The Amazing Race 2

This is about the American version. For the Asian version, see The Amazing Race Asia 2.

The Amazing Race 2
Season run	March 11, 2002 – May 15, 2002
Filming dates	January 8, 2002 – February 5, 2002
No. of episodes	11
Winning team	Chris & Alex
Continents visited	5
Countries visited	8
Cities visited	27
Distance traveled	52,000 miles (83,684 kilometres)
No. of legs	13
Season chronology
Previous	The Amazing Race 1
Next	The Amazing Race 3

The Amazing Race 2 was the second installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. It premiered on March 11, 2002 and ended on May 15, 2002.

Childhood friends Chris & Alex win the Race.

Production

Development and Filming

Filming was started on January 8, 2002 and ended on February 5, 2002.

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcasted on television due to inclusion or exclusion of some data. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Note 1: Tara & Wil initially arrived 2nd, but were given 1 minute credit due to a minor production difficulty that caused them a one minute delay. Therefore they tied with Blake & Paige for 1st place.

• Red means the team was eliminated.
• An underlined Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
• Green ƒ means the team won the Fast Forward clue. A green-colored leg number indicates that the Fast Forward was available for that leg but not used.

Episode title quotes

Unlike episodes in season one, those in season two (and all subsequent seasons) are taken from quotes made by the racers in each episode. Quotes are sometimes altered slightly for humorous effect.

1. The World Is Waiting: Go! – Phil Keoghan
2. Help Me, I'm American! – Blake
3. My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off! – Claire
4. This Game Is About Minutes – Shola
5. Welcome To The World Of Being Human – Mary
6. I'm Gonna Take His Girl – Alex
7. I'm Gonna Throw Up On Phil's Shoes – Oswald
8. I'm Not a Miner! No, You're An Idiot! – Wil & Tara
9. Ready To Lose Our Lives – Oswald
10. It's Hammer Time – Chris
11. Follow That Plane! – Wil

Notable race events

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (November 2008)

In-Race

• Cyndi (of Russell and Cyndi) posted on the Television Without Pity forums that there was confusion about the vehicle replacement rules in Leg 2. Blake and Paige were given a new jeep, which allowed them to beat Hope and Norm to the finish line. Henceforth, from Season 3 onward, the rules have stated that teams needing a replacement vehicle would not be given any time credit.
• In Leg 3, Leg 4, and Leg 7 Peggy & Claire, Shola & Doyin, and Mary & Peach did not perform the final tasks and instead proceeded directly to the Pit Stop. They were eliminated in the order mentioned.
• In Leg 3 a Fast Forward clue is visible in Wil's and a few other racer's hands at Robben Island.
• In Leg 12 what the show claims is an "old sugar mill" is actually the former campus of Maui High School outside of Paia.
• No Detour clue was shown in Leg 13. As no team is shown onscreen reading the Snow Cat instructions at Trapper's Creek, it is speculated that all teams simply chose the same Detour option here, and the other choice was edited out.[1]
• In the final footrace to the finish in Leg 13, Tara & Wil had the lead but Tara was passed by Chris & Alex in a foot race with less than 40 yards to go. This marked the closest finish in The Amazing Race history.

Post Race

• Tara and Wil have remained business partners after the Race.
• Tara (of Tara and Wil) and Alex (of Chris and Alex) dated for about six months after the race but split up. They have remained friends.
• Tara Lynch currently runs a crafting/sewing business online called FunktionHome.com. She has since remarried and has a young daughter.
• Gary Rosen was an editor on The Amazing Race 5.
• Dave Lepeska earned a journalism degree and spent a year reporting in-country for the Kashmir Observer newspaper.
• After the show, Blake founded a reality television network.
• Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS Shoes, a footwear company that donates a pair of shoes to needy children for every pair sold. The concept was developed by Blake after revisiting some of the impoverished places he and Paige had been to during the Race. He also appears on AT&T commercials talking about TOMS Shoes ^[1]
• Blake is now dating actress Maggie Grace.
• Oswald and Danny were selected to race in The Amazing Race All-Stars. They found a politely friendly letter from Blake & Paige during the mail-sorting roadblock on Leg 4. They were eliminated in 4th place, the same position that they finished on this season; making them one of the only two teams to ever make it into the Final 4, twice. (the other being Dustin & Kandice). Eric, from season 9 was second place and he played with a different partner in all stars and finished first. This makes Eric the only person to finish in the final four twice as a single.
• A short video clip from the Detour in Leg 8 of Season 2 was shown in All-Stars, as Oswald and Danny performed a task while wearing a dragon's-head costume in Macau, and recalled similarities between that Detour and one on the Season 2 race in Hong Kong.
• Chris got married while Alex is doing a project called "Around the World For Free", where he travels around the world starting with no money, and relies on the generosity and hospitality of locals to continue on.^[2]

Prizes

Individual prizes were awarded to the first team to complete a leg.

• Leg 1 - A vacation to Hawaii provided by American Airlines Vacations.
• Leg 8 - A seven day cruise on Royal Caribbean
• Leg 9 - A vacation to Cancún provided by American Airlines Vacations.
• Leg 10 - A vacation to Puerto Rico provided by American Airlines Vacations.
• Leg 11 - A vacation to Los Cabos provided by American Airlines Vacations.
• Leg 12 - A vacation to London and Paris provided by American Airlines Vacations. Due to a production error, which caused a delay of 1 minute, this prize was awarded to the 1st and 2nd place teams of this leg.
• Leg 13 - $1,000,000

Race summary

Air travel destination    Railroad destination    Water travel destination Detour    Roadblock    Fast Forward    Pit Stop

Route map

Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro was used as a location of detour clue.

Leg 1 (United States → Brazil)

• Pahrump, Nevada, United States (Starting line)
• Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport) to Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport)
• Rio de Janeiro (Christ the Redeemer)
• Paquetá Island (Fat Maria)
• Paquetá Island (Lido Hotel - Ilha Tours) (unused, unaired)
• Rio de Janeiro (Sugarloaf Mountain)
• Rio de Janeiro (Tocorimé Yacht near Urca Beach)

The Detour on this leg was Mountain or Beach. In Mountain teams rappelled 590 ft (180 m) down into Sugarloaf Mountain. When they were done, the climbing instructor would get their next clue. In Beach teams needed to find the woman who inspired the song "The Girl from Ipanema" on the beach using only a photo. If the woman is found, she would give them their next clue.

Additional task

• On Paqueta Island, teams had to kiss a big tree known as "Fat Maria".

Leg 2 (Brazil)

Iguaçu Falls, the site of this leg's Roadblock.

• Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (GRES Acadêmicos da Barra da Tijuca - Samba Club) (Portuguese)
• Rio de Janeiro (Copacabana Beach)
• Rio de Janeiro (Pedra Bonita overlooking São Conrado beach)
• Rio de Janeiro (Terminal Rodoviária Novo Rio) to Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná (Rodoviária Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu)
• Foz do Iguaçu (Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Iguaçu Falls - Macuco Safari Dock)
• Foz do Iguaçu (Parque Nacional do Iguaçu - Jungle Camp)

The Detour on this leg was Freak Out or Seek Out. In Freak out teams had to hang glide from a mountain to the beach below. In Seek Out teams had to look for a treasure box using metal detectors. The Fast Forward was to play volleyball with locals who could only use their feet. The Roadblock was to take a speedboat into Iguaçu falls and spot the flag at the top.

Additional task

• At the start of the leg, teams had to match the feather to one of the dancers' headdresses. The dancer provided them their next clue.

Leg 3 (Brazil → South Africa)

Robben Island, where teams found their clue inside Nelson Mandela's former prison cell.

• Foz do Iguaçu (Foz do Iguaçu International Airport) to Cape Town, South Africa (Cape Town International Airport)
• Cape Town (Nelson Mandela Gateway, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront) to Robben Island
• Robben Island (Section B Cell 5) (unused, unaired)
• Robben Island to Cape Town (Nelson Mandela Gateway, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront)
• Kalk Bay, Cape Town (Kalk Bay Harbour)
• Kalk Bay, Cape Town (Kalk Bay Station) to Cape Town (Cape Town Railway Station)
• Langa, Cape Town (Paradise Hair Salon, Zone 23)
• Stellenbosch (Lanzerac Manor)

The Detour on this leg was Dance or Deliver. In Dance, teams wear an orange costume and they danced with a local troupe until they made R 25 in tips. In Deliver, teams delivered 250 lb (110 kg) of fish. The Roadblock was to buy a Smiley (sheep's head) and a box of Epsom salts, then deliver them as an offering to a healer called Ndaba Sangoma who will then give them a bitter potion, to drink. Team members must drink all of the potion to get their next clue.

Additional task

• At Robben Island, teams must find Section B Cell 5, which is Nelson Mandela's prison cell, to get their next clue.

Leg 4 (South Africa → Namibia)

Swakopmund Lighthouse

• Cape Town (Cape Aviation Business Centre, Cape Town International Airport) to Walvis Bay, Namibia (Walvis Bay Airport)
• Swakopmund (Swakopmund Lighthouse)
• Swakopmund (Swakopmund Hotel)
• Swakopmund (Matterhorn Sand Dune at D1984)
• Spitzkoppe (General Dealer)
• Spitzkoppe (Woodcarver's Market)
• near Windhoek (Amani Lodge)

The Detour on this leg was Slide or Stride. In Slide teams had to sled down the steep side of the dune. In Stride teams walked down the other side of the dune. In the Fast Forward teams had to search the hotel grounds for the pool and then retrieve the Fast Forward Award from inside. The Roadblock was to buy 5 animal carvings then trade them for a giraffe one.

Leg 5 (Namibia → Thailand)

Erawan Shrine which were teams discovered a detour clue box

• Windhoek (Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand (Don Mueang International Airport)
• Bangkok (BTS Skytrain - Siam Station to Erawan Shrine)
• Bangkok (Amulet Market) (unused, unaired)
• Bangkok (Sai Tai Mai) to Ratchaburi
• Ratchaburi (Wat Kao Chong Pran)
• Amphawa (Ban Plai Pong Pang)

The Detour on this leg was Confusion Now or Confusion Later. In Confusion Now teams needed to find a specific water taxi dock then take one to a bird market and release a cage full of sparrows. In Confusion Later teams had to take a taxi to Chinatown in Charoen Krung Soi 21, purchase a paper car, and then burn it at Lee Ti Biew shrine. For the Roadblock one team member had to venture into a cave full of bats and retrieve their next clue from inside. The unused Fast Forward had teams find Pra Chai at Amulet Market and one team member had to shed their vanity and get their head shaved.^[3]

Leg 6 (Thailand)

• Bangkok (Pak Khlong Talad)
• Bangkok (Hua Lam Phong Railway Station) to Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai Station)
• Chiang Mai (Old Bridge on Ban Muang Kut)
• Chiang Mai (Mae Ping Village)
• Chiang Mai (Karen Village)

The Detour on Leg 6 was Boat or Beast. In Boat teams used long poles to navigate a bamboo raft down river. In Beast teams rode a slow elephant down a path next to the river. The Roadblock was to wash chalk markings off an elephants back until the judge was satisfied.

Leg 7 (Thailand → Hong Kong, China)

In Hong Kong, teams had to identify the Star Ferry from the observation deck of Central Plaza (pictured). Not to be confused with a similarly named building called The Center

• Chiang Mai (Seven Spires)
• Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai International Airport) to Hong Kong , People's Republic of China (Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok)
• Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Central Plaza)
• Wong Tai Sin (Wong Tai Sin Temple)
• Wan Chai (Star Ferry Pier, Central) to Tsim Sha Tsui (Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui)
• Kwai Chung (Hong Kong International Terminals Limited (HIT))
• Victoria Harbour (Onboard the Duk Ling Chinese Junk)

The Detour on this leg was Wishing Tree or Herbal Tea. In Wishing tree teams had to drive 18 miles (29 km) then write a wish on a scroll and throw it on the tree's branches. In Herbal tea teams looked for a tea shop in Saigon Street then drink a cup of foul tasting tea. The Fast Forward was to search the basement of the Wong Tai Sin Temple for a fortune teller who would give each a reading. The Roadblock was to use a crane to move a container off a truck.

Leg 8 (Hong Kong, China → Australia)

• Repulse Bay (Tin Hau Temple)
• Ngong Ping (Tian Tan Buddha) (unused)
• Stanley (Murray House)
• Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok International Airport) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Kingsford Smith Sydney Airport)
• Sydney (Sydney Opera House)
• Sydney (Museum of Contemporary Art)

The Detour on this leg was Dragon or Lion. In Dragon teams rowed a dragon boat made for twelve through a short marked course, a distance of 600 meters. In Lion teams had to carry a two person lionhead through a long crowded market and up stairs. The Roadblock was to follow a series of clues written in Australian slang. Teams had to find the surfie in the lairy daks in Martin Place, the anklebiter riding a bicycle around the Archibald Fountain at Hyde Park, the Sheila in the Aussie cozzie near Captain Cook Statue in Hyde Park and the bushie in Circular Quay. The Fast forward was to climb the 268 steps of the Tian Tan Buddha.

Leg 9 (Australia)

Teams visited the Sydney Harbour Bridge in leg 9.

• Sydney (Sydney Harbour Bridge through BridgeClimb Sydney)
• Sydney (Harry's Cafe de Wheels)
• Sydney (Sydney Airport) to Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide International Airport)
• Adelaide (National Jet Systems Terminal)
• Adelaide (Adelaide International Airport) to Coober Pedy (Coober Pedy Airport)
• Coober Pedy (Metal Tree)
• Breakaways National Park (Lookout 2)
• outside Coober Pedy (Aboriginal Camp, The Breakaways)

The Detour on this leg was Cool Down or Heat Up. In Cool Down teams had to find a particular Coober Pedy mine called the Opal Quest then search through a pile of dirt for a opal. In Heat Up teams played three holes of golf on a hot desert golf course called Cooper Pedy Golf Club. The Fast Forward was to go to Harry's Cafe and eat one of their meat pies. The Roadblock was to stand inside a circle then throw a boomerang outside of it and have it return.

Leg 10 (Australia → New Zealand)

In the Quick Jump detour choice, teams had to bungee jump 450 feet off the Nevis Highwire Platform.

• Glendambo, Australia (Airstrip)
• Adelaide (Adelaide International Airport) to Queenstown, New Zealand (Queenstown Airport)
• Gibbston (Māori) (Wentworth Station)
• Arthurs Point (Māori) (Shotover River)
• Nevis River (Nevis Highwire Platform)
• Mt Somers (Canterbury Plains - Inverary Sheep Station)

The Detour on this leg was Quick Jump or Long Hike. In Quick Jump teams had to bungee jump 450 feet (140 m) to the bottom of the gorge. In Long Hike teams had to walk down a long trail to the bottom of the gorge. The Fast Forward was to take a speedboat down the narrow Shotover river and find a flag. The Roadblock was to separate 3 black sheep from 22 white sheep from one pen to another.

Additional task

• In Glendambo, teams must get on either a 10.30am or 11.15am flight to the nearest airport, in Adelaide.

Leg 11 (New Zealand)

Waitomo Caves is a popular tourist destination and featured Leg 11's Detour, Drop or Climb

• Picton (Interislander Picton Ferry Terminal) to Wellington (Interislander Wellington Ferry Terminal)
• Rotorua (Maori Arts & Crafts Institute)
• Mount Tarawera
• Waitomo Caves (The Lost World)
• Woodhill, Auckland (4 Track Adventures)
• Auckland (Ardmore Airport - Warbirds Hangar)

The Detour on this leg was Drop or Climb. In Drop teams rappel 350 feet (110 m) into the cavern known as The Lost World. In Climb teams climb down a 100 feet (30 m) ladder into the cavern. The Fast Forward was to run down Mount Tarawera's loose rock walls to the cluebox below. The Roadblock was to navigate a ATV through a challenging off-road course.

Leg 12 (New Zealand → United States)

• Auckland (Sir John Logan Campbell [2])
• Auckland (Auckland Airport) to Maui, Hawaii, USA (Kahului Airport)
• Paia, Maui (old campus of Maui High School)
• Maui (Pauwela Pineapple Field)
• Maui (McGregor Point at Maalaea) to Molokini
• Maui (Huialoha Church)

The Detour on this leg was Bike or Walk. In Bike teams bike through a large pineapple field to find a single red painted pineapple. In Walk teams walk through the same field to find one of 4 yellow painted pineapple. The Roadblock was to snorkel to find one of three underwater cases.

Leg 13 (United States)

San Francisco was the race's final destination city.

• Maui (Queen Kaahumanu's Birthplace near Hana Bay)
• Maui (Kahului Airport) to Anchorage, Alaska (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
• Anchorage (Rust's Flying Service)
• Anchorage (Lake Hood Strip) to Trapper Creek (Overnight Rest)
• Big Lake (Homesteader's Hardware Store)
• Hurricane Gulch
• Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to Oakland, California (Oakland International Airport)
• San Francisco (Landmark #97, Atkinson-Esher House)
• San Francisco (Municipal Pier)
• Sausalito, California (Murray Circle on East Fort Baker) (Finish Line)

The Roadblock was to receive a pack of tools and a propane torch to use to get a frozen clue in a large globe of ice out.

Additional tasks

• At Trapper Creek, teams had to spend the night in an igloo to receive their next clue.
• Also at Trapper Creek, one team member must drive a Snow Cat across a frozen lake.

References

External links

• Official website
• TARFlies Times (Season 2)
• The Amazing Race 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Day I...Won The Amazing Race by Alex Boylan
• Around The World For Free project by Alex Boylan
• Oswald and Danny - Amazing Race Wiki