{"id":492286,"date":"2012-04-01T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=28832"},"modified":"2024-12-29T04:42:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T04:42:49","slug":"rene-dreyfus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/rene-dreyfus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Dreyfus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"bodyText\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Antonio Ascari&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Ren\u00e9 Dreyfus Biography<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drey1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-540790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drey1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drey1.jpeg 126w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/drey1-63x100.jpeg 63w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a>The story begins in 1914 when Ren\u00e9 was nine years old. The middle of three children he speaks of his early life with fondness, growing up in Nice. He later joined the Moto Club de Nice, which was sort of a junior league Automobile Club de Nice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\">Forging his mother&#8217;s signature Ren\u00e9 entered his first race and won, due in large part to his being the only car in his class. During this time he and his brother Maurice owned a paper company with Ren\u00e9 acting as the salesman. He somehow convinced his mother that if he had a Bugatti he would be able to get around faster and see more customers. 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