TAR24, Recap Leg 12, 5/18/14

Welcome to Leg 12! Last time, on Throwing the Wrong Type of Boot Is Really Problematic, teams raced from Spain to England and Wales.  Leo and Jamal had directional issues and ended up in last place, causing them to finish fourth for the second race in a row.  This season, we’ve had a Frankenteam.  Tension!  Frustration!  Competition!  And Challenge!  In the end we have three teams: Brendon and Rachel, who promised less crying and more baby making (Toyouke: “Rachel's popularity was gone before that U-Turn.”); Caroline and Jennifer, who managed to flirt their way through the race again while surviving two NELs and never winning a leg; and Dave and Connor, who self eliminated the first time they raced due to injury, but probably could have won anyway.  Who will win The Amazing Race 24? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:

1st – Dave/Connor, Team LIVESTRONG

2nd – Caroline/Jennifer, The Country Singers

3rd – Brendon/Rachel, Team Brenchel

Peckforton Castle, Peckforton, England, United Kingdom

4:31 AM Dave/Connor (1st)

Clue: Fly to your FINAL DESTINATION CITY: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA!  Once there, choose a marked Ford Explorer and take a ride..

4:38 AM Caroline/Jennifer (2nd)

4:52 AM Brendon/Rachel (3rd)

Teams make their way to Heathrow and arrive in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

Teams get their flight to Las Vegas, and all end up on the same flight.  The Amazing Red Line takes us across the Atlantic to Sin City.  So, teams arrive in Las Vegas in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Brendon/Rachel

3- Caroline/Jennifer

The teams get in their Ford Explorers and are transported, mafia style, into the desert.  They arrive at the undisclosed location in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

Once there, teams are told to start digging.  After some effort, teams dig up a crate.  They discover that the crate asks them to open it and deliver the contents to David Copperfield in the Lot at the MGM Grand.  The teams get back in their Explorers and arrive at the MGM Grand  in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

When teams arrive, they get the twelfth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Do you believe in magic?

In this roadblock, teams are met by David Copperfield.  One member is locked in a crate.  They must open their shackles with the keys from the crate, and then look for lockpicks to release the chains in order to reunite with their partners.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Connor

2- Jennifer

3- Rachel

In order to perform the roadblock, teams had to get the keys out of the crate and hand them to their partners.  This occurred in the following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel – who opened the box in the Explorer en route to the task.

2- Dave/Connor – who opened the box at the task.

3- Caroline/Jennifer – who opened the box at the task.

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

1- Dave/Connor

2- Brendon/Rachel

3- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams are now instructed to make their way to the Neon Museum Boneyard.  They arrive in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Brendon/Rachel

3- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams arrive at the Boneyard and have to search for their next clue.  They find the clue in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Brendon/Rachel

3- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams are now instructed to find the silver and red question mark sign and take a light bulb from it before traveling to the employee entrance of the Mirage Hotel.  Once all the light bulbs have been taken, teams make their way to The Mirage and arrive in the following order:

1- Caroline/Jennifer

2- Dave/Connor

3- Brendon/Rachel – who tried to steal Caroline and Jennifer’s cab in order to prevent having the most law abiding taxi in Las Vegas.

When teams arrive, they are instructed to use a window washing basket to travel to the top of the hotel and replace the bulbs in the “I” in the word Mirage.  Teams also have to count the number of bulbs they use (241) and relay it to the ground crew before they can go down and get their next clue. 

Teams finish the task and get their clue in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

Teams are now instructed to take a cab to Henderson Nevada and find Maverick Helicopters to get their next clue.  (Toyouke: “This is a much closer final leg than...it's been so long I don't even remember when it was this close.”)  Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor – after a wrong turn.

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

And teams get the thirteenth and final roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who wants to be a UFO?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must don a special suit and fly in a helicopter across the strip to find a sign announcing the landing zone: Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Once the roadblocker relays the correct information to the pilot, they fly to the location and skydive to meet their partner.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Dave

2- Caroline

3- Brendon

After much sign searching and sky diving, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

Once teams reunite, they learn they need to race to the mat at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to find the FINISH LINE of this racearoundtheworld.  The first team to arrive WILL win the Amazing Race!

1- Dave/Connor

2- Caroline/Jennifer

3- Brendon/Rachel

Three continents, 22 cities, 9 countries, 23000  miles, Dave and Connor, you are the winners of The Amazing Race 24!  And we fins out that Dave is the oldest racer ever to win the Race at age 58, and the first parent/child team to win the Race.  And Rachel lost, so she has to wait for her babies.

(Toyouke: “Reasons you need a memory task: the girls blew their lead because they CAN'T SCREW IN LIGHT BULBS FAST ENOUGH. And that's idiotic.”)

ORDER NOW:
1^st – Dave/Connor  
2^nd – Caroline/Jennifer
3^rd – Brendon/Rachel  

4^th – Leo/Jamal

5^th – Jet/Cord

6^th – Flight Time/Big Easy

7^th – Jessica/John

8^th – Margie/Luke

9^th – Joey/Meghan

10^th – Mark/Mallory

11^th – Natalie/Nadiya

Next time: TAR 25 takes a flying leap to Fridays in the fall!  No more preempting for football – YAY!  Other than that, we’ll have to wait until then what else the producers have up their sleeves. . .  Until next time!