First: in the CBS lengthy promo last night on "Catagory 7" (by the way don't waste your time on this turkey- I only set the VCR to capture commericials for TAR) there is clear shot of at least two power rafts on the Colorado River - in the zoom in we see the Linz Family. No idea who is following. But the Linz must be first since they are pumping their fists in the air and ju mping with joy. One Linz brother is holding a blue route marker.
At the race track we have three cars racing neck and neck. I can't tell who they are but it is strange that there are no shadows although the sky is bright blue. A shot of the two Godlewski sisters and they are looking into sun, so I am of the opinion it is late in the afternoon and perhaps sun is behind a hill, mountain, or building so that the go-carts don't throw shadows.
Also there is a shot on one go-cart going by what looks very much like the back of Mama Paolo (orange short sleeve shirt, frumpy hair, etc.
Now my turn to guess:
Thursday, July 20 (after 36 hour pit stop - camping out on the beach to save TPTB a few more bucks) Teams start to leave between 1AM and 5:30AM but must wait on beach until opening time at Sunrise which occurs at 5:25AM. Clue has one team member swim out to retreave clue from bouy.
DETOUR - KEGS or CANES. Find the clue in one of five empty kegs out of hundreds ("this could take all day") or gather and load a ox cart with sugar cane and take to processing plant. We only see the Linz and Paolos doing this.
Upon completion of Detour, clue says for them to proceed to San Jose Airport and catch a plane to Phoenix, Arizona.
It is possible since tasks always seem to take much shorter time then we think they do, for the teams to catch the 9:00AM American Airlines flight to Phoenix which arrives at 4:50PM. The best flight between the two cities is the Air West flight leaving at 7:15AM but there would not be time to do a Detour and then catch this flight.
Upon arrival at PHX, the teams must find marked GMC SUV's with clue on windshield which directs them to the Bondurant Go-Kart track south of Phoenix Airport in Chandler, AZ. Arrival here and they find the clue for the ROADBLOCK: one member of the team must race a go-kart around the track in x minutes or less. The teams again are pretty much bunched up here. Sunset is not until 7:35PM so they still have light to complete the task. The Godlewski sisters are seen squinting into the setting sun as another sister races her car.
The clue here tells them to drive north to the Ft. McDowell National Reservation and locate La Puesta del Sol which is the pit stop for this leg of the race; the last team to arrive here may be eliminated. Nah. But you do look rediculous with all your clothing piled on. And could it be the sisters once again?
Friday, July 21 - After only a 12 hour pit stop the team get their first clue to proceed back to Mesa Airport and locate the Frontier Combat International site and find their next clue: first come first served. Probably another traditional bunch point as teams wait through the rest of the night for the office to open. When the office opens, teams find the next clue. Clue is a ROADBLOCK: one member of the team must fly a series of loops, spins, acrobatics with stunt flyer. We see the teams (at least three at first): The Bransens, Linz and Paolo families (so were they first at the pit stop yesterday??)
Upon completion they receive clue to proceed north on Interstate 17 through Flagstaff to either the Navajo Indian Reservation at Indian Wells or the Hopi Indian Reservation at Second Mesa. Here they get clue for the DETOUR one of two tasks usually undertaken by Indians. Build a TeePee (oh shades of TAR6) or some other task. This is pure speculation but we need a DETOUR to break up the long 5 hour or more drive from Phoenix to Page for the rafting trip.
Upon competion of the DETOUR, the teams receive instructions to drive north again to Page Arizona where they must find the rafting company (I forget the name we came up with) and proceed down the river a set distance to the reach five beached rowboats. They then must continue on down river to Lee's Ferry the original crossing point on the Colorado River. Here they will find an historical building which is the pit stop for this leg of the race. And the last team to arrive not only may be eliminated, they will and have a guest shot on TES Wednesday morning.
Lack of face time seems to favor the Weavers or Branstens as the team that bites the dust.
