Andy Rouse
| Andy Rouse | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 British |
| Born | 2 December 1947 Dymock, Gloucestershire England |
| Retired | 1994 |
| British Saloon Car Championship | |
| Years active | 21 |
| Teams |
Allan Moffat Racing Andy Rouse Engineering BMW (GB) British Leyland Team Broadspeed Castrol Carrier Properties Ltd. CSH Racing with Esso Team Esso Uniflo Gordon Spice Racing Industrial Control Services Ltd. Kaliber Racing Team Mondeo Triumph Team Piranha |
| Wins | 60 |
| Best finish | 1st in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985 |
| Previous series | |
|
1987 1972 |
WTCC Ford Escort Mexico series |
| Championship titles | |
| 1972 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985 |
Ford Escort Mexico series BSCC |
Andrew "Andy" Rouse (born 2 December 1947) is a British racing driver, most notably in the British Saloon Car Championship. He won the BSCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985.
Andy Rouse is one of the most successful drivers ever to appear in the BSCC. His 60 overall wins in the category was the highest total by any driver for many years, until being overhauled by Jason Plato at Brands Hatch in the opening round of the 2011 season.
Rouse was born in Dymock, Gloucestershire. Coming from an engineering background, he was originally an apprentice with an agricultural engineering company. He had been interested in motor sport from an early age and had run self-built autocross specials in his teens and then Formula Ford. In 1971 he funded his racing activities by working for Broadspeed, the race car engineering company set-up by Brummie Ralph Broad. 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.
His first step into saloon car racing came in 1972, when he entered the Ford Escort Mexico series. He won this one-make championship in his first year, and soon stepped up into the British Saloon Car Championship. Over the following years, Rouse was successful in a number of Broadspeed entered cars (including Ford Escorts, Triumph Dolomite Sprints and Ford Capris) winning his class in 1973, 1974 and taking the title in 1975.
In 1976, Broadspeed ran the works Jaguar XJ12C cars, for which Rouse was both driver and race development engineer. Great results were expected from these powerful cars but unfortunately British Leyland stopped the program the following season following a string of poor results. With no works deal for 1978, Ralph Broad sold his stake in the company and Broadspeed soon went into liquidation. Rouse drove alongside Gordon Spice in 1979 and 80, getting good results in the works Ford Capri team.
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