Miss Rosemary Massey:
Disembarked: R.M.S. IVERNIA, Cunard Steamship Company Ltd., 1st Class, Southampton (from Montreal), 2 August 1957:
Massey, Rosemary, Female, Single, address Stafford Hotel, S.W.1., intended duration of stay 8 months.
Chateau Impney Hill Climb, Hagley & District L.C.C., Sunday 29 September 1957
Sports cars over 2,700 c.c.
1. L. J. Tracey (Jaguar) 29.21sec
2. V. C. Leedam (Jaguar)
3. Miss R. Massey (Jaguar)
Birmingham Daily Post, Monday 30 September 1957
Mallory Park, B.A.R.C., Saturday 29 March 1958
"The event was a disappointment for Canadian-born Miss Rosemary Massey, who was having her first circuit race.
Leaving Gerards bend on the second lap her Jaguar spun round and shot off the track."
Sports cars over 1100 c.c.: 1. M. G. F. Dickens (Lotus Climax), 7 mins. 28.2 secs., 75.90 m.p.h.; 2. E. R. Protheroe (Austin Healey).
Leicester Evening Mail, Monday 31 March 1958
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Shelsley Walsh, Midland A.C., Saturday 7 June 1958
Miss R. Massey (Jaguar) turned completely
round in an alarming manner,
crashing into the bank, yet
survived undamaged.
Birmingham Daily Post, Monday 9 June 1958
Goodwood, B.A.R.C., Saturday 23 August 1958
"Before this the women had shown
their paces. Miss Rosemary Massey,
of London, another promising new-
comer to motor racing this season,
won the first handicap race, hotly
pursued by the leading woman driver,
Mrs. Jean Bloxam, who drove magni-
ficently.
Five-lap handicap race.
1. Miss Rosemary Massey (Jaguar XK 150) 10min. 4.6sec. speed 69.57 m.p.h.,
2. Mrs. Jean Bloxham (Aston Martin DB3S) 10-46-2
3. J. B. L. Jacobs (Jaguar) 10-52-8.
Bognor Regis Observer, Friday 29 August 1958
Mallory Park, B.A.R.C., Saturday 4 April 1959
Handicap (E) for closed cars: Miss Rosemary Massey (Jaguar XK150).
Leicester Evening Mail, Monday 6 April 1959
Silverstone, Bentley Drivers' Club & Jaguar D.C., Saturday 1 August 1959
"On August 1st, the Bentley and Jaguar Drivers Clubs combined to organise a race meeting on the club circuit at Silverstone."
"Event Six found the C- and D-type Jaguars up against impossible handicaps, and two 120s (Berwick and Clairmonte) led home Rosemary Massey’s XK150."
Motor Sport, September 1959, Page 686
Subsequently married to Dick Protheroe in 1959:
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RGDS RLT
Edited by Rupertlt1, 18 May 2021 - 13:33.