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Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat



Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (1867 - November 20, 1903, Paris) [1][2] was a French race car driver. He is known for setting the first recognised automobile land speed record on December 18, 1898 in Achères, Yvelines, using a Jeantaud electric car.

The record was set as part of a competition organised by the French automobile magazine La France Automobile. He completed a single flying 1 km run in 57 seconds to give an average speed of 63.13 km/h [3]

He further improved this record to 66.65 km/h one month later on January 17, 1899 also at Achères in the first of a series of record setting duels with Camille Jenatzy. Ten days later Jenatzy managed to break this record although it would revert back to de Chasseloup-Laubat on March 4, 1899 when he increased it to 92.69 km/h. Jenatzy finally took the record on April 29, 1899 with the first run over 100 km/h with an average speed of 105 km/h, a record that was to last 3 years.

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References

  1. ^ Robert Dick (2004). Mercedes And Auto Racing In The Belle Epoque, 1895-1915. McFarland & Company. 
  2. ^ "Comte de Chasseloup-Laubat Dead" (November 21 1903). NY Times. 
  3. ^ J.R. Holthusen (1999). The Fastest Men on Earth. Sutton Publishing, p.6. 



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