Very good story. thank you for posting that!
Skip Weld
There is no credit for whomever wrote that piece, but I have to wonder if its origins are related to a new book recently reviewed in the New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/b...l-bascomb.html
Dave
Yes. There is also an excerpt from that book of the start of a race put up by Road & Track. If I can find the link again, I'll post it.
Strange that I had never heard of her before.
Book, also was reviewed in WSJ today.
From Paul Zimmerman before jumping on ApexSpeed tonight.
Lola: When four springs just aren't enough.
What a goofy website. Strange journalistic fragments of practically random motorsports figures cobbled together. The referenced story is a mess. There's no mention of the subject's son "Harry"--who became a driver of note himself--until we learn that they fled back to the U.S. when the war broke out. I would cut it some slack if it's translated from another language, but still...sheesh.
Dale V.
Lake Effect Motorsports
FM
Spartan VP-2/Mazda
The Harry referred to is Harry Schell, he was NOT Rene Dreyfus's son. Rene drove for Harry parents in the pre-WWII years
I suggest you or any others interested in Rene Dreyfus's astounding career find a copy of his self written, with another author, "My Two Lives, Racer and Restauranteur". Long out of print but worth finding and reading.
Rene and his brother Maurice ran Le Chanticlair in Manhattan for decades.
Mike:
I found 4 copies available from $90 to $155 (through abebooks.com). It may be very good, but THAT good?
Dave
Dave, probably worth the $90 if you are interested in pre-WWII Grand Prix racing, maybe not so much at the higher price.
Hope to see you sometime sooner rather than later…
the book Faster by Neal Bascomb. Quite a romp through 1930s racing history, and great for self isolation.
well worth the $30 bucks.
Lola: When four springs just aren't enough.
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