20 Facts About Andy Rouse

Andrew Ernest Rouse was born on 2 December 1947 and is a British racing driver, most notably in the British Saloon Car Championship.

Andy Rouse won the BSCC in 1975,1983,1984 and 1985.

Andy Rouse is one of the most successful drivers ever to appear in the BSCC.

Andy Rouse had been interested in motor sport from an early age and had run self-built autograss specials in his teens and then Formula Ford.

Andy Rouse's combined engineering and driving talent soon became apparent to Broad, who then encouraged his motorsport career by providing him with assistance to race in other championships.

Andy Rouse won this one-make championship in his first year, and soon stepped up into the British Saloon Car Championship.

In 1976, Broadspeed ran the works Jaguar XJ12C cars, for which Andy Rouse was both driver and race development engineer.

Andy Rouse drove alongside Gordon Spice in 1979 and 80, getting good results in the works Ford Capri team.

In 1981, Rouse set up his own engineering company, Andy Rouse Engineering, taking many of the ex-Broadspeed employees with him.

Andy Rouse took over the Alfa Romeo GTV6 entered by Pete Hall's Industrial Control Services plc company, won his class and latterly the championship, and founded the long running sponsorship deal between himself and ICS.

Andy Rouse won the Willhire 24 Hour in 1981 and 1983.

Andy Rouse won the championship again in 1985 driving a Sierra XR4Ti, but this was to be his last overall title.

Andy Rouse never won the title outright in an RS500, although he won Class A again in 1988 and 1989.

Andy Rouse was third overall in 1988,1989 and 1990.

In 1992 Andy Rouse was joined by Will Hoy, again running the Toyota Carina, before setting up the works Ford Mondeo team for 1993, hiring Paul Radisich to drive alongside himself.

Andy Rouse retired from driving at the end of 1994, hiring Kelvin Burt as Paul's teammate for 1995.

Andy Rouse instead ran a semi-works Nissan team in 1996, running Gary Ayles and Owen McAuley with limited success.

Andy Rouse later built a Super Touring specification Toyota Corolla which failed to find a racing team.

Since the demise of his touring car teams, Andy Rouse spent several years trying to promote a rival series to the BTCC; his proposed "Supercar V8" was based on a spaceframe chassis, normally aspirated V8 engine, and bodywork modelled on medium to large saloon cars.

Andy Rouse's son Julian is a director of the Arden International racing team.