Louis Rigolly
Louis Rigolly (1876 - 1958), a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over . He set a record of 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 , 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, winning the Light car class of the inaugural Circuit des Ardennes (motor racing), Circuit des Ardennes in 1902, driving a Gobron-Brillié. See also *Land speed record References

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