Hotter'N Hell Hundred

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox cycling race The Hotter'N Hell Hundred is an annual bicycle race in Wichita Falls, Texas. It is held each year on the 4th or 5th Saturday in August (always nine days before Labor Day) and includes professional as well as amateur riders. The professional racers ride a 100-mile road race, as well as time trials and criterium. For the amateur riders, there are road routes of 100 mi, 100 km, 50 mi, 25 mi, and 10 km. The amateur routes are also open for inline skating. Approximately 10,000 to 14,000 riders participate each year, making the Hotter'N Hell Hundred the largest sanctioned century bicycle ride in the U.S. 2009's Hotter'N Hell had over 14,000 riders.

The race was first held in 1982 as part of the Wichita Falls Centennial Celebration. The name is thus a rare example of a triple entendre: one hundred miles (i.e., century) in one hundred degree Fahrenheit weather (the race is held in August, where temperatures in Wichita Falls frequently reach and exceed this level by noon), initially conducted to celebrate the city's 100th anniversary.

The race begins at 7:05 am. Participants in the 100 mile route must reach "Hell's Gate" at the 60 mile mark no later than 12:30 pm or else cannot qualify to finish the 100 mile segment, instead doing a shorter route. Averaging 20 miles an hour it is possible to complete the ride in five hours or less for well-prepared athletes, however most complete in six to nine hours.

Additional events are held throughout the weekend including mountain bike races.

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1992	Template:Flagicon Roy Knickman
1993	Template:Flagicon Roy Knickman
1994	Template:Flagicon David Mann
1995	Template:Flagicon Kent Bostick	Template:Flagicon Colby Pearce	Template:Flagicon Jorge Espinosa
1996	Template:Flagicon Kent Bostick
1997	Template:Flagicon Eric Wohlberg	Template:Flagicon Colby Pearce	Template:Flagicon Olin Bakke
1998	Template:Flagicon Julian Dean	Template:Flagicon Eric Wohlberg	Template:Flagicon David Clinger
1999	Template:Flagicon Eric Wohlberg	Template:Flagicon Kent Bostick	Template:Flagicon Steve Speaks
2000<ref>Template:Cite web.</ref>	Template:Flagicon Sylvain Beauchamp	Template:Flagicon Chris Fisher	Template:Flagicon Dirk Friel
2001<ref>Template:Cite web.</ref>	Template:Flagicon Clark Sheehan	Template:Flagicon Jesse Keefer	Template:Flagicon Dirk Friel
2007	Template:Flagicon Aaron Smathers	Template:Flagicon Edgar Ibarra	Template:Flagicon Brad Huff
2010	Template:Flagicon Logan Hutchings	Template:Flagicon Joshua Carter	Template:Flagicon Russ Walker
2013	Template:Flagicon Matt Stephens	Template:Flagicon Augusto Sánchez	Template:Flagicon David Wenger
2015	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Torraca	Template:Flagicon Jacob White	Template:Flagicon Mike Sheehan
2017	Template:Flagicon Julio Padilla	Template:Flagicon Grant Koontz	Template:Flagicon Tristan Uhl
2018	Template:Flagicon Mike Sheehan	Template:Flagicon Stefan Rothe	Template:Flagicon Pablo Cruz
2019	Template:Flagicon David Tolley	Template:Flagicon Tanner Ward	Template:Flagicon Kyle Swanson
Template:Grey	Cancelled
2021	Template:Flagicon Pavle Kalaba	Template:Flagicon Justin McQuerry	Template:Flagicon Doug Frenchal
2022	Template:Flagicon Doug Frenchak	Template:Flagicon Pavle Kalaba	Template:Flagicon Eli Husted
2023	Template:Flagicon Dušan Kalaba	Template:Flagicon Hasani Hennis	Template:Flagicon Pavle Kalaba

External links

• Official site