TAR20, Recap Leg 6, 3/15/12

Welcome to Leg 6! Last time, on Off to Bolivia We Go!, teams raced from Italy to Bavaria, Germany. The Kentuckians yodel, while the divorcees bicker. There is beard grooming and gnome curling, and Art and JJ finish first. Again. The cousins can’t navigate, and are eliminated. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Art/JJ, Team Patrulla Fronteriza
2nd – Joey “Fitness”/Danny, The Jersey Meatheads
3rd – Vanessa/Ralph, The Dating Divorcees
4th – Rachel/Dave , Team Free Ron Again!
5th – Brendon/Rachel, Team Sparkles
6th – Bopper/Mark, The Kentucky Hillbillies
7th – Nary/Jamie, The Fembots

Landhannes Farm, Schwangau-Horn, Bavaria, Germany

8:48 AM Art/JJ (1st)
Clue: Fly 2000 miles to Baku, Azerbaijan! Once there, make your way to the Temple Ateshgah. You have $167 for this leg of the race.

9:17 AM Joey “Fitness”/Danny (2nd) – and they are in Retro 80’s snowsuits. (Toyouke: “Those are not first place glasses.“)
9:19 AM Vanessa/Ralph (3rd)
10:57 AM Rachel/Dave (4th)
11:17 AM Brendon/Rachel (5th) – (Toyouke: “Why does Rachel always have sequins?”)
11:41 AM Bopper/Mark (6th) – Bopper: “Do you think we’re going to Africa?”
11:42 PM Nary/Jamie (7th) – Nary: "We WANT everyone to underestimate us, and now that we're last, they don't think we're a threat. So we did it on purpose! Strategery!"

Everyone makes their way to the airport in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Joey “Fitness”/Danny
3- Vanessa/Ralph
4- Rachel/Dave
5- Brendon/Rachel – who swing by a travel agent and purchase tickets.
6- Bopper/Mark
7- Nary/Jamie

Teams arrive and get their tickets. All teams are on the 6:40 PM flight to Baku via Istanbul on Turkish Airlines.

So the Amazing Red Line rushes us to Baku, and the teams arrive and get taxis in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Joey “Fitness”/Danny
3- Nary/Jamie
4- Art/JJ
5- Brendon/Rachel
6- Bopper/Mark
7- Vanessa/Ralph

Teams now make their way to the Temple Ateshgah. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Joey “Fitness”/Danny
3- Nary/Jamie
4- Art/JJ
5- Brendon/Rachel
6- Bopper/Mark
7- Vanessa/Ralph

Teams find that the clues are unavailable until sunrise, so there is much dancing and reveling until then with the Azerbaijanis. (Toyouke: “This whole temple and the fire would be far less impressive in the daytime. Luck? Or careful planning?”) When the door opens, teams get their clues in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Joey “Fitness”/Danny
3- Nary/Jamie
4- Art/JJ
5- Brendon/Rachel
6- Bopper/Mark
7- Vanessa/Ralph

Rachel and Dave open their clue and find. . . a Fast Forward!

FAST FORWARD:

Recall that a fast forward is a task that can be performed to allow one team to skip all remaining tasks and head directly to the pit stop. However, each team may only use their fast forward power once on the race, so they must decide when it is more advantageous to use it. In this, the second (!) fast forward on this race, teams must travel to Saman Os Bazary Market and unload 150 haybales from a truck and stack them in a 10 by 3 by 5 rectangle. Once complete, they get their next clue and skip all remaining tasks and travel directly to the Pit Stop.

Teams decide to go for the Fast Forward in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

(Toyouke: “I kind of like this Fast Forward in that you could actually have multiple teams competing for it. Unlike "crawl across this ladder" where you can only have one team at a time.”) So – hay bale stacking, Fast Forward for Rachel and Dave! They get their Fast Forward and travel to the PIT STOP at Esplanade Estakada. Joey “Fitness” and Danny, however, must jump back into completing the rest of the tasks. (Toyouke: “See? And then the losing team is now in last place. More exciting that way.”)

The rest of the teams are instructed to travel to Occupational Training International to get their next clue. They arrive in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Nary/Jamie
3- Vanessa/Ralph
4- Bopper/Mark
5- Brendon/Rachel
6- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

We then get the sixth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

What goes down must come up!

In this roadblock, one team member must perform a helicopter escape simulation by being submerged underwater. Once the team members escape and make their way to the safety pad, they get their next clue.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Bopper
2- Jamie
3- JJ
4- Brendon
5- Vanessa
6- Joey “Fitness”

After much escaping, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Nary/Jamie
2- Art/JJ
3- Bopper/Mark
4- Brendon/Rachel
5- Vanessa/Ralph
6- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

Teams are now told to travel to Taghrul Karabakh Carpet Shop in Old Town Baku to get their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel
2- Bopper/Mark
3- Art/JJ
4- Nary/Jamie
5- Vanessa/Ralph – who need the Amazing Cameramen to find their clue for them.
6- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

And, when teams find the clues, we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Apples OR Oil
*Apples: Teams make their way to the fruit market and find a Soviet-era car filled with apples. Teams must empty the car until they find the specially marked apple, which they can trade for their next clue.
*Oil: Teams make their way to Naftalan Health Center and clean a client who just got out of an oil bath. Teams can use a metal show horn, water and sponges to get all the oil off, and can get their next clue once the attendant approves.

1- Art/JJ choose Oil – JJ: “Let’s scrub a homie down! You’re as hairy as a St. Bernard!”
2- Nary/Jamie choose Apples – Jamie: “Teachers love apples!”
3- Bopper/Mark choose Oil
4- Brendon/Rachel choose Oil – Rachel: “Wait, this is real oil!”
5- Vanessa/Ralph choose Apples – Vanessa: “This thing could be anywhere.” (Toyouke: “Oh, I'm pretty sure it's in the car. Unless you missed it already.”)
6- Joey “Fitness”/Danny choose Apples

(Toyouke: “How could you not choose "Oil"? That HAS to be faster than Swedish Roulette.”)

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Art/JJ – Art: “Want a million dollars? Scrub a man’s junk.”
2- Bopper/Mark
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Nary/Jamie
5- Vanessa/Ralph
6- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

Teams find now that they must make their way to Esplanade Estakada, the PIT STOP of the sixth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Rachel/Dave – who each win a 2013 Ford Taurus.
2- Art/JJ – "Second place on a leg with a Fast Forward is really a win. (Toyouke: “It is not a win. It's second place. You already spent your Fast Forward.”)
3- Bopper/Mark
4- Brendon/Rachel
5- Nary/Jamie
6- Vanessa/Ralph
7- Joey “Fitness”/Danny

And Jersey is eliminated. And I started to like their quirky personalities.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Rachel/Dave
2nd – Art/JJ
3rd – Bopper/Mark
4th – Brendon/Rachel
5th – Nary/Jamie
6th – Vanessa/Ralph

Next week: Africa and Catfights! Until next time!