TAR19, Recap Leg 10, 11/27/11

Welcome to Leg 10! Last time, on Are You Copenhanging In There?, teams raced from Denmark to Germany to Belgium. Tommy got mad, Sandy got sick, and there was much body building. Amani and Marcus finished first, and were surprised to start the next leg. . . immediately! Who will be eliminated . . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Amani/Marcus, Team Football
2nd – Ernie/Cindy, Team Chinatown
3rd – Jeremy/Sandy, Team Tryout
4th – Andy/Tommy, The Snowboarders
5th – Bill/Cathi, The Grandparents

Parc Elisabeth, Brussels, Belgium

(And for those of you regular readers (or do I just type this for my own enjoyment?) my prediction of the body building finishes were correct, so I’d put them here, but they’d just be redundant.)

Amani/Marcus (1st)

Clue: Teams drive themselves to the Ford Proving Grounds in Lommel, Belgium.

(Toyouke: “Why does Ford have proving grounds in Belgium?” Kmanpat: “Why not? It’s good for product placement.” Auburnium0513: “So maybe THIS leg has the car as the prize? It will be a Mustang?”)

Ernie/Cindy (2nd)
Jeremy/Sandy (3rd) – and Sandy says “prah-ving”. (Toyouke: “Are they all mispronouncing "proving"?”)
Andy/Tommy (4th)
Bill/Cathi (5th)

Teams arrive at the Proving Grounds in the following order:

1- Amani/Marcus
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Jeremy/Sandy
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Bill/Cathi

And once they arrive, teams get the eleventh roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

“Who wants to play with the Ponies?”

In this roadblock, one team member must don racer apparel and drive a Ford Mustang through three challenges: a speed task in order to get their car to 100 mph and bring to a full stop, a slalom test that must be completed perfectly in 16 seconds, and two victory donuts. Once complete, the professional will hand them their next clue.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Ernie – who can’t seem to stop properly. (Toyouke: “Ernie keeps hitting the balloon. How often does he rear-end people in real life?”)
2- Jeremy
3- Marcus
4- Tommy – who made Andy ridiculously jealous by doing this task. (Toyouke: “Don't use your jealousy to talk about how awesome you are because you're Christian, Andy.”)
5- Bill

After much car racing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Jeremy/Sandy
3- Amani/Marcus
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Bill/Cathi

Teams are now instructed to drive themselves to Gent, Belgium and find the Hoofdbrug on Burgstraat to get their next clue

Teams arrive at Hoofdbrug in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Jeremy/Sandy
3- Amani/Marcus
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Bill/Cathi

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Water OR Waffles
*Water: Teams use the provided materials to construct a raft and travel the waterways of Gent to pick up two halves of their next clue.
*Waffles: Teams build a waffle stand and then bake 18 waffles to the approval of the waffle manager to get their next clue.

(Auburnium0513: “Waffles all the way!” Toyouke: “I have to agree, waffles are delicious.” Kmanpat: “But the rafting looks like the less challenging task. You know, aside from making a floating object.”)


1- Ernie/Cindy choose Waffles
2- Jeremy/Sandy choose Waffles
3- Amani/Marcus choose Water – after walking past Waffles and deciding that it’s probably too difficult. Marcus: “Too bad Laurence isn’t here to show us how it’s done.” (Toyouke: “Oh, Marcus. I'm sure Laurence would have screwed this up.”)
4- Andy/Tommy choose Water
5- Bill/Cathi choose Water – after walking past Waffles and deciding that it’s probably too difficult.

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Amani/Marcus
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Bill/Cathi

Teams are now instructed to drive themselves to De Muur Van Geraardsbergen to get their next clue.

Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Ernie/Cindy
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Amani/Marcus
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Bill/Cathi

Teams now have to work with a pigeon trainer to release homing pigeons. The teams are then given an address to drive to in order to meet up with their pigeons and get their Pit Stop Clue. Teams arrive at their addresses in the following order:

1- Andy/Tommy (Stoofstraat 52 Beersel)
2- Jeremy/Sandy (Stoofstraat 52 Beersel)
3- Ernie/Cindy (Steenweg op Ukkel 75 Beersel)
4- Amani/Marcus (Steenweg op Ukkel 75 Beersel)
5- Bill/Cathi (Not Shown)

Teams are now given a picture of the Atomium in Brussels, the PIT STOP of the tenth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

(Toyouke and Auburnium0513: “We love the little tiny clue!!!” Kmanpat: “They had me at ATOMIUM!!!”)

1- Andy/Tommy – who win 2 customizable Ford Mustangs.
2- Jeremy/Sandy
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Amani/Marcus
5- Bill/Cathi

And Bill and Cathi are sadly eliminated, which is the first time in a long time that an older team has made it this far. (TAR history note: last time was Fran and Barry in TAR9).

ORDER NOW:
1st – Andy/Tommy
2nd – Jeremy/Sandy
3rd – Ernie/Cindy
4th – Amani/Marcus

Next week: Pandemonium in Panama! And there are clues on dresses! (Toyouke: “Writing clues on the skirts of dancers is too advanced for this group.”) Until next time!