On the American television show "The Amazing Race", the two-person camera/sound crew that travels with a team is given about $200 to use only in extreme emergencies. Has this money ever had to be used?

AyatollahK

The answer appears to be yes. First, here's the story on the money: http://www.tarflies.com/article.php?_f=detail&id=29#rules10 "In earlier seasons, each team could also ask for a $200 emergency fund once during the race. The team's crew carries this money. We don't know much about this emergency fund because it's never been mentioned on the show, but teams have mentioned it in post-Race interviews. We have unconfirmed accounts that this fund was not available to TAR5 teams." Although never mentioned on the show, according to TAR season 4 air traffic controllers Steve Meitz and Dave Cottingham, every team that season used it and most of the teams had to use that fund in the very first leg that season: http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/amazing-race-18/12541-everything-you-wanted-know-about-amazing-race-but-were-afraid-ask-54.html Dave: "For some reason though, the money on that first leg seemed pretty tight. As I recall, over 50% of the teams tapped their emergency fund on the first leg, and all of them had by leg 3 or 4." May 27 11, 4:29 PM