The teams take off from their Pit Stop in the Salt Lake City Library and receive a clue telling them to drive to Park City High School where they will find another clue. This clue instructs them to wait until 6 A.M. at which point they will leave in shuttles departing every ten minutes and then help a crew to inflate a hot-air balloon, which they will then ride. In mid-air, the Godlewskis and Weavers have a sort of collision. No real damage is done, but later the Weavers' balloon has a less-than-controlled landing. The teams next participate in a Detour at Heber Valley Railway --- Spike It or Steam It. Most of them choose Spike It, which requires them to accurately construct a section of railway track using old-time tools. The Weavers opt for Steam It in which they fill a tender with 400 pounds of coal. Next the teams travel to Bear Lake Rendezvous Beach, spend the night and then depart fifteen minutes apart. After traveling 137 miles to Dunham, they arrive at Dunham Ranch in Wyoming and participate in a two-person Roadblock that requires them to round-up cattle. Afterwards, they wait for Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park to erupt, before finally traveling to a ranch at the address 15200 where Phil tells them that they are still racing and they have not arrived at the Pit Stop.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 8 Episode 9 of The Amazing Race resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Amazing Race Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - Go Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them
• s08e02 - How Do We Know We Aren't Going to Get Shot?
• s08e03 - I Don't Kiss, I Make Out!
• s08e04 - Think Like an Office Chair
• s08e05 - We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls
• s08e06 - I'm Sick of Doing Stuff I Can't Do
• s08e07 - You Look Ridiculous
• s08e08 - How's That Face Feel?
• s08e09 - Don't Talk to Me Like I Was an Animal or Something
• s08e10 - The Family Christmas Card
• s08e11 - 25 Days, 50 Cities, and More than 600 Consecutive Hours as a Family...

The Amazing Race Show Summary

The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where 1 person completes (Season 1-7) or 2 people (Season 8), a detour, where you have to decide between two tasks that are usually opposite of each other, and a miscellaneous task.

After they complete all these tasks, they will be directed to go to a Pit stop where they will have a 24 hour rest period where they will be able to eat, drink, sleep, and mingle with other teams. The last team to check into the Pit Stop usually is eliminated, but sometimes there is a non-elimination leg in which no one is eliminated. After all teams are eliminated except for 3, these three race to the finish line where the winning team wins 1 million dollars.