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Out of the love for his grandfather, Mike Dreyer wrote this
biography on Floyd "Pop" Dreyer. He researched to
see if the stories about his grandfather were true or just
exaggerations. He found out many stories were understated.
Floyd Dreyer was inducted into Knoxville's National Sprint
Car hall of Fame and Indianapolis' National Midget Hall of
Fame.
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| From the humble beginnings of his life in rural
Ohio, through his young manhood and his all-out effort to become
a famous motorcycle racer, all the way to his days as one of
the nation's premier race car builders and a successful business
entrepreneur, Mike Dreyer tells the story of his grandfather
Floyd "Pop" Dreyer's colorful, adventuresome life.
Written from Pop's perspective, this story gives you the feeling
of really being there as it happened. |
| See how the youngster transferred his ideal of
becoming a rodeo cowboy from horseback to a motorcycle, when
he rides his brother's cycle for the first time. You'll learn
the heartaches he faced as a young father trying to raise children
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| The events that spurred him to leave Ohio, as
well as how he landed, quite by accident, in Indianapolis, are
fully detailed. You'll come to know his every trick of riding
the fast and deadly motorcycles, where he excelled and earned
his first racing fame. You'll meet his friends, rivals, mechanics
and hustling promoters. Follow with amazemant his cutting edge
expertise as a racing car builder and fabricator.Read how he
was one of the last sprint car owners to build his own machine,
engine and all, from the ground up. Discover the amazing facts
and many outstanding breakthroughs in racing technology pioneered
by Pop's small Dreyer Racing Equipment Company, which caused
builders like Frank Kurtis to look upon him with awe and admiration. |
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You'll come to know some of his drivers. How they lived
and drove with such daring and skill, at a time when death
was lurking behind every splintered fence, around every dusty
curve. Come to understand why Pop finally got out of racing
to become one of the Midwest's most successful seller of motorcycles.
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| And how his mechanical ability and
fabrication techniques changed what motorcyclists ride today.
See how the youngster transferred his ideal of becoming a rodeo
cowboy from horseback to a motorcycle, when he rides his brother's
cycle for the first time. Get set for a thrilling ride from
start to finish. This is the real story on Pop Dreyer from the
guy who loved it, as ably retold by one who knew him best. |
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