Gary & Mallory

Gary Ervin and Mallory Ervin are a Father/Daughter team on the 17th season of The Amazing Race and the Unfinished Business 18th season of The Amazing Race.

Gary

 * Age: 53
 * Hometown: Morganfield, Kentucky
 * Connection to your Teammate: Father
 * Current occupation: Entrepreneur (Season 17), Owner of Ervin Cable Construction (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Favorite hobbies: Triathlon, scuba diving and hunting/fishing
 * Achievements: Building a company from the ground up with my family to become one of the largest in the industry; getting my commercial pilots license and logging over 5000 hours; and, I wrestled and coached for University of Central Missouri and Union County High School.
 * Lifelong to do list: Be a better husband, father and friend
 * What scares you most about traveling? Being out of the country if something were to happen to my family
 * What excites you most about traveling? Learning about different people and cultures
 * If I could switch places with someone: No one - I'm not perfect, but I'm happy with who I am.
 * Role model/hero: My parents - I still strive to make them proud of me.
 * What are you passionate about? My family, work, faith and fitness
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? If I were to win the million dollars I would help as many people with it as I could. (Season 17), Give it away. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * People would be surprised to learn: I ran 13 marathons and a half Ironman triathlon after I turned 45.
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: Ngoro Ngoro crater in Tanzania
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: The biggest obstacle of running the Race will be living up to our family's expectation that we are going to win. (Season 17), To relax and enjoy the moment and not miss the beauty of what we are running through. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I would like to win for my family and community. I hope to represent both well so that they will be proud of my effort. (Season 17), Meet new people, see new places and be the last team standing. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: My daughter has a stubborn streak -- a lot like me. (Season 17), She talks too much. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)

Mallory

 * Age: 24 (Season 17), 25 (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky (Season 17), Morganfield, Kentucky (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Connection to your Teammate: Daughter
 * Current occupation: Miss Kentucky 2009 (Season 17), Entertainer (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Favorite hobbies: Performing, spending time with my family on our farm and thrill seeking activities like skydiving and bungee jumping
 * Achievements: I was very proud of being selected as 4th runner up at Miss America. It was something that I have worked and prepared for my entire life.
 * Lifelong to do list: Perform on Broadway! I also love motivational speaking and would love to find a way to continue this throughout my life. Lastly, I want to make my family proud.
 * What scares you most about traveling? Being out of the country if something was to happen to my family
 * What excites you most about traveling? I love diving blindly into new cultures and cities - the food, the language and the general attitude toward life. I also love that feeling that I have when I return home and realize all the good things that I have right here.
 * If I could switch places with someone: Phil, because he gets to do The Amazing Race every season.
 * Role model/hero: My dad
 * What are you passionate about? My family, singing and helping others find joy in life. (Season 17), Performing, my family, my faith and striving to be a positive role model. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would give some of it to the organizations that helped me along my way to achieve my dreams -- the Miss America and Miss Kentucky Organization, Autism Awareness as well as the Catholic grade school and public high school I attended. I would save or invest the rest. My father will probably disagree. (Season 17), I would give some of it to the Catholic school that I attended growing up. I would use the rest of the money to begin my life and my career. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * People would be surprised to learn: I've already made a million dollars - for charity. When I was Miss Kentucky I sold a country ham for 1.3 million dollars and all the money went to local charities in my state.
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: Rome, Italy
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: We're both very stubborn so we will have to learn how to give a little. We also need to work on trusting each other. (Season 17), To enjoy it more than we did last time. That will be a challenge because we loved it so much. We need to work on our patience with each other. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I hope to have the adventure of a lifetime and an experience to share with my Dad. He is a huge fan and has never missed an episode. It would mean a lot to him to be able to run the Race together. (Season 17), I hope to see my dad standing proud and fulfilled at the finish line. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: Biggest pet peeve about my dad is that he never thinks about himself. (Season 17), My dad is laid back and moves a little slower than me. My pet pevee is when he takes a long time to get his thoughts out and I'm already onto the next thing. (Season 18: Unfinished Business)

Video
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Season 17



 * Leg 1
 * Defeat The Warrior: Gary
 * Arrived 6th
 * Leg 2
 * Sell Sunglasses: Mallory
 * Tune In
 * Arrived 9th
 * Leg 3
 * Pro Boxing Training: Gary
 * Bicycle Parts
 * Arrived 2nd
 * Leg 4
 * Mush Dogs: Mallory
 * Sleds
 * Arrived 2nd
 * Leg 5
 * Rappel And Ascend: Gary
 * Bike
 * Arrived 2nd
 * Leg 6
 * Classical Cinema
 * Plant 50 Potatoes: Mallory
 * Arrived 6th
 * Leg 7
 * Circus Band
 * Play Gorodki: Gary
 * Arrived 4th
 * Leg 8
 * Rappel 500 Feet: Mallory
 * Water Table
 * Arrived 6th, 30-minute penalty, eliminated

Q&A

 * From CBS.com

Performance



 * Leg 1 (Superleg)
 * Starting Line Challenge: 10th place, was on the second flight to New South Wales, Australia.
 * Swim With Sharks: Mallory
 * Arrived 1st, won the Express Pass, kept racing
 * Leg 2
 * Spirit World
 * Arrived 9th
 * Leg 3
 * Challenge: 1st place, was on the second flight to Tokyo, Japan.
 * Perform Yabusame Ritual: Gary
 * Frog of Luck
 * Arrived 2nd
 * Leg 4 (Superleg)
 * Search for Zodiac Charms: Mallory
 * Hammer
 * Arrived 3rd, kept racing
 * Leg 5
 * Honor the Past
 * Build Dinosaur: Gary used the Express Pass to bypass the roadblock.
 * Arrived 2nd
 * Leg 6
 * Taste Tea: Mallory
 * Bengali Literature
 * Arrived 1st, won an Indian Dinner for two sponsored by Snapple which features Bollywood-inspired dance entertainment and over US$20,000 to share.
 * Leg 7
 * Find Meaning Of Life: Gary
 * Feed the Fire
 * Arrived 4th
 * Leg 8
 * Challenge: 5th place, was on the first flight to Vienna, Austria.
 * Quick Easy Meal: Were unable to finish it and changed it to Long Hard Walk.
 * Long Hard Walk
 * Sweep Chimney: Gary
 * Arrived 6th, non-elimination leg
 * Leg 9
 * Pump The Bike Tires
 * Measure Liechtenstein: Gary
 * Wheeze
 * Arrived 4th
 * Leg 10
 * Search
 * Challenge: 3rd place, was on the first train to Zermatt, Switzerland.
 * Chocolate Gnome: Mallory
 * Arrived 3rd
 * Leg 11
 * Challenge: 2nd place, was on the first train to Escadaria Selarón with Zev & Justin and Kisha & Jen in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 * Samba: Mallory
 * On the Rocks
 * Arrived 1st, won a cruise for two to the Mediterranean Sea and also one of three teams who would be racing for 1.000.000 USD.
 * Leg 12
 * Transport Boat: Gary
 * Bob Dive: Mallory
 * Finished in 3rd place.

Season 17

 * Suffered a damaging blow on Leg 8 when they got lost on a travel in Oman for 16 hours searching for the roadblock location after Mallory made a fatal mistake directing and navigating Gary on the map and the signs and got beat by Nat & Kat within minutes to spare with them ending up getting eliminated.

Season 18: Unfinished Business

 * After using the Express Pass in Leg 5, they were beaten by Jet & Cord for the 1st-place-finish within 2 minutes due to not being able to find a taxi in time.
 * Fell short of their victory and finished in 3rd place because the cab driver took them to the wrong place in Florida.

Memorable Quotes

 * "Don't Ruin the Basketball Game" (Kunming, China) – Mallory
 * "I Feel Like a Monkey in a Circus Parade" (Kolkata, India) – Gary

Franchise

 * Most leg won by a parent/child team in a Season, 3 legs (tied with Ron & Christina and Margie & Luke).
 * Fourth parent/child team to reach the Final Three.

America

 * Oldest male/female team to finish in 6th place without winning any leg, 38.5
 * Oldest male/female team to finish in 3rd place, 39.
 * Oldest male/female team to win a leg and come in 3rd, 39.
 * Oldest team to be the highest average placing team in a season, 39.
 * First team to be eliminated in Oman.

Season 17

 * First male/female team to be eliminated.
 * Highest average placing team without winning any leg, 4.63

Season 18: Unfinished Business

 * Last male/female team standing.
 * Last parent/child team standing.
 * Last Caucasian team standing.
 * Highest average placing team, 3.25