on december 18 , 1898 , gaston de chasseloup-laubat , managed to reach the , nowadays laughable , speed of 39.24 mph , or 63.15 km/h less than a year later on april 29 , 1899 , camille jenatzy recorded 65.79 mph , or 105.88 km/h , the first time more than 100 km/h had been recorded .