Louis Rigolly (1876–1958), a Frenchman, was the first man to drive a car at over .World Land Speed Records
He set a record of on a beach at Ostend in Belgium on 21 July 1904, driving a 13.5 litre Gobron-Brillié1904: Gordon-Brillie driven by Louis Rigolly 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 in 1902, driving a Gobron-Brillié.
See also Land speed record
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