What an odd leg. Surprised about KB surviving the leg, and AA being eliminated. What a weird few days about strong teams being actually knocked-out by a power that race provides to the racers. In some ways that's how it should be used. Brings me memories of Seth and Olive, being eliminated so early into TAR29. Set-up wise I like that there was a W-Turn available in a leg that also featured a Speed Bump, it does allow teams to play with placements and all.
I think the unlimited Uturns uses, stopped bothering me. It was weird, because I was used to the old way, but I kind of like this now. Producers want the boards to be used, so they might shake things up, not left unused. More aggressive racers are more likely to be using the Uturns provided in early legs if they are unlimited, instead of trying to save the power for later. And at least the board is after the completion of a Uturn task, not before.
As an SP fan, was really exciting seeing them being U-turned, yet being able to finish first.
KI matching the Beekman records has been fascinating, from the way they were framed when introduced this season, I was fully expecting them to be one of those physical teams that would excel and almost dominate the race, yet this is not what has happened.
I think we are not that far away from a possible All Stars season. Hoping for it. They've been bringing some old teams back, including S1, to be featured in that Kristen and Steph commentary series that they upload to the CTV website.