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Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (1867 - November 20, 1903) 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 run in 57 seconds to give an average speed of He further improved this record to 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 to de Chasseloup-Laubat on March 4, 1899 when he increased it to . Jenatzy finally took the record on April 29, 1899 with the first run over with an average speed of , a record that was to last 3 years. Chasseloup-Laubat managed to win the Marseille-La Turbie long-distance race in 1897 with a steam vehicle built by Trépardoux & Cie, predecessor of De Dion-Bouton. This was the only mayor city-to-city event won by a steam car. The count died in Paris, aged 36. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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