The Amazing Race 2 is the second season of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured eleven teams of two in a race around the world. The season premiered on CBS on March 11, 2002, and ended on May 15, 2002. Lifelong friends Chris Luca and Alex Boylan were the winners of this season, while estranged couple Wil Steger and Tara Lynch finished in second place, and siblings Blake Mycoskie and Paige Mycoskie finished in third. Production Development and filming The second season of The Amazing Race traveled 52,000 miles in 28 days, spanning five continents and eight countries. Location scouting took place during September 2001 but was paused for a month and a half following the September 11 attacks. Filming was originally scheduled to take place in November and December 2001, but was postponed to January and February 2002. The Amazing Race 2 featured first time visits to Brazil, Namibia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and was the first season to travel to the continents of South America and Oceania. During pre-production, producers had planned a leg in Argentina, but cancelled it due to Argentina’s political instability when its economy failed. Argentina was eventually visited in The Amazing Race 5. The edition marked the debut of several show traditions. The color scheme for all route markers and flags was changed to yellow and red after the previous season's yellow and white. In addition, host Phil Keoghan and a local greeter welcomed all teams arriving at the pit stops at the end of each leg. Previously, Keoghan had appeared only to greet the last-place teams. Contestant Cyndi Kalenberg claimed that there was confusion about the vehicle replacement rules in Leg 2, in which the racers were informed that if their designated jeep broke down, the racers themselves would have to pay for repairs and wait for it to be fixed. Blake & Paige, however, were provided with a new vehicle when their jeep broke down, helping them to beat Hope & Norm in a race for second-to-last place to the pit stop. This enabled Blake & Paige to stay in the competition, while Hope & Norm were eliminated. For the next season, the show's policy was changed so that a team would receive a replacement if a production-provided vehicle broke down or became unsafe to drive through no fault of the team, but that teams would