Iron Butt Award

November 8, 2026

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The Iron Butt standard is a standard known to all bikers in the world. The history of this title is not exactly sporty, and began somewhere in the mid-60s, when long-distance travel and traveling on motorcycles were not as popular as they are today.

One of the bikers, nicknamed "Nail" decided to go to another city on some urgent business. The task was not easy, to overcome 1000 miles at least in 2 days. But Nail returned in 24 hours, which surprised his comrades. The bikers were delighted with his feat and awarded him the new nickname "Iron Butt".

"Iron Butt" is the destiny of the most courageous and enduring, because not every trucker, even hardened by roads, is able to withstand this crazy marathon. I could not miss the next challenge and repeated it on all the conquered continents.

Start: Phoenix, Arizona, on 11/12/2013 at 4:20 pm – finish St. Louis, Missouri, on 11/13/2013 at 3:25 pm = 1504 miles (2420 km), travel time – 23 hours 5 minutes.

Witnesses at the launch: Uma Dulles, tel. +16462841132, Issa Nissan, tel. +16026436400.

Witnesses at the finish:JoeyJoy, tel.+13142802716, Kistanov Vitaly, tel. + 37281110680.

Major cities include Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, and St. Louis.

Temperatures along the highway range from 65°Ғ to 70°Ғ (18-20°C), 60°Ғ(15°C) at night.

Got cold at night in the Flagstaff area – wore extra clothes.

Overall the weather is perfect – biker weather (neither hot nor cold).

Refueled 9 times. Used 260 gallons of gasoline. Spent about $300.

Drove at a top speed of 120 mph in places. Average speed was 70-80 mph.

The bike never sneezed once. Thanks to my iron Tulpar!

Eaten 5 snickers, two sandwiches. Used 5 liters of water, including 2 liters per head. Gone is a pack of chewing gum.

I slept twice for 15 minutes, in Amarillo and Springfield. After that, the mirages and visions disappeared…..

Thoughts: Already at the start I wanted to quit – it's in my blood. I always want to quit my moto circumnavigation, but it turns out the other way around. I've been "quitting" for 10 years now.

I have only listened to songs by Mikhail Krug (until I "po

sowing" iPhone)

Losses. – Phone iPhone (left it on motorcycle and… lost it somewhere). Eaten the seal due to intense gum chewing. Lost 20 minutes of time when a police officer in Oklahoma made me take the flags off my motorcycle.

Joy. – I felt that I could do it, especially since before that in Argentina I had covered 2000 km in a day without thinking about records.

Bottom line:

In the US, I've twice traveled 1000 miles in a day and here's one time I traveled 1500 miles.

in Europe once in a 24-hour period (Munich to Paris to Marseille). Drove 1000 miles

In Argentina once traveled 1250 miles per day (Komodoro – San Luis). –

In Africa (South Africa) traveled 1000 miles per day to the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town – Johannesburg).

In Asia also once traveled 1000 miles in a day (Alma-Ata – Kokshetau). – In Australia once in a 24-hour period (Brisbane – Melbourne) – In Russia once in a 24-hour period (Omsk – Chelyabinsk)

P.S.. I can say with 100% certainty that it is possible to make such records (1500 miles) on a BMW K1200 LT, but ONLY on good roads in the USA and Europe.

Your friend, biker Petrukhin.

1,500 Mile Certificate.