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Rosemary Smith was born on 7 August, 1937 in Dublin, Irish Free State, is an Irish motor racing driver (1937–2023). Discover Rosemary Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August 1937
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace Dublin, Irish Free State
Date of death 5 December, 2023
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Nationality Ireland

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1937

Rosemary Smith (7 August 1937 – 5 December 2023) was an Irish rally driver from Dublin.

She initially trained as a dress designer.

Smith entered her first rally as a co-driver.

After deciding that navigating was not to her liking, she switched to driving.

She came to the attention of the Rootes Group's Competition Department, which offered her a works drive.

1958

In 1958, she and Valerie Domleo, a British physicist, won the four-day Dutch Tulip Rally.

1964

In 1964, she took the ladies' prize on the Circuit of Ireland Rally driving a Sunbeam Rapier.

The following year she won the Tulip Rally outright in a Hillman Imp.

1965

The duo drove "a factory entered Hillman Imp" as one of 159 cars participating from sixteen countries in the April 1965 rally that covered roughly 1,800 miles (2 900 km).

1966

Smith was controversially disqualified from the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally after winning the Coupe des Dames, the ladies' class.

Ten cars in total were disqualified.

"Rosemary Smith said she would never compete again unless the decision was reversed."

In 1966, she appeared as a guest on an episode of What's My Line.

Arlene Francis, Mark Goodson, Ginger Rogers, and Bennett Cerf were on the panel and successfully guessed her "line" as a rally driver.

1969

Her other competition successes included an outright win in the 1969 Cork 20 Rally.

She won the ladies' prize several times on the Scottish Rally and on the Circuit of Ireland Rally, twice each on the Alpine Rally and on the Canadian Shell 4000, and once on the Acropolis Rally.

She also had numerous class wins to her name.

1978

She established an Irish land speed record of 156.101mph on the Carrigrohane Straight in Cork in June 1978, driving a seven-litre Jaguar XJ6.

1990

She founded a driving school in the 1990s.

2017

On 10 May 2017, she did a test drive with the show car of Renault F1 on the Circuit Paul Ricard as part of a filming day.

This made her the oldest person to have driven an 800bhp racing car.

Smith died of cancer on 5 December 2023, at the age of 86.