Napoleon's Retreat From Moscow Rally? (Page 1 of 4)

I think the best route would go between any American city named Moscow and any American city named Paris (many of each), with the distance as close to the Russian/French cities as possible. Got to be in winter and got to be in parts of the country that get snow.

An out and back would seem appropriate, as Napoleon went out with a big army and returned with not some much army. Attrition in this rally would be something like that.

Also, Dutch, Irish, Germans, Italian, Poles, and others were in Napoleon's army, especially the infantry. So should Polish cars be included in this retreat?

That's right, the infantry leaves no man (car) behind.

unfortunately Montana re instituted their speed limits when they realized anyone with a 400hp+ car would flock there and make farmer joe herding his cattle across the road have a REALLY BAD DAY. Ever seen an Amish guy crap his pants AND lose his beard in 0.5sec? I don't think this route would be terribly interesting, and if done in january, could be downright scary as most of SD and Montana that we'd all be traveling on is downright desolate.

What about Moscow, ID to Paris, CA? about 1,100mi and depending on the route could potentially be non-stop mountain passes! this kind of rules out a lot of potential east coast people making the event though, as they probably wouldn't be able to make the car get to the startline!

Alternate idea; Paris, CA, to Paris, TX; right around 1,500mi one-way. Just make it an out and back race and call it "the french revolution"

okay, this has the potential to be full of win. There would be a lot of debates about which-coast team had it worse, seeing as there's 500 more miles coming from ID than PA, however the PA trip looks like about 60% mountainous passes. oooh, Moscow, Maine actually pits them within 100mi travel distance of each route AND has the same total estimated travel time on google maps. What could possibly go wrong? I think by design, we're hoping EVERYTHING.

I think the participants in the rally would need to subsist on frozen dead horses they found by the roadside.

I'll bring an Alpine.

I like the Moscow, Idaho to Paris, Iowa - particularly if the route is mostly off the highway.
Goes right though Sturgis as well - American motorcycles vs French cars.

There is a Moscow MI, OH, IN, IL, WI, etc (according to Google Maps).  Maybe it should be Moscow anywhere (with a photo of your car by the sign) to Paris, TX.  My route could go through Paris, TN (and several Moscows).

Very intriguing.  I suggest teams use convertibles and drive barefoot.

I've been itching for some kind of French ridiculousness.  In!

This rally alone would increase the value of French cars from everyone going out and snatching them up.

Not to go all academic on y'all or anything, but keep in mind what happened to Napoleon's army:
Minard graph of Napoleon's march
OTOH, maybe all teams should chart their "parts loss" along the way...