Rosemary Smith
Female, Person
1937 –
Who is Rosemary Smith?
Rosemary Smith is a rally driver from Dublin, Ireland.
Smith initially trained as a dress designer.
Smith entered her first rally as a navigator. 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 who offered her a works drive.
In 1964 Smith took the ladies prize on the Circuit of Ireland Rally driving a Sunbeam Rapier. In 1965 Smith won the Tulip Rally outright.
Smith was controversially disqualified from the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally, after winning the Coupe des Dames, the ladies class. In all ten cars were disqualified. "Rosemary Smith said she would never compete again unless the decision were reversed."
Other competition successes included an outright win in the 1969 Cork 20 Rally. Smith has 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 has numerous class wins to her name.
In 1965, Smith 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 racecar driver.
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