2020 RACE BOOK - 14th Anniversary - HooDoo 500
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14 Anniversary
2020 RACE BOOK
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WELCOME TO THE 14th ANNUAL
HOODOO 500 ULTRAMARATHON BICYCLE RACE!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, August 27th
• 500-Mile Stage Race check-in: 3pm to 5pm
• Mandatory Stage Race Pre-Race Meeting: 5:15pm
Friday, August 28th
• 500-Mile Stage Race Start: 7am
• 500-Mile and 300-Mile Racer check-in & Voyager/Nomad bicycle inspection: 2pm to 5:15pm
• Mandatory Pre-Race Meeting: 500-mile racers - 5:30pm; 300-mile racers - 6:15pm
Saturday, August 29th
• Voyager and Nomad Start: 5am
• Solo Start: 7am
• Two-Person and 4-Person Relay Teams Start: 9am
• Stage Race Escalante Start: 7am
Sunday, August 30th
• Stage Race Panguitch Start: 7am
• Race Ends for Hoodoo 300 nonstop race: 10am
Monday, August 30th
• Race Ends for all remaining distances and divisions: 7am
• Post-Race Banquet Breakfast / Awards Ceremony: 9am at Tonaquint Park*
*Map and directions on last page of this Race Book.
15th ANNUAL HOODOO 500 August 2021!
We’re contemplating hosting the 2021 race mid-week to avoid weekend traffic to Cedar City
and St. George. Your thoughts/opinions about this are welcome and appreciated.
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 – Deborah: (818) 624-4544; Brian: (949) 939-4547
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 Additions:
For 300-mile racers only: From the last time station to the intersection of Sunset and Dixie Drive (with
McDonald’s on the corner), support crew may provide leap-frog support only; and then direct their
rider at the turn. Once the racer makes the turn onto Dixie Drive, support vehicles must immediately
drive to the finish line.
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For all racers: The traffic light at the intersection of Blackridge and Bluff Street (where racers make
the final left turn onto Bluff Street), 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.
CREW DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM START TO 1st RACER SUPPORT POINT
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:
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 intersection of Sunset and Dixie Drive (McDonald’s on
corner). 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 14th 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.
BROOK HENDERSON
Woodland Hills, CA
Brook holds the 300 Nomad record on the original course through Cedar Breaks. He has
raced 500 non-stop, 500 Voyager twice, and 500 4x mixed relay team. This year we
welcome Brook as a Voyager once again.
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RICK JACOBSON
Van Nuys, CA
Our most loyal Hoodoo racer, Rick has been on our starting line every year since 2008;
which he finished as a two-man team. Over the years, he completed Voyager three times
and 500-mile stage race once. This year we welcome Rick to the 500 Stage Race again.
Steve Hadley, Steve Meichtry and Julian Schafer
are going for their 5th finishes in 2020! Good luck, to each of you!
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JULY 2020 AUGUST 2020 SEPTEMBER 2020
The Race Directors of the 3 most challenging, most scenic, and all around greatest 500+ mile
races in the world are excited to join together to support and promote each other’s events, and to
provide meaningful, inspiring and memorable experiences for YOU.
Special recognition, a personalized award, 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.
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.
2019 MWUC FINISHERS:
All Three Events: Alexis Berthillier, Jon Shellenbarger
Two of Three Events: Chris Davies, Kym Louie, Robert Mann,
Brian Martin, Steve Meichtry, Shelby Weber
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PLEASE DOWNLOAD, READ AND INSERT THE OFFICIAL RULES
PERTINENT TO YOUR RACE DIVISION, INCLUDING COVID-19 RULES! If there are
conflicts between event rules and COVID rules, COVID rules control.
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 2020 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.
10DIRECTIONS TO POST-RACE BANQUET
AT TONAQUINT PARK
9am Monday morning – Please be on time!
From Best Western Abbey Inn, our host hotel and start/finish line:
0.0 Exit rear of hotel, right onto Main Street.
0.2 At traffic light, cross Bluff and continue onto Black Ridge Drive.
1.0 At t-intersection, turn Right onto Dixie Drive.
1.5 At traffic light, turn right into Tonaquint Park
There is plenty of parking on the left, about .2 miles into the park.
Banquet will be held in the South Pavilion and surrounding grass area. Please bring a
picnic blanket for your group, and your coffee of choice. If you need help located a
Starbucks, feel free to ask.
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