Route
The following are the checkpoints passed, clues and/or instructions before arrival, and the specifics regarding them.
| Checkpoint | Clue/Instructions | Specifics |
|---|---|---|
| Key West, Florida | Text message: "Mainland Go" (announced the start of the race, not a destination) | The starting line of the race. |
| Jupiter, Florida | Text message: "Fly to Jupiter and find the red eye." | The Jupiter Inlet lighthouse. |
| Cape Canaveral, Florida | Text message: "Kennedy killed in '73." The message is accompanied by a countdown clock. | In 1973, Cape Kennedy was renamed to Cape Canaveral, thus "killing" the name "Kennedy." Drivers met at the Kennedy Space Center, where the countdown corresponded with a space shuttle launch. |
| Rome, Georgia | Each driver was given a red ticket stub with instructions to go to Rome, "After sunset, before dark." NOTE: in the ticket was written "ADMIT". |
After Sunset drive-in movie theater. |
| Appomattox Court House, Virginia | Text message: "Surrender, America" | Appomattox Court House was where Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending the Civil War. |
| Cleveland, Ohio | Most of the racers received two hot candies, while Alex, Corinna, Sean and Winston, who had taken advantage of their head start, received a note reading "Great Balls of Fire: The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland" | The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. |
| Unknown | Alex Tully received the address to the next checkpoint on a slip of paper after arriving at The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. | The slip of paper is passed hand-to-hand, and the checkpoint is never revealed in the six produced episodes. |
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Famous quotes containing the word route:
“no arranged terror: no forcing of image, plan,
or thought:
no propaganda, no humbling of reality to precept:
terror pervades but is not arranged, all possibilities
of escape open: no route shut,”
—Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)
“A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.”
—Milan Kundera (b. 1929)
“In the mountains the shortest route is from peak to peak, but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks: and those to whom they are spoken should be big and tall of stature.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)