Louis Rigolly
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Who is Louis Rigolly?
Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over 100 miles per hour.
He set a record of 103.561 mph on a beach at Ostend in Belgium on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre Gobron-Brillié racing car. He covered a 1 kilometre course in 21.6 seconds, beating Belgian Pierre de Caters mark of 97.25 mph, 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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