The Aiello Family (Season 8) was the only family in which none of the team members shared a blood relation.
In Leg 1, Renee Rogers fell at the starting line and suffered a concussion. The Rogers family didn't realize the severity of the injury until they had gone to a hospital after being eliminated from the race.
In Leg 4, The Paolo family, after finishing a task involving party bikes, rode on their vehicle and saw a thunderstorm associated with the remnants of Hurricane Dennis outside Talladega Superspeedway.
At the end of Leg 4, the Schroeder family (Season 8) was eliminated in New Orleans, marking the first time a team had been eliminated in their hometown. One month after the end of the race, their home was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Schroeder family evacuated their New Orleans home and stayed with the Rogers family in Shreveport, Louisiana for a short period of time. The Schroeder home was seriously damaged and was being rebuilt at the time of the show's airing.
In Leg 1, Renee Rogers fell at the starting line and suffered a concussion. The Rogers family didn't realize the severity of the injury until they had gone to a hospital after being eliminated from the race.
In Leg 4, The Paolo family, after finishing a task involving party bikes, rode on their vehicle and saw a thunderstorm associated with the remnants of Hurricane Dennis outside Talladega Superspeedway.
At the end of Leg 4, the Schroeder family (Season 8) was eliminated in New Orleans, marking the first time a team had been eliminated in their hometown. One month after the end of the race, their home was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Schroeder family evacuated their New Orleans home and stayed with the Rogers family in Shreveport, Louisiana for a short period of time. The Schroeder home was seriously damaged and was being rebuilt at the time of the show's airing.
Season 8 involved the most cities (50), with the previous record being 40 in season three.
In a RFF Radio podcast interview with Wally Bransen (Season 8), he said that the Linzs beat them to the finish mat by one or two minutes in the final leg therefore making it the third closest finish ever. The Weavers finished in third place an "hour or two" later.
After the Linz family were named the official winners of Season 8, it was revealed that the Bransen and Weaver Families would compete in the "Final Amazing Challenge". The two families would race back and forth between the last roadblock of the race (a map of North and Central America) and a set of 12 clue boxes, each of which contained an icon, representing something the families did on the race. The object of the challenge was to race (as a family) out to the clue boxes, get the icons one at a time, and then place them on the appropriate place on the map. Whichever team finished this challenge first would win a brand new GMC Yukon XL, the same vehicle that had been used on the race. The Bransen family won the challenge and the vehicle.
After the Linz family were named the official winners of Season 8, it was revealed that the Bransen and Weaver Families would compete in the "Final Amazing Challenge". The two families would race back and forth between the last roadblock of the race (a map of North and Central America) and a set of 12 clue boxes, each of which contained an icon, representing something the families did on the race. The object of the challenge was to race (as a family) out to the clue boxes, get the icons one at a time, and then place them on the appropriate place on the map. Whichever team finished this challenge first would win a brand new GMC Yukon XL, the same vehicle that had been used on the race. The Bransen family won the challenge and the vehicle.