Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen!

Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen!
Episode Information
Version:	United States
Season:	The Amazing Race 4
Episode Number:	4/13 (039)
First Broadcast:	June 19, 2003
Viewership (in millions):	7.60
Ratings/Share (18-49):	2.8/10
Episode Chronology
Previous:	"I Wasn't Even Going to Touch You Until You Slammed My Head Backwards!"
Next:	"You Are Just Deliberately Trying to Make Us Lose!"
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Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen! is the fourth episode of The Amazing Race 4.

Route Markers

• Pit Start
• Route Info 1
• Roadblock
• Route Info 2
• Route Info 3
• Fast Forward
• Detour
• Route Info 4 and Pit Stop

The order of departure from the Schloss Ort are as follows:

1. Steve & Josh (2:57 am)
2. Monica & Sheree (3:51 am)
3. Reichen & Chip (3:53 am)
4. Tian & Jaree (3:57 am)
5. Millie & Chuck (4:43 am)
6. Jon & Al (4:47 am)
7. David & Jeff (4:57 am)
8. Kelly & Jon (5:00 am)
9. Steve & Dave (6:04 am)

Teams must fly to Paris, France. Once there, teams must travel to Le Mans and find the Circuit Bugatti to find their next route marker.

"The person who performs this task will need to fit into a tight space."

The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must change four tires on one of the marked race cars. Then, they must preform a lap around the race track with a professional driver at breakneck speed. When they have completed the lap, they can head over to the winners' podium and get their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

• David & Jeff
• Jon & Al
• Kelly & Jon
• Millie & Chuck
• Monica & Sheree
• Reichen & Chip
• Steve & Dave
• Steve & Josh
• Tian & Jaree

Teams must drive to Marseille and find the Porte 4 Cap Janet at Phare de Sainte Marie lighthouse to find the next route marker.

Teams must go to Gorges du Blavet in Bagnols-en-Forêt and find their clue.

The Fast Forward instructions were given to teams after finding their clue at an unknown location between the Pit Start and the Detour. Teams must head to the Musée de Tapisseries in Aix-en-Provence and arrange a 20-piece puzzle to reveal a picture of the next Pit Stop. Once they successfully finish the puzzle, they can claim the Fast Forward. Tian & Jaree won the Fast Forward.

Choice A: Ropes
Teams must rappel 230 ft down the gorge to their next route marker.

All of the teams chose this task.

Choice B: Slopes
Teams must walk down a marked path to the next route marker.

None of the teams chose this task.

Teams must hike back up the mountain and drive to the Chateau des Alpilles in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to check in.

Leaderboard

Legend:
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • ► Used the Fast Forward

1st place►  Tian & Jaree Friends/Models	2nd place  Jon & Al Best Friends/Clowns	2nd place  Millie & Chuck Dating 12 Years/Virgins	4th place  Monica & Sheree NFL Wives/Moms	5th place  Reichen & Chip Married
6th place  David & Jeff Best Friends	7th place  Kelly & Jon Engaged	8th place  Steve & Dave Air Traffic Controllers	9th place  Steve & Josh Father/Son

Trivia

• This episode's title was said by Steve Metz when confronting Tian & Jaree and Reichen & Chip about being allowed by security to park their cars at the front of the Porte 4 gate in the morning after many of the other teams were required by security to park a short distance from it when they arrived at the same gate a few hours earlier at night.
• This leg marks the first time that a Roadblock occurred before the Detour.

Reception

• Lyn Jensen at Reality TV Fans (08/15/2013): "The Amazing Race 4's Flashback to French Leg"