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Racing Report Leg #4
apskip:
I think a 615am departure, 700am arrival at Bongo, and completion of tasks by the better teams in 60 to 75 minutes is entirely reasonable. It would be a first for World Race Productions to deviate from the 12/24/36 hour pitstop formula they have used since AR1. I don't think they deviated.
mswood:
apskip
While I am not aware if the producers have ever used irregular Pit stops before (I really only started paying real attention to those towards the end of season 9), I have heard rumors that they in fact have done so (but been to lazy to actually check).
But if it was a 24 hour Pit Stop (since it can't be a 12 or 36 hour one), would this be the shortest leg for time of completion of a day's tasks? Minus of course travel time.
I think I might just try and do some research of the train time, though the web of course and online footage of teams conversations to see if it can be narrowed down.
Because if the train ride was an hour or over (which has been mentioned), then I seriously can't see teams at all being able to manage the day.
On a another topic, The gnome and prizes. While it is usually a random choice for the prize, it hasn't always been. Season 9, episode three, teams needed the gnome to check in and if footage is accurate, Phil never checks the gnome before telling Eric & Jeremy that they won the leg and a prize. We also get shots of the top, sides and bottom of their gnome and it has nothing on it. He even states as the winner of this leg of the race you have won a trip to teh heart of Africa.......
So while the gnome's usually mean any team as a random chance of winning a prize, it isn't always.
puddin:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on November 21, 2007, 12:14:18 PM ---This shot from the Mat Chats shows that the massive clump of teams
2nd TK & Rachel
3rd Nathan & Jen
4th Kynt & Vyxsin
5th Ronald & Christina
6th Nicolas & Donald
checked in just before 10:15 am on July 14th.
--- End quote ---
:xmas146
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mswood:
--- Quote from: puddin on December 01, 2007, 11:08:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on November 21, 2007, 12:14:18 PM ---This shot from the Mat Chats shows that the massive clump of teams
2nd TK & Rachel
3rd Nathan & Jen
4th Kynt & Vyxsin
5th Ronald & Christina
6th Nicolas & Donald
checked in just before 10:15 am on July 14th.
--- End quote ---
:xmas146
--- End quote ---
I love Puddin
That makes the Pit Stop 22 hours. Since the teams all arrived together and they (now) always stagger the racers by a minute even if they arrive nearly at the same second.
puddin:
I love you too mswood :kisses
And we are very lucky that Chateau caught that :yess:
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