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Bill Muncey Story Part 13 - The Muncey Legacy

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Bill Muncey Story Part 12 - The Final Lap 1981

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Bill Muncey Story Part 11 - Top of His Game 1978-80

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Bill Muncey Story Part 10 - The Blue Blaster 1977

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Bill Muncey Story Part 9 - The Sale 1976

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Mock Hydros at R/CU 2024 Bernie Little Memorial

Testing and a Heat race from R/C Unlimiteds 2024 Bernie Little Memorial in Ellensburg, WA. Paxton Reunanen driving Don Mock's 1/8th scale FE 1985 Miller American and David Newton driving Mock's 1984 Atlas Van Lines run some hot test laps together on Saturday then hook up side-by-side in an amazing Heat 2B on Sunday. David Newton won the event, his 5th race win of 2024.

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R/C Unlimiteds 50th Anniversary

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50th Anniversary video about R/C Unlimiteds, the largest radio controlled scale unlimited hydroplane club in the world. Video and photos span five decades from the clubs beginning in 1974 though 2024. The video was produced for the clubs 50th Anniversary Banquet held March 23rd, at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Seattle, Washington. Special thanks to the following people who supplied vid...

Bill Muncey Story Part 13 - The Muncey Legacy

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Bill Muncey Story Part 13 - The Muncey Legacy

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The Bill Muncey Story not only documents his legendary racing career from the early 1950's to his tragic death in 1981. But also includes some of the best historic racing footage ever seen. You'll follow Muncey from his early years in Detroit, then the move to Seattle in 1955 to drive the Miss Thriftway. His success through the '50's and into the early '60's driving the Thriftway hulls made him...

Bill Muncey Story Part 12 - The Final Lap 1981

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Bill Muncey Story Part 12 - The Final Lap 1981

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Retirement? New boat? Griffon engine? Those were some of the questions heading into the 1981 season for Bill Muncey and his Atlas team. Although he captures his 62nd and final race victory in Evansville, frustration builds as the Atlas team is faced with failures at the last three races prior to the World's Championship in Mexico in October. The interviews and descriptions by Chip Hanauer, Jim ...

Bill Muncey Story Part 11 - Top of His Game 1978-80

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Bill Muncey Story Part 11 - Top of His Game 1978-80

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Bill Muncey and the Blue Blaster Atlas Van Lines were simply the class of the unlimited hydroplane field in the late 1970's. The Atlas team won 19 races from '77 thru '79, including Muncey's 6th, 7th and 8th Gold Cups. No other time in his historic career had Muncey dominated the competition to this degree. And approaching his 50th birthday, he was having the time of his life. The Bill Muncey S...

Bill Muncey Story Part 10 - The Blue Blaster 1977

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Bill Muncey Story Part 10 - The Blue Blaster 1977

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Muncey puts his faith and trust in crew-chief Jim Lucero and reluctantly agrees to test drive the new cabover hull. But after a few test runs and modifications by the crew, it became obvious to Bill that this was the raceboat of the future. "Not only is this the best documentary about Bill Muncey that I've ever seen, it is the best documentary about the sport of unlimited racing I've ever seen!...

Bill Muncey Story Part 9 - The Sale 1976

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Bill Muncey Story Part 9 - The Sale 1976

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With the help and support of Atlas Van Lines chairman O.H. Frisbie, Muncey makes the surprise move by buying the entire Pay'n Pak race team from Dave Heerensperger. For 1976, the "winged wonder" '73 Pak, which Muncey tried to beat for three years, now carried the Atlas paint scheme. Muncey loved driving the boat and won 5 races in 1976 and the National Championship. But for 1977, the U-1 design...

Bill Muncey Story Part 8 - The Early 1970's

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Bill Muncey Story Part 8 - The Early 1970's

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The 1970's brought a whole new direction for Muncey. Driving for the Schoenith team, first as Myr Sheet Metal and then for the sponsor who would become synonymous with Bill Muncey....Atlas Van Lines. After a nearly perfect 1972 season, losing only one race, the sport began to see exciting new boats and innovations in 1973. Muncey and the Atlas team suddenly found themselves playing catch-up. Ba...

Bill Muncey Story Part 7 - Bill Muncey the Musician

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Bill Muncey Story Part 7 - Bill Muncey the Musician

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Bill Muncey's close friends, trumpet player Fred Radke and singer Gina Funes, talk about the musical side of Muncey's life. They discuss how Bill's musical know-how actually helped him on the race course and behind the microphone. Freed from any narrative or point of view, the Bill Muncey Story is the real and timeless story of the greatest hydro driver of all time - as told by the people who a...

Bill Muncey Story Part 6 - Miss U.S. Years 1966-69

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Bill Muncey Story Part 6 - Miss U.S. Years 1966-69

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1966 was a year of tragedy for unlimited hydroplane racing. Bill Muncey lost four friends over a few weeks at the President's Cup and the Gold Cup. Driving the Miss U.S. for owner George Simon, Muncey won the first race of the year but the boat was damaged to the extent that he had to miss the President's Cup in Washington D.C. while the team repaired the boat. This may have been a blessing for...

Bill Muncey Story Part 5 - The "Off Years" 1964-65

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Bill Muncey Story Part 5 - The "Off Years" 1964-65

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1964-65 the "Off Years." With the retirement of the Thriftway team, Muncey was faced without a ride and contemplated retirement from the sport. But soon the Notre Dame team hired him to drive followed by a few other owners who convinced him to pilot their boats including the Such-Crust and Dollar Bill. "Not only is this the best documentary about Bill Muncey that I've ever seen, it is the best ...

Bill Muncey Story Part 4 - The Thriftway Years 1960-63

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Bill Muncey Story Part 4 - The Thriftway Years 1960-63

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In the early 1960's, Bill Muncey dominates the sport in the new Miss Thriftway. Then with the boat's name changed to Miss Century 21, to promote Seattle World's Fair, the team grabs Gold Cups and National Championships while racking up an amazing string of heat finishes without a mechanical failure. Back in 2001, when it was decided to produce a documentary film about the life and racing career...

Bill Muncey Story Part 3 - The Thriftway Years 1958-60

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Bill Muncey Story Part 3 - The Thriftway Years 1958-60

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Part 3 - The Thriftway Years - 1958-60. The new Miss Thriftway for 1958 had high expectations for Muncey and the team. But by the end of the year, they were already building a new boat for the '59 season. In 1960, with a mile straightaway record in their pocket, the impressive 3rd Miss Thriftway and Muncey were on their way to becoming the class of the unlimited field. Freed from any narrative ...

Bill Muncey Story Part 2 - The Thriftway Years 1955-57

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Bill Muncey Story Part 2 - The Thriftway Years 1955-57

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Part 2 - The Thriftway Years 1955-57. Nearly winning his first race, the Gold Cup in Seattle, Muncey settles into his new life in the Pacific Northwest driving the new Miss Thriftway, for owner Willard Rhodes. The Bill Muncey Story not only documents his legendary racing career from the early 1950's to his tragic death in 1981. But also includes some of the best historic racing footage ever see...

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Bill Muncey Story Part 1 - Introduction

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The first of 13 episodes spanning over 6 hours. Legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson introduces Part 1 along with several of Bill Muncey's close friends, crew and family. Growing up in Detroit playing music, working at his family's car dealership and eventually......racing boats. "Not only is this the best documentary about Bill Muncey that I've ever seen, it is the best documentary about the s...