Racing report
Amazing Race Season 20, Episode 4, "Taste your salami"
Film date: 2-4/12-2012
Teams are released, after 26+h, from the pit stop in Asunciún, Paraguay, in the following order:
1. | Art & JJ | 17:10 | |
2. | Brendon & Rachel | 21:59 | (+4:49) |
3. | Joey & Danny | 22:00 | (+4:50) |
4. | Bopper & Mark | 22:08 | (+4:58) |
5. | Nary & Jamie | 22:09 | (+4:59) |
6. | Rachel & Dave | 22:10 | (+5:00) |
7. | Kerri & Stacy | 22:45 | (+5:35) |
8. | Vanessa & Ralph | 00:15 | (+7:05) |
Route info: "Fly to Turin, Italy". When teams land they must choose a Ford Focus and drive themselves to the Lingotto building.
Choice quotes:
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We really don't think that we should be anything but number one every leg. There is nobody that has intellect and strength that we do to win", JJ & Art disses the competition
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Man, that's a bummer", Art & JJ realize they will have to spend the night in the airport and that everybody will catch up
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The girls are hot as hell", Danny about the Paraguayan girls
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We is goin' somewhere tropical", Bopper thinks Italy will be warm
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I get distracted by sparkly things", Vanessa comments on Rachel's sparkly shirt
All teams but Bopper & Mark head directly for a travel agency. Bopper & Mark go straight to the airport, where Art & JJ tells them they have to go to a travel agency to buy their tickets first. So they go back to find a travel agency. Unfortunately by the time they book their tickets the first arriving flight is sold out, but they do not realize this until the airport where they compare their tickets. Once in Rome they try to get on the earlier flight, but to no avail.
The first seven teams seems to fly:
PZ 716 ASU-GRU 04:15-07:01
AZ 675 GRU-FCO 17:15-07:31+1
AZ1413 FCO-TRN 09:20-10:48
Mark & Bopper fly the same except the last leg where they probably use:
AZ1429 FCO-TRO 10:20-11:42
Once in Turin teams quickly find their cars and start driving. Finding the way to the Lingotto building (27km 0:35) turns out to be easier said than done.
Dave and Rachel starts bickering a little. Or rather Dave comes down hard on Rachel. She shows a little temper but they quickly resume racing.
Kerry & Stacy loose time before they realize that Stacy really can't drive a manual car and change driver. This puts them behind the other teams on the first flight.
Choice quotes:
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There's no freaking street signs", Art find navigating Turin to be hard
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Now I know why Italians hate Americans, cause we're idiots", Rachel when Brendon cuts off a lot of traffic
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I used to date an Italian girl, and I could never trust her, Danny has bad experiences with Italians
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My girlfriend is Italian and I trust her", Joey does not agree
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Why don't you drive", Rachel is fed up with the way Dave acts in the back seat
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God, they don't speak no English neither my brother", Mark find Italian hard
At the Lingotto building teams must park outside and then make their way up to the top of a parking garage on foot (they are not using the stairs). All teams are winded when they reach the clue box on the roof:
Choice quotes:
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Give us a 5 minutes head start up the hill. I've got this one [pointing at Vanessa]", Ralph to Joey & Danny
They reach the clue box on the roof in the following order:
1. Art & JJ
2. Brendon & Rachel
3. Joey & Danny
4. Vanessa & Ralph
5. Nary & Jamie
6. Rachel & Dave
7. Kerri & Stacy
8. Bopper & Mark
The clue here contains a fast forward. In it teams must land a helicopter on a building. That is one of them must put on a helmet which carries a model of the helipad of the Lingotto building. The other team member must then land a small radio controlled helicopter on this pad.
This task is harder than it sounds since it is hard to control the model helicopter. It takes place quite close, but not within sight, of the clue box. There is room for three teams attempting this task at once. But that is unfortunately wasted since Art & JJ are the only ones going for this fast forward. It seems like it take them more than 30 minutes before they finally at 13:15 get it and get their next clue:
FAST FORWARD
Congratulations!
You have won the
Fast Forward!
Make your way to the
next Pit Stop,
Piazza Castello
Hurry! The last team to
check-in may be
eliminated.
Note: You must park
your Ford Focus at
Teatro Regio, then
proceed on foot to
Piazza Castello.
The other teams all follow the roadblock clue:
ROAD BLOCK
What goes up must
come down.
In this road block contestants must rappel down 120ft in the middle of the parking garage. They must grab a clue on the way down. If they fail to get the clue within 2 minutes they must run back up and try again.
Actually getting the clue poses a serious problem for some teams. It hangs just out of reach for them and you need to have a little pendular motion to reach it.
Choice quotes:
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The fast forward is to land a helicopter to a helipad. Hmm, being a helicopter pilot I could potentially be successful at that", Dave wants to do the FF
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Have you ever flown a hand-held helicopter", Rachel brings him back to the earth though
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There is a bit of a marital personality conflict right now", Dave does not feel completely in sync with his wife
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I'm terrified by heights", Stacey realize she might now be the best person for this task
Teams complete the roadblock in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock)
1(+0) | Brendon & Rachel* | (1-3) |
2(+0) | Joey & Danny* | (2-2) |
3(+2) | Rachel* & Dave | (2-2) |
4(+0) | Nary & Jamie* | (2-2) | Took too long and had to redo the task |
5(-2) | Vanessa* & Ralph | (2-2) | Took too long and had to redo the task |
6(+0) | Kerri & Stacy* | (2-2) |
7(+0) | Bopper* & Mark | (2-2) |
Choice quotes:
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I've got the biggest wedgie in the world right now", Danny. after the rappel
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Do you know how much that nose cost?", Vanessa to the instructor who accidentally bumps her face while unhooking her
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Are you trying to like cancel out your fear of heights by doing all the heights one?", Kerri to Stacy
Teams must now navigate the busy streets of Turin and make their way to the Museo Nazionale Dell'Automobile. Once there they must park on the street using the active park assist system in the sponsor's car. Then they must go into the museum and search for a 1916 Tin Lizzie (a T-Ford). where they will find their next clue.
They arrive at the museum (1km 0:03) in the following order:
1(+0) Brendon & Rachel
2(+0) Joey & Danny
3(+0) Rachel & Dave
4(+1) Vanessa & Ralph
5(-1) Nary & Jamie
6(+0) Kerri & Stacy
7(+0) Bopper & Mark, as Keri & Stacy leave
Choice quotes:
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Oh, is that the Santa Claus pub crawl", Vanessa see a lot of Santas in the street outside the museum
As they park Rachel tells Brendon to reverse quickly before any other team arrives. He bites back, and from there it escalates until Rachel has another breakdown. It takes Brendon a while to calm her down so they can continue.
The museum is fairly large and and it seems to take a while before the teams find the car. But they all do it in the same order they arrived.
The next clue is a small red and yellow miniature christmas package, which sits in the front seat of the Tin Lizzie. When teams open it they find an 2 cent Euro coin. They have to figure out that they need to go to the building depicted on the coin to find their next clue. The building is the Mole Antonelianna.
Some teams struggle with this but none as much as Brendon & Rachel who desperately look for the slot where they must put their coin to get the next clue. But in the end, around 14:00, they also figure out the puzzle and are on their way.
Choice quotes:
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I've got my Bs in general physics, my masters in applied physics and am doing my Phd in biomedical physics", but Brendon still have trouble with the coin clue
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Baby, as soon as I drive it's logged in my mind", Dave trusts himself rather than the directions they got from a local
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I don't know where the center is Brendon, I don't live in Italy obviously", Rachel, who apparently did not pay any attention when they drove to the museum
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This race truly does present some amazing opportunities", Dave is impressed by the view inside the dome in the Mole
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Are we in a race? I'm sorry, I was playing with my park assist", Ralph can't resist playing with the car when they park at the Mole
And we get to see far too much footage of Rachel & Dave arguing over directions.
Bopper & Mark must have had a hard time locating the Mole since it is dark by the time they reach the clue on the roof.
At the Mole Antonelianna (6km 0:11) teams must ride a very slow elevator, which hangs free in the middle of a big dome, up to the roof where they find their next clue hanging from the railing. They find it in the following order:
1(+1) Joey & Danny
2(+1) Rachel & Dave
3(+2) Nary & Jamie
4(+0) Vanessa & Ralph, at 14:34
5(-4) Brendon & Rachel, arrive as #4 leave
6(+0) Kerri & Stacy
7(+0) Bopper & Mark
DETOUR
Detour: 'Clean That Statue' or
'Name That Salami'
Clean That Statue: Make your
way to L'Arte Marmi. Once
there, clean and polish one of
Turin's treasured statues.
When you have completely
restored the statue to it's
former glory, the Master
Restorer will hand you your
next clue.
Name That Salami: Make
your way to the Gastronomia
Salumeria. Once there taste
a selection of different
Salamis. Then, make your
way on foot to Piazza Vittorio
Veneto, and identify those
types of Salami on a Vendor's
stand.
In clean that statue teams must first drive to the location (3km 0:08). Once there they must use the tools provided (brushes, cleaning solution and a pressure washer) to clean a statue. The judge pretends that the statues are ancient, but I don't buy that for a second. Specially since all heads have been "prepared" to fall off as soon as they are hit by the pressure washer.
The salami tasting takes place in a small shop (close by, a couple of minutes walk). Here teams will taste 14 kinds of salami. Then they have to walk ~400m to a stall and there identify the salamis. If they make a mistake they must go back to the tasting again. The kinds of salami they get to taste are: Piccante, Cacciatorino, Tartufo, Mucca, Toscano, 'Nduja, Aglio, Cotto, Cinghiale, Finocchiona, Felino, Noci, Barolo and finally Mandola.
Choice quotes:
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I haven't had that much salami since high school", Vanessa
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I know nothing about salami. I know they are on pizza and I like pizza", Rachel have gaps in her knowledge
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Ohh, sexy time", Army wife Rachel upon seeing the white protective clothing they will be wearing
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Ahhh, he's go the fun toys", Vanessa when Ralph takes command of the pressure washer
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She's a dirty girly, but she's not the kind of dirty girl which Danny likes", Joey about their statue
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We need to taste your salami", Kerri & Stacy to the male shop attendant
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I can't handle it, I'm done. Amazing race is supposed to be fun and good", Rachel seems to have watched a different show than we have
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Man, you think I'd engage somethin' that ugly?", Bopper to the Judge when he asked if he an Bopper were engaged
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Rachel & Dave, statue
2(-1) Joey & Danny, statue
3(+1) Vanessa & Ralph, statue
4(-1) Nary & Jamie, statue
5(+0) Brendon & Rachel, salami, after 17:45, when it is dark outside
6(+0) Kerri & Stacy, salami
7(+0) Bopper & Mark, statue
ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the
next Pit Stop,
Piazza Castello
Hurry! The last team to
check-in may be
eliminated.
Note: You must park
your Ford Focus at
Teatro Regio, then
proceed on foot to
Piazza Castello.
Choice quotes:
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It kind of sucks comin' last and be eliminated. But I still feel good about what we accomplished today", Bopper know they are last
Teams reach the pit stop at Piazza Castello(3.6km 0:10 from statue and 2km 0:06 from the Mole) in the following order:
1(+0) Art & JJ, at 13:55 , win $5000 each
2(+0) Rachel & Dave
3(+0) Joey & Danny, when it is dark outside
4(+0) Vanessa & Ralph
5(+0) Nary & Jamie
6(+0) Brendon & Rachel
7(+0) Kerri & Stacy
8(+0) Bopper & Mark, at 22:04, are saved by a non-elimination
Choice quotes:
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This leg was a complete and utter failure from my vantage point. Our communication was lacking and Rachel and I can only improve form this point forward", Dave
Dave makes a correct assessment in his final quote. They did not communicate well, but even so they did finish second. They did will in both navigating and tasks.
Bopper & Mark get some good news at the pit stop when Art & JJ come forward and say that they will split their winnings from this leg with them. After that Phil tells them this was a non-elimination so they are still in the race.
Choice quotes:
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You don't know what this means to me. Being on this race, it's an opportunity for me, fighting for my child. And that's all it means to me", Bopper is almost crying