Miss U.S. Team Driver Biographies

Dan Arena (U.S. team driver '53)

G-1 Miss Golden Gate III 1946  
G-5 Notre Dame (3) 1947  
U-1 Such Crust (1) 1948-1949  
U-11 Such Crust II 1949-1950  
U-2 Miss U.S. (1) 1953  

George Simon (U.S. team driver '53-'56)

U-2 Miss U.S. (1) 1953-1955  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (1) 1956  

Jack Bartlow (U.S. team driver '56)

G-31 Hornet-Crust /
Hornet-Such Crust		 1952  
U-14 My Sweetie Dora 1954, 1956  
U-2 Miss U.S. (1) 1955  
U-20 Miss U.S. II 1956  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (1) 1956  
U-50 Miss Wayne (2) 1957  
G-22 Such Crust III (2) 1957  

Fred Alter (U.S. team driver '56-58)

U-5 Miss Detroit (2) 1955  
G-22 Such Crust III (2) 1956-1957  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (1) 1956  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (2) 1957-1958  
U-79 Nitrogen 1958  
U-56 Gale VI (2) 1959-1960  
U-70 Such Crust IV (2) 1961  
U-77 Such Crust IV (3) 1962  
U-99 Mariner Too (1) 1963  
U-80 Blue Chip (1) 1964  
U-80 Blue Chip (2) 1965  
U-70 Such Crust IV (3) 1965  
U-8 Miss Dixi Cola 1966 Same boat as 1965 U-80 Blue Chip (2)
U-99 Mariner Too (2) 1967  
U-8 Parco's O-ring Miss (1) 1967-1968  
U-13 Miss Budweiser II (1) 1969  
U-77 Miss Owensboro 1969  
U-5 Miss Schweppes 1969  
U-1 Miss Bardahl (5) 1969  
U-13 Miss Budweiser II (2) 1970 Same boat as 1969 U-1 Miss Bardahl (5)
U-5 Tower Club 1971-1972 Same boat as 1969 U-5 Miss Schweppes
U-44 Gale's Roostertail (3)
Pizza Pete (2)
Miss Cauffiel
Atlas Van Lines II (2)		 1973-1974
1973-1974
1973
1974		  
U-99 Miss Lapeer (2) 1973  
U-64 Miss Vernors (1) 1975  

Joe Taggart (U.S. team driver '56)

U-4 Miss Great Lakes II 1952  
U-27 Slo-mo-shun IV 1953-1956  
U-37 Slo-mo-shun V 1953  
U-20 Miss U.S. II 1956  
U-14 Tomyann 1965  

Don Wilson (U.S. team driver '56-'64)

U-14 My Sweetie Dora 1955-1956  
U-20 Miss U.S. II 1956-1957  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (2) 1958-1963  
U-20 Miss U.S. V (1) 1963  
U-2 Miss U.S. V (2) 1964  
U-12 Miss Budweiser (3) 1966 Killed at President's Cup in collision w/Notre Dame

Joe Terry (U.S. team driver '56)

U-50 Miss Wayne (1) 1953  
U-3 My Sweetie (2) 1954, 1956  
U-56 Gale VI (1) 1955  
U-20 Miss U.S. II 1956  
U-14 My Sweetie Dora 1956  
U-56 Gale VI (2) 1960  
U-9 Coe-Z Miss
Miss Michigan (2)		 1963  

Danny Foster (U.S. team driver '57)

G-4 Miss Great Lakes 1946, 1948  
G-99 Miss Peps V 1947  
U-1
U10
G-99		 Such Crust (1)
Delphine X
Such Crust (1)		 1950
1950
1951		  
G-31 Hornet (3) 1951  
U-51 Gale II 1952-1953  
U-4 Miss Great Lakes II 1953-1954  
U-23 Wha Hoppen Too 1954 Same boat as 1952-53 U-51 Gale II
G-13 Tempo VII 1955-1956  
CA-1 Miss Supertest II 1956  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (2) 1957  
U-57 Gale VII 1962-1963  
U-90 Miss Smirnoff 1965  

Frank Saile (U.S. team driver '58)

U-50 Miss Wayne (1) 1953-1954  
U-45 Miss Cadillac 1954-1955  
U-50 Miss Wayne (2) 1955-1957  
U-100 What-a-Pickle (2) 1956 Same boat as 1954-55 U-45 Miss Cadillac
U-36 Miss U.S. IV 1958  
U-55 Gale V (3) 1958  
U-70 Such Crust III (2) 1958-1959  
U-18 Thunderbold (2) 1960-1962  
U-70 Such Crust IV (3) 1967  

Roy Duby (U.S. team driver '60-'61, '63, '65)

G-98 Gold'n Crust 1951  
U-5 Trot-a-Long 1954  
U-54 Gale IV 1956  
U-56 Gale VI (1) 1956, 1958  
G-13 Tempo VI (1) 1956  
U-55 Gale V (2) 1957  
U-2 Miss U.S. I (2) 1960-1961, 1963  
U-99 Mariner Too (1) 1963  
U-2 Miss U.S. V (2) 1965  
U-99 Mariner Too (1) 1966  
U-80 Smirnoff (2) 1966-1967  
U-12 Miss Budweiser (05) 1967  

Bill Muncey (U.S. team driver '65-'69)

U-14 My Sweetie Dora 1955  
U-60 Miss Thriftway (1) 1955-1957  
U-60 Miss Thriftway (2) 1958  
U-60 Miss Thriftway (3)
Miss Century 21		 1959-1960, 1963
1961-1962		  
U-62 Thriftway Too 1959  
U-7 Notre Dame (5) 1964  
U-70 Such Crust IV (3) 1965  
U-2 Miss U.S. V (2)
Miss U.S. (2)		 1965
1966		  
U-21 $-Bill (2) 1966  
U-2 Miss U.S. (3) 1967-1969  
U-70 Myr Sheet Metal (1) 1970  
U-71 Atlas Van Lines (5) 1971-1974  
U-70
U-71		 Atlas Van Lines II (2)
Atlas Van Lines (6)		 1971
1974		 Same boat as 1970 U-70 Myr Sheet Metal (1)
U-71
U-7		 Atlas Van Lines (7)
Ms. Everett		 1975
1976		  
U-76 Atlas Van Lines (8) 1976  
U-1
U-00		 Atlas Van Lines (9) 1977, 1979-1980
1978, 1981		 Killed Oct 1981 Acapulco in final heat crash

Dave Walther (U.S. team driver '70)

U-2 Miss U.S. (3) 1970  
U-2 Miss U.S. (4) 1970  
U-77
U-81		 Country Boy (1)
Redman (2)		 1971-1972
1974		  
U-77 Country Boy (2) 1974  
U-76
U-77		 Bootheads
Spirit of Dayton-Walther		 1975
1976		  

Tom D'Eath (U.S. team driver '73-'76)

U-2 Miss U.S. (5) 1973  
U-2 Miss U.S. (6) 1974-1976  
U-7 Ms. Everett 1976  
U-2 The Squire Shop (3) 1982-1983  
U-7 Lite All Star 1984  
U-96 Lite All Star II 1984  
U-2 The Squire Shop (4)
Joe Ricci Spirit of America		 1985-1986
1986		  
U-1 Miss Budweiser (16) 1988 Same boat as 1984 U-7 Lite All Star
U-1 Miss Budweiser (17) 1988, 1990  
U-1 Miss Budweiser (18) 1989-1990  

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