Race Directors of the 3 most challenging, most scenic, and all around greatest 500+ mile races in the world. We’re excited to join together to support and promote each other’s events, and to provide meaningful, inspiring and memorable experiences for YOU. Special recognition, awards, accolades, kudos and a place in ultra-cycling history for racers who complete 2 out of 3 races in a calendar year. Any distance and division counts. For the cherry on top- for those of you who aspire to race longer and farther, each one of these outstanding events is a qualifier for the Race Across America. If you’re the type who prefers relay racing to solo endeavors (way more fun, we agree), the “shorter” distance events are the perfect way to train your support crews for RAAM.

Alexis Berthillier, Chris Davies, Brian Martin and Jon Shellebarger completed Race Across Oregon and are going for the MWUC at Hoodoo.

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PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND INSERT THE OFFICIAL RULES

PERTINENT TO YOUR RACE DIVISION!

PLEASE DOWNLOAND AND INSERT THE TURN-BY-TURN ROUTE DIRECTIONS FOR YOUR RACE DIVISION

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND INSERT THE RACE ROSTER

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND INSERT THE UDOT EVENT PERMIT

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Heartfelt appreciation to our in-kind sponsors for the 2019 Hoodoo 500:

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THE HOODOO 500 JERSEY, IN A UNIQUE DESIGN EACH YEAR, IS AWARDED TO EACH OFFICIAL FINISHER!

YOUR RACE DIVISION WILL BE INDICATED ON THE MIDDLE REAR POCKET.

YOU MAY PURCHASE MATCHING SHORTS/BIB FOR YOURSELF, AND MAY ORDER A JERSEY OR A FULL KIT FOR YOUR CREW.

SIZING JERSEYS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT CHECK-IN AND ALSO AT THE

POST-RACE BANQUET BREAKFAST.

BE SURE AND DOWNLOAND THE JERSEY ORDER FORM.