Rosemary Smith, who has died aged 86, was one of Ireland’s best-known motor-sport drivers of the 20th century, blazing a trail in a heavily male-dominated sport; in 1965, at the wheel of a Hillman Imp, she became the only woman to win the Tulip Rally in the Netherlands.
In an RTÉ News broadcast on May 1, 1965, young Irish driver Rosemary Smith was asked about the dicey moments during bad weather when she won the Dutch Tulip Rally.
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