Frenchman George Boillot turns a qualifying lap at 99.85 mph to come within an eye blink of the Speedway's first 100-mph lap. He drives a 345-cubic-inch Peugeot Grand Prix car on this, his only trip to the Brickyard. The flamboyant Boillot is the defending two-time winner of the French Grand Prix and considered by many to be the finest driver in Europe at the time. He will give his life for his country in less than two years time, being shot down in aerial combat over Verdun, near the German border, on May 20, 1916.

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• Taken: February 09, 2006

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