Dorothy Gertrude Caldwell (nee Russell) January 6, 1918 – February 10, 2021. Dorothy Caldwell didn’t mind an adventure. In fact, the Hamilton great-grandmother loved it so much that she became a world record holder in her 90s after entering the
Guinness Book of Records as the oldest motor rally navigator. Dorothy died in Hamilton on February 10, age of 103 years-old, still holding that record. Dorothy’s rally car career began late in life in 2012 when she was 94-years-old.
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Dorothy and Alastair Caldwell at the finish of the Trans America Rally in San Francisco at the Famous Fairmont Hotel. Her son Alastair Caldwell, 77, a former McLaren F1 team manager, was doing classic car rallies around the world when Dorothy visited him the UK.