ดิ อะเมซิ่ง เรซ 9 (อังกฤษ: The Amazing Race 9) เป็นฤดูกาลที่ 9 ของรายการ ดิ อะเมซิ่ง เรซ ซึ่งเป็นเกมโชว์ประเภทเรียลลิตี้โชว์ระดับรางวัลเอ็มมี 8 สมัยซ้อนทางโทรทัศน์ รายการนี้จะมีผู้เข้าแข่งขันเป็นทีม ๆ ละ 2 คนซึ่งรู้จักกันมาก่อนแล้ว ทำการแข่งขันโดยเดินทางรอบโลก โดยทีมที่ชนะจะได้รับเงินรางวัล 1 ล้านดอลลาร์สหรัฐ โดยเกมส์โชว์ดังกล่าวเริ่มออกอากาศในสหรัฐอเมริกาทางสถานีโทรทัศน์ซีบีเอส
ตารางแสดงชื่อ ความสัมพันธ์ของผู้แข่งขันในขณะถ่ายทำของแต่ละทีมพร้อมทั้งแสดงสถานะในการแข่งขัน ดังนี้ เรียงตามลำดับผู้เข้าเส้นชัยก่อน (ตารางนี้อาจไม่ได้แสดงข้อมูลที่ตรงกับข้อมูลที่ออกอากาศในโทรทัศน์เนื่องจากข้อมูลที่เพิ่มเข้ามาบางส่วน หรือข้อมูลที่ถูกนำออกไปบางส่วน)
หมายเหตุ 1: ในเลกที่ 3 เป็นเลกแบบ Double Length (มีอุปสรรค 2 งานและทางแยก 2 งาน) และแบ่งการออกอากาศออกเป็น 2 ตอนหมายเหตุ 2: เรย์กับโยลันดาเดิมมาถึงเป็นลำดับที่ 2 แต่ทำผิดกฎเนื่องจากใช้รถประจำทางไปถึงสถานนีรถไฟทั้งที่สั่งให้เดินไป จึงโดนโทษปรับ 15 นาทีทำให้ตกลงมาอยู่ลำดับที่ 3 ส่วน บี.เจ.กับไทด์เลอร์ และ เลกกับมิชเชล ได้ทำผิดกฎนี้เช่นเดียวกันแต่เมื่อรวมกับโทษปรับเวลาแล้วไม่ได้มีผลต่อลำดับของพวกเขา โดยท้ายที่สุดแล้ว เลกกับมิชเชล ก็ยังคงมาถึงเป็นลำดับสุดท้ายและถูกคัดออกจากการแข่งขัน
ในบางเลก ทางรายการจะมีรางวัลพิเศษให้กับทีมที่มาถึงจุดพักเป็นทีมแรก สำหรับรางวัลที่เป็นแพ็กเกจทัวร์ทั้งหมดสนับสนุนโดยแทรเวลโลซิตี้
The first Detour of the Race was Motor Head or Rotor Head. In Motor Head, teams had to travel to a motorcycle shop named Caverna Moto Pe?as and assemble a motorcycle, using an assembled motorcycle as a model. Then, using the parts provided and finished model for reference. When the motorcycle is properly assembled, the mechanic could start the bike and he would receive their next clue. In Rotor Head, teams had to travel to Campo de Marte Airport and locate one of three buildings varied in distance and each location had a limited number of tickets. Teams are need to find the closest building from a flight directory (Edificio S?o Luis Gonzaga, Atrium V and Hotel Meli?), then travel by helicopter to the rooftop of that building to search the designated area for their next clue. There are limited number of flights available to any one of these given buildings.
In the first Roadblock of the race, teams had to climb one of three stairwells 400 ฟุต (120 เมตร) on a fire escape of the Edificio Copan. Once on the top, they would put harness and rappel down the building. But in order which they arrived at the top would determine the order in which they would descend. The Detour choices were Press It or Climb It. In Press It, teams drive to Camping Bela Vista to process raw sugar cane and distill its juice. Then, teams have to make 500 ml of ethanol to fuel their cars as an alternative fuel source. After completing the task, teams would had pour to newly created ethanol in their car to continuing on. In Climb It, teams travel to Usina Jacar? and hike to a nearby waterfall where they climb 90 ฟุต (27 เมตร) up a waterfall using mechanical ascenders.
The Roadblock from the second half of the leg required had to search a large field where one team member had to find 150 hats and feet around the field into one of nine Travelocity gnomes hidden underneath 11 hats and feet would be a gnome itself for their next clue. The Detour for the second half of the leg, Break It or Slap It. In Break It, teams took either to break a table full of "stunt bottles" over each others' heads until they find prost, the German word for Cheers written on the back of the label. However, they could only smash one bottle per cuckoo from a traditional German cuckoo clock. In Slap It, teams learn and perform German folk dance and correctly perform to get it right for their directions. But teams with the right rhythm could finish fast. When the folk dance is properly correct, the actor would get their next clue.
In the Detour for this leg, Foundry or Laundry. In Foundry, teams had to walk a nearby metal works name Premiata Fonderia Birrione Campane at 8 Via Renda to carry 110 ปอนด์ (50 กก.) iron-cast bell. Then using a vehicle known as Ape, they have to drive the bell, drop-off at Via Don Leonardo Zangara and delivered it to Chiesa Maria SS. Del Soccorso for a priest to get their next clue. In Laundry, teams need to find Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi to search through over 2,400 items of laundry for one of sixteen items of clothing bearing a red and yellow tag. If the red and yellow tag is found, a laundry lady would get their next clue. At the Segesta Amphiteater was the first of two Yields in the race. For the Roadblock, teams had to correctly piece together of a classical Greek statue; racers were not told that there were two extra pieces that did not belong.
In the Detour for this leg, teams chose between Big Fish or Little Fish. In Big Fish, teams have need to carry a 17 กก. (37 ปอนด์) swordfish from a street vendor in Via Alessi, then carry another sixth of a mile to Mercato Storico la Pescheria. At the market, teams had to find Jagino, the fish market vendor to receive their next clue. In Little Fish, teams must travel by foot to the same fish market and sell 4 กก. (8.8 ปอนด์) of a small fish known as Triglia. All teams, except for Fran and Barry, chose "Big Fish". For the Roadblock, one team member must perform a popular Italian sport, kayak polo. They would join a professional team and participate in an ongoing match. Once the team was goaled, a coach get their next clue.
In this Fast Forward, teams had to travel on foot less than a mile to a restaurant and took part in traditional Greek method of mischievous spirits: plate breaking. Teams had to break plates and find a little clue flag that was baked into one plate, when that team finds the flag, they would win the Fast Forward. For this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to complete a 240 ฟุต (73 เมตร) bungee jump into Corinth Canal organized by the Zulu Bungy. The Detour for this leg, teams chose between Herculean Effort or It's All Greek To Me. In Herculean Effort, teams had to compete three events from ancient Olympic events. One team to do discus throw in an competitive distance. While the other team to do javelin throw in a same distance. Finally, both teams have to participate professional wrestling of a 20 ฟุต (6.1 เมตร) circle. In It's All Greek To Me, teams had enter an archeological site to search a specific section for the nine pieces of pottery containing Greek letters. Then, they will help to translate from Greek to English letters and unscramble them and order the spell of the location of Greek map, Dimitsana.
This leg's Detour was Camel or Watchtower. In Camel, teams first to made way across the creek on a ferry to opposite bank, which they had to lift a camel into a pickup truck using a winch. Then, they had to use a map to drive one mile and deliver the camel in Bedouin camp to receive their next clue. In Watchtower, teams had to cross the river and search among three towers for an Arabian message box scroll. However, not all watchtowers contained it. After they found a scroll, they had to travel one mile (1.6 km) to a silver shop (Al-Sayegh Gold & Silver Smith) to a man called Mubarek. The Roadblock was to dig any of 117 sand dunes to find one of 6 shuwas, Omani underground ovens. Inside it was a woven pouch with a meal of lamb is wrapped in a dried palm leaf bag and steamed in an underground oven, which they would have for dinner. Once they found the shuwa, the Bedouin would get their next clue.
The Detour for this leg of the race offered teams the choice of Sand or Sea. In Sand, teams had to drag 40 branches and drag them 126 หลา to a marked sand dune, an activity known as "brushing the beach, " which helps prevent erosion. In Sea, teams searched among 50 underwater crayfish traps for those with live Western rock lobsters; each team member had to retrieve one rock lobster. This leg's Roadblock required one team to involved searching a black of Fremantle Prison for several cells within Division 4 to contain Duracell coppertop batteries and a flashlight, then searching a entrance in darkened cavern, they have to descent underground wet and dry tunnels for a clue.
At the Batchelor Airstrip was the second of two Yields hidden on the race. The Roadblock for this leg of the race saw one member of each team had to choose a plane and doing a 12,000 ฟุต (3,700 เมตร) tandem skydive. The instructor hands over to get their next clue. This leg's Detour offered teams the choice of Wet or Dry. In Wet, teams drove 6 ไมล์ (9.7 กิโลเมตร) to a swimming hole called Buley Rockhole, then hiked and swam 1 ไมล์ (1.6 กิโลเมตร) down a river infested with "spiders and poisonous plants" to receive their next clue. In Dry, teams drove 6 ไมล์ (9.7 กิโลเมตร) on-road, then another 6 ไมล์ (9.7 กิโลเมตร) off-road to a rock formation known as The Lost City. Once there, teams must selected a didgeridoo and following the sound of music in the air from a locate in nearby aboriginal. Then, they had to find an Aboriginal musician with a matching didgeridoo and each team member had to play a note to receive the next clue.
In this Fast Forward, teams traveled to a town outside of Lop Buri to try a favorite local after-school activity from a nearby restaurant: to eat a bowl of fried crickets and grasshoppers, when completed, that team would win the Fast Forward. The Roadblock required one team member to make a ceremonial feast for monkeys at the temple and give it to them during an annual festival. Following a demo that has already been set up. When it is finished and offered it to the monkeys, they would get their next clue. The Detour was either Move It or Altar It. In Move It, teams had their make way on foot to Jom Jam Pottery Factory to transport 72 clay pots through the streets of a market to docked boat by balancing them on a wooden boards balanced on their shoulders. In Altar It, teams made their way by foot to Wat Chimphi temple and required to assemble a shrine, including gold leafing a small BuddharupaBuddha statue for the shrine.
The Detour was Maiden or Messenger. In Maiden, teams had travel to Hamarikyu Gardens to transport a young Japanese woman in a traditional Japanese palanquin for 1/3 mile to a tea ceremony pavilion. In Messenger, teams travelled by foot to parking lot around Sankusu Street. Which each person had to construct a foldable bicycle, ride their bikes through the streets of Tokyo, and deliver packages to Shinjuku Park Tower and Shinjuku Chuo Koen Building in Shinjuku. Where they had delivered the packages, teams must return to a parking lot. The Roadblock required one team member to ride on three extreme rides in the Fujikyu Highland Amusement Park in the following order: The Pizza, Dodonpa, and Fujiyama. While riding the rides, they had to look for a man holding a sign. Upon completion of their third ride, they had to tell the park manager what was written on the sign to receive their next clue. If they didn't see the sign they would have to go on all three rides again.
In the Detour teams had to choose between Drill It and Deliver It. In Drill It, teams had to drill 10 holes in the ice, push an ice fishing shack to their holes and properly position the shack over at least two of the holes. In Deliver It, teams had to load a bush plane with medical supplies, fly with a pilot over 75 ไมล์ (121 กิโลเมตร) to Girdwood to deliver the supplies and fly back. Due to poor weather conditions, Deliver It was subject to an indefinite delay. All teams, by default, decided to Drill It. The Roadblock required one team member to retrieve one of 285 flags for each destination country they traveled to during the race, other than the United States, and place the flags in the order which they visited each country. The other team member was allowed to assist but not physically participate. Teams had a reference board with the flags of each destination country and three incorrect flags. After finishing the Roadblock, teams were allowed to run to the Finish Line.
