{"id":482210,"date":"2026-10-02T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482210\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:24:10","slug":"northern-california-childhood-friends-take-on-the-amazing-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482210\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern California childhood friends take on “The Amazing Race”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Northern California friendship that started at age three is now taking two Placer County natives around the world.<\/p>\n

Conner Wilson and Garrett McGuire have been friends for 24 years. The two say they first met at Monte Verde Park in Rocklin, where their strollers collided.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This is exactly where we met,” Wilson said.<\/p>\n

For Wilson and McGuire, Placer County has remained home even after leaving for college and eventually returning to the area.<\/p>\n

“We are both very prideful to be Placer County natives,” McGuire said. “We both went away to college and came back to this area, so it has a special place in our hearts.”<\/p>\n

Now, the longtime friends are putting that relationship to the test on\u00a0The Amazing Race, competing for a chance to win $1 million.<\/p>\n

The journey began after the pair applied to the show and waited months to hear back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We tossed in our application probably eight months before we even heard back, so I kind of thought it was a prank call,” Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Their adventure took them from Rocklin to Vancouver for the race’s starting line, followed by more than 25,000 miles of travel, unfamiliar countries and challenges neither had experienced before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The friends say their different personalities could work in their favor. Wilson describes himself as analytical, while McGuire brings a more comedic and athletic approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Our biggest strength is the fact that we’re pretty interchangeable,” Wilson said.<\/p>\n

This season, every team also started with an Express Pass, adding another layer of strategy as contestants decided when to use the advantage.<\/p>\n

For Wilson, competing on the show is also a chance to represent the community where the friendship began.<\/p>\n

“Placer County till the day I die!” Wilson said. “Not many people from this county get on the big screen, so I’m fired up.”<\/p>\n

From a childhood meeting marked by a stroller collision to a race around the world, two Placer County friends are now taking their 24-year friendship to the biggest adventure of their lives.<\/p>\n

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