Word: muncey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was tall, lithe Miro Slovak, a onetime pilot for the Red-run Czechoslovakian Airlines, who hit the headlines in 1953 when he commandeered a C-47 and flew to asylum in West Germany. Between races, Slovak is now a crop duster. And there was Bill Muncey, 30, onetime professional hockey player. In 1955 Muncey was so infuriated when officials gave the Gold Cup race to Detroit's Gale V, after he had apparently won it for Seattle in Miss Thriftway, that he moved forthwith to Seattle. He won the Gold Cup for Seattle in both...
From the start, the race was a duel between Stead in Maverick, owned by Phoenix's Bill Waggoner, and Muncey in Miss Thriftway, owned by Seattle Grocery King (Thriftway Stores) Bill Rhodes. Going into the final heat, Maverick had a 700-625 point lead. All Stead had to do was finish a fast third...
...roostertail of spray soaring 50 ft. into the air, Stead seemed headed for certain victory when he spun off the course on the seventh lap. Stead wrestled Maverick back into the race, but could finish only fourth as Muncey brought Miss Thriftway home in front. But Stead was saved by the movie camera. Films of the start showed that Miss Spokane, which finished third, had crossed the line ahead of the gun. With Miss Spokane disqualified, Stead and Maverick took over third place, tied Muncey in total points, snatched the Gold Cup by a fractional advantage in average speed...
Seattle had its revenge. Rhodes and Muncey headed for the winner's circle. They got there just in time to hear Miss Thrijtway disqualified for hitting a buoy. Bellowing with rage, Muncey swarmed up the framework of the judges' stand. It was bad enough to hear that he had been done out of the Gold Cup again; it was unbearable to hear that the new winner was Detroit's Miss Pepsi...
Counterattack. Once they stopped to catch their breath, Muncey and Rhodes mounted a counterattack. Miss Pepsi...