Check Your Tires Because...Oh God, You Never Know What'll Happen! is the fourth episode of The Amazing Race 4.
Story[]
Route Markers[]
The order of departure from the Schloss Ort are as follows:
- Steve & Josh (2:57 am)
- Monica & Sheree (3:51 am)
- Reichen & Chip (3:53 am)
- Tian & Jaree (3:57 am)
- Millie & Chuck (4:43 am)
- Jon & Al (4:47 am)
- David & Jeff (4:57 am)
- Kelly & Jon (5:00 am)
- Steve & Dave (6:04 am)
Teams must fly to Paris, France. Upon arrival, they must make their way to the Circuit Bugatti in Le Mans, where they would find their next clue.
"The person who performs this task will need to fit into a tight space."
The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must don a racing suit, then change all four tires on a Le Mans Prototype race car. Once they have properly changed all four tires, they must join a professional driver on a lap around the Circuit Bugatti. When they have completed the lap, they may retrieve their next clue.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
The Fast Forward instructions were given to teams after completing the Roadblock. Teams must drive themselves to the Musée de Tapisseries in Aix-en-Provence, where they must arrange a large 20-piece puzzle to reveal a picture of the next Pit Stop. Once they have finished solving the puzzle, they can claim the Fast Forward pass. Tian & Jaree won the Fast Forward.
Teams must drive themselves to Porte 4 Cap Janet at Marseille-Fos Port and search for the Phare de Sainte Marie lighthouse, where they would find their next clue.
Teams must drive themselves to Gorges du Blavet in Bagnols-en-Forêt, where they would find their next clue.
Choice A: Ropes
Teams must rappel 230 ft down the gorge, then follow a marked path to their next clue.
David & Jeff, Jon & Al, Kelly & Jon, Millie & Chuck, Monica & Sheree, Reichen & Chip, Steve & Dave, and Steve & Josh chose this task.
Choice B: Slopes
Teams must hike down a marked path along the gorge to the their next clue.
Teams must drive themselves to the Chateau des Alpilles in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to check in.
Leaderboard[]
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
Tian & Jaree
Friends/Models |
Jon & Al
Best Friends/Clowns |
Millie & Chuck
Dating 12 Years/Virgins |
Monica & Sheree
NFL Wives/Moms |
Reichen & Chip
Married |
David & Jeff
Best Friends |
Kelly & Jon
Engaged |
Steve & Dave
Air Traffic Controllers |
Steve & Josh
Father/Son |
Trivia[]
- This leg marks the first time that a Roadblock occurred before a Detour in the same leg.
- This leg marks the first time that a Fast Forward was offered only after either a Detour or a Roadblock.
- The episode title was said by Steve Meitz 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.
Reception[]
- Lyn Jensen at Reality TV Fans (08/15/2013): "The Amazing Race 4's Flashback to French Leg"
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