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	Camille Jenatzy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Camille Jenatzy (1868 - 1913) was a Belgian race car driver.
		Jenatzy is known for breaking the land speed record three times.
		Jenatzy died in 1913 in a hunting accident.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Camille_Jenatzy (263 words)

	Germany’s Historic Introduction to Motorsports 100 Years Ago - GermanCarFans.com
		Jenatzy was considered the favorite, having acquired the reputation of being a fast and successful driver in numerous races.
		Jenatzy continued racing out in the lead until he was struck by bad luck on the third lap, just outside Usingen: he ran out of fuel and had to go very slowly to reach the finish on the reserve quantity.
		Jenatzy was rewarded for second place with a 40 hp Mercedes by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft; victory would have earned him "a free car at his choice".
	www.germancarfans.com /print.cfm/ID/5040528.001/lang/eng (1131 words)

	8W - When? - The Gordon Bennett races
		Jenatzy died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, and according to legend, the ambulance happened to be a Mercédès, as predicted.
		The Belgian Camille Jenatzy, nicknamed 'The Red Devil' was born in Brussels on November 4, 1868.
		Camille Jenatzy was first seen in November 28, 1898, when he entered his own electric car at the 1.8 km Chanteloup hill climb and won his first ever racing event.
	8w.forix.com /gbennett.html (9903 words)

	8W - When? - 1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy
		The complete antithesis of de Knyff, Camille Jenatzy’s excitement and energy were palpable as he exchanged a final hearty handshake with his friend, Baron de Caters.
		Jenatzy revelled in the conditions which suited his sliding style and he lapped two minutes faster than any of his rivals.
		Jenatzy had started 14 minutes after de Knyff but at the end, was just two minutes behind him on the road.
	8w.forix.com /gbt03.html (3497 words)

	Metropole Paris - Fastest In Acheres
		Its body is light gray when I was expecting red, but I see I mixed this up with its driver, Camille Jenatzy, who was called the 'Red Devil,' no doubt on account of being red-haired and being considered to be crazed by high speeds.
		January in one of his Jenatzy taxicabs from Paris, and ran it up to 66.664 kph on the two-kilometre straight stretch of the Route des Noyers, on the agricultural plain within the loop of the Seine, just north of the Saint-Germain forest.
		Then both the Count and Jenatzy 'went back to the drawing boards.' The first to come out was Count Gaston Chasseloup-Laubat on 4.
	www.metropoleparis.com /1999/418/418fastr.html (1690 words)

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		Jenatzy, a Belgian, was typical of the early Gentlemen racers having substantial wealth from his families tire company he could afford to purchase and race automobiles.
		He had invited a number of friends on a hunting trip, and one evening while his guests were relaxing, Jenatzy dressed in a heavy fur coat attempted to frighten them by rattling around their cabin making bear noises.
	braunsculptor.com (1297 words)

	REAR VIEW MIRROR
		On Jan. 17, 1899, in the first of a series of runs for the world land speed record this month, Camille Jenatzy takes the trophy at Acheres Park, France, driving an electric car of his own design to a speed of 41 mph (66.7 km/h).
		Not to be outdone, Jenatzy returns Jan. 27 to again capture the crown at a speed of 49.9 mph (80 km/h).
		Laubat takes the crown again in March, but Jenatzy regains it a final time in April at 65.8 mph (105.9 km/h) — the last world speed record set by an electric car.
	waw.wardsauto.com /ar/auto_rear_view_mirror_5 (541 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > Feature > Gordon Bennett, it's Gordon Bennett!
		The first race in June 1900 was held between Paris and Lyons with the French being represented by a trio of Panhards for Rene de Knyff, Fernard Charron and Leonce Girardot, Belgium by Camille Jenatzy in a Snoek Bolide and America by a Winton driven by Alexander Winton.
		In 1901 it was held in conjunction with the Paris to Bordeaux race and in 1902 in conjunction with the Paris-Vienna race but the contest came into its own in 1903 after the disastrous Paris-Bordeaux road race in which at least eight people had been killed.
		It was held on a road circuit around the town of Athy, to the south-west of Dublin and marked the first major victory for a German car, the four-cylinder Mercedes of Camille Jenatzy.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ft14582.html (992 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Mercedes-Benz
		In 1902 Count Louis Zborowski acquired one and finished second in the Paris-Vienna road race and fourth on the Circuit des Ardennes.
		In 1903 Camille Jenatzy won the Gordon Bennett Trophy race at Athy in Ireland in a Mercedes and the following year there were further successes with more and more developed racing models.
		When Grand Prix racing began in 1906 Mercedes entered a three-car factory team for the event at Le Mans for Jenatzy, Count Vincenzo Florio and a local driver called Mariaux.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-merce.html (1643 words)

	Electric Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An electric vehicle did not become a viable option until the Frenchmen Gaston Plante and Camille Faure respectively invented (1865) and improved (1881) the storage battery.
		The performance of "La Jamais Contente" in 1899 brought the potential of the electric car to the attention of an enthralled world.
		This was the name for the unique streamlined racing car in which the Belgian Camille Jenatzy broke the world land speed record in France, the first car to go faster than 100 kph (62 mph).
	www.ece.umr.edu /links/power/electric1.htm (3652 words)

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		I want to drive the electric race car made by Camille Jenatzy.
		The Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and the Belgian Camille Jenatzy had quite the battle for the fastest automobile.
		17 Jan 1899 Camille Jenatzy - CGA Dogcart Electric 41.42 MPH
	www.gtplanet.net /forum/showthread.php?p=1321049 (1906 words)

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