Questions about Stage 12 - Springville UT to Elko NV

In all of my studying the route of the Cannonball 2014 Antique Motorcycle Run - from Daytona Fl to Tacoma Wa. The official Cannonball people have only released the cities and stops for the route. My map on this blog is only my guessing at the proposed route. Some of the stops are easily routed with Google maps. You can take off the "Avoid Highways" and it will route you without using major highways.Stage 12 really has me guessing - Springville Ut. to Elko, NV is connected by a direct major Highway 80 and the distance is 277 miles. If you check "avoid highways", then you are re-routed down US 50 to US 93 and up into Elko, NV. That route is listed as 443 miles!!! What a day that would be. Many people have seen this entry on my blog and question me if it is correct. No one has stated this is the route we will be taking - only my playing with Google Maps.

I once did the Natchez Trace with some friends on Late Model Harley's. We pulled onto the Natchez Trace at Nashville TN at 7 am and rolled to Natchez Ms that evening at dark. It was 440 miles. We did not speed much over the speed limit, however, we also did not play around with stopping and site seeing. Our goal was to run the entire Trace in one day. It was a September day after daylight savings time.

Lonnie Isam's announcement also has noted that the ride will pass by the Salt Flats in Utah. This would be the most logical stage of the run to stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats. So, with that information, the lower US 50 to US 93 seems incorrect. We will have to wait and see what the Cannonball officials tell us when they release the official route. We will keep watching! Hope I didn't scare too many people!