The staff of E! Live Events gathered this Saturday for one of the most elaborate races we’ve ever run! This race was nothing like the glitz and glamour of Hollywood that these teams were used to — this was a challenging day long race all over Los Angeles, in places that a lot of contestants never knew existed.
Teams got a taste of LA history in an elaborate puzzle in Pasadena, as well as the taste of various Chinese “delicacies” in Chinatown; they explored the beautiful Rose Bowl and Downtown LA; and got down and dirty at a salvage yard challenge in Silverlake.
In the end, the gray team Shaun Smith and Stephanie Alpert came in first, narrowly edging out the other finalists, green team Kristen Marcinkowski and Erika Smith (2nd) and red team, Gerry Johnston and Linsay Sawzak (3rd). Congratulations to everyone for a great race!
GAME RESULTS:
| Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun & Stephanie | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st |
| Kristen & Erika | 9th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd |
| Gerry & Linsay | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd |
| Nate & Dave | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th |
| Julia & Sonja | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | |
| Matt & Aaron | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | |
| Michelle & Michelle | 10th | 8th | 7th | ||
| Jen & Collin | 5th | 6th | 8th | ||
| Andrew & Andrew | 4th | 9th | |||
| David & Beck | 8th | 10th |
PHOTO GALLERY:
Another successful race!
Ten teams competed in our most intense Race yet this past Saturday! This five leg, ten hour event took teams through Hollywood, Echo Park, Silverlake, Griffith Park, Glendale, Pasadena, McArthur Park, Downtown, and Chinatown.
The competition was intense; one team’s car broke down, teams were stumped by puzzles, they experienced the culture shock of not being able to speak the language in China Town and Mexican Alvarado Street, everyone got lost along the way, and six teams were eliminated. In the end, it came down to an intense final leg between the final four teams. But it was the white team, Pat O’Donnell and Matthias Schildwachter who narrowly beat out the blue team, Dan Shott and Talia Harari, to cross the finish line in first place.
Congrats to all of our teams for a great race!
GAME RESULTS:
| Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat & Matthias | 7th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 1st |
| Dan & Talia | 4th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 2nd |
| Jim & Leroy | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd |
| Kimmy & Chris | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Heather & Jonathan | 10th | 5th | 5th | 5th | |
| Felicia & Justin | 5th | 8th | 4th | 6th | |
| Ashley & Ivee | 6th | 3rd | 7th | ||
| Colleen & Chris | 9th | 7th | 8th | ||
| Tim & Chris | 1st | 10th | |||
| Monica & Marty | 8th | 9th |
PHOTO GALLERY:
This Saturday, we had an AMAZING race all across Los Angeles, the city of angels! Although we had a small group of just ten contestants / five teams, they more than made up for it with their intensity. After a hard-fought battle, Jim Cartwright and Evangeline Favia narrowly edged out Brad Milison and Meredith Bixby to cross the finish line in first place.
Destinations in this race included the Santa Monica pier, Westwood, Koreatown, Hollywood, Echo Park and Griffith Park. Some of the challenges included selling cookies to strangers on the street, shopping at a Korean grocery store (with a Korean shopping list), and solving puzzles on Hollywood’s famous Star Walk.
GAME RESULTS:
| Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim & Evangeline | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st |
| Brad & Meredith | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Joy & Larry | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd |
| Brandon & Morgan | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th |
| Jerod & Jackie | 5th | 5th | 5th |
