| Article: | Miss Thriftway is reborn On September 29, 1957, a crowd of 50,000 attending the Governor's Cup on the Ohio River near Madison, Indiana, the two-year-old Miss Thriftway hydroplane was destroyed. In front of she reached 160 miles per hour, leaped 10 feet and disintegrated. Luckily, legendary driver, Bill Muncey, escaped with only bruises. |