Arizona's the destination on Amazing Race tonight
Jessica Wanke
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 8, 2005 12:15 PM
Arizona gets the big spotlight tonight as the featured destination on the CBS reality program The Amazing Race.
The show airs locally on KPHO (Channel 5) at 8 p.m.
The adventure program sends teams globe-trotting around the world, competing against each other in different challenges for a prize.
In episode seven of the season, the two-hour show airing tonight, the teams will race souped-up karts at The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving on the Gila River Reservation, make a pit stop at Fort McDowell Adventures in Fountain Hills, fly fighter planes in Mesa, view the Grand Canyon's widest point, visit the Glen Canyon Dam and end up on a houseboat on Lake Powell.
According to CBS, the family edition of the show - in past seasons, teams were made up of couples; this year, it's families of four - is focusing more on U.S. destinations rather than the more exotic locales of years past.
For this season, the show's scouts were looking for places in the country rich in history.
