Floyd Emde

Californian Floyd Emde was a very dominate racer of the 1940s.  His career would have gained many more victories if not interrupted by WWII.  He excelled at hill climbs, flat tracks, TTs and road racing.  Emde won at The Milwaukee Mile - and was the 1948 Daytona 200 Winner. 

PHOTO ABOVE:  Tom Sifton with racers Floyd Emde and a fast youngster named Joe Leonard.

He raced Harleys and Indians and whatever could win and put money in his pocket.  His son Don Emde also won the Daytona 200 (the only father and son to separately win the event).  Floyd ran his dealership and lived a great life of racing, selling and enjoying the great sport of motorcycling.