Non-Elimination Leg

A non-elimination leg is a leg of The Amazing Race in which no team is eliminated. In most instances the teams do not know if the leg is elimination or not, and only the last team to arrive is told upon arrival. Beginning in Season 5 the last team to arrive was penalized.

Last-Place Penalties

 * Seasons 5 & 6: Stripped of all money, was given no money at the start of next leg.
 * Seasons 7 - 9: Stripped of all money, was given no money at the start of next leg, and was stripped of luggage
 * Seasons 10 & 11: Team is Marked for Elimination (If the team doesn't finish first in the next leg, they incur an immediate 30-minute penalty at the next pit stop.)
 * Seasons 12 - 17: Team must finish a Speed Bump task the following leg.
 * Season 18: Team incurs and automatic U-Turn the following leg.