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[[Image:Louis Rigolly Car 1904.jpg|thumb|Louis Rigolly in his car which first exceeded 100 mph in 1904]] |
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'''Louis Rigolly''', a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over {{convert|100|mph|km/h}}.<ref>[http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/world.land.speed.record.asp World Land Speed Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
'''Louis Rigolly''', a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over {{convert|100|mph|km/h}}.<ref>[http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/world.land.speed.record.asp World Land Speed Records<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831073900/http://www.racingcampbells.com/content/world.land.speed.record.asp |date=2007-08-31 }}</ref> |
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He set a record of {{convert|103.561|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on}} on a beach at [[Ostend]] in [[Belgium]] on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre [[Gobron-Brillié]]<ref>[http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/world_land_speed_record_10.htm 1904: Gordon-Brillie driven by Louis Rigolly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> racing car. He covered a 1 kilometre course in 21.6 seconds, beating Belgian [[Pierre de Caters]] mark of {{convert|97.25|mi/h|km/h|2|abbr=on}}, set the previous May over the same 1 kilometre course in Ostend. The record stood for just three months. Rigolly also participated in early [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. |
He set a record of {{convert|103.561|mi/h|km/h|3|abbr=on}} on a beach at [[Ostend]] in [[Belgium]] on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre [[Gobron-Brillié]]<ref>[http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/world_land_speed_record_10.htm 1904: Gordon-Brillie driven by Louis Rigolly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> racing car. He covered a 1 kilometre course in 21.6 seconds, beating Belgian [[Pierre de Caters]] mark of {{convert|97.25|mi/h|km/h|2|abbr=on}}, set the previous May over the same 1 kilometre course in Ostend. The record stood for just three months. Rigolly also participated in early [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. |
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Revision as of 01:35, 7 January 2018
Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).[1]
He set a record of 103.561 mph (166.665 km/h) on a beach at Ostend in Belgium on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre Gobron-Brillié[2] racing car. He covered a 1 kilometre course in 21.6 seconds, beating Belgian Pierre de Caters mark of 97.25 mph (156.51 km/h), set the previous May over the same 1 kilometre course in Ostend. The record stood for just three months. Rigolly also participated in early Grand Prix motor racing.
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