waruv wrote:
According to Terrence and Sarah's interview, it was because they were physically able to go back and do the task, as it was the last thing prior to a pit stop. It's different than, say, Mark and Bill's miscue where they couldn't have really gone back to the plaza, walk, and then come back in a reasonable amount of time.

And it turned out to be a seven minute difference between Dandrew and Terrence/Sarah (who made up about 3 or so hours on DA considering the drive to and from the FF was an hour each way IIRC).
Yeah, so if they would've just given up on the FF when they saw it was food, they'd probably still be in the race.