Andy Rouse (born 2 December 1947, Dymock, Gloucestershire) is an English race driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1984 and 1985. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Dymock is a village in the Forest of Dean (district) of Gloucestershire, England about four miles south of Ledbury, with a population of approx. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rouse is probably the most successful driver in the BTCC and he holds the record for most overall race wins by any driver its history, 60 in total. The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ...

Coming from an engineering background, Rouse 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 auto cross 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 Brummie Ralph Broad. Rouses 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. The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ... The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small–medium-sized four-door saloon car, made by Triumph under the British Leyland organisation. ... Ford Capri Mk III 1. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

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. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ...

In 1981, Rouse set up his own engineering company, Andy Rouse Engineering, taking many of the ex-Broadspeed employees with him. His success on the track continued with Championship wins in 1983 and 1984. Ford then gave him the 'works' contract to build and drive their next generation touring car, the Sierra Cosworth, which was to dominate the BTCC until the end of the decade. Rouse won the championship again in 1985, but this was to be his last overall title, although he won Class A again in 1988 and 1989. He was 3rd overall in 1989, 1990 and 1991, before setting up the works Ford Mondeo team for 1993, hiring Paul Radisich to drive alongside himself. He retired from driving at the end of 1994, hiring Kelvin Burt as Paul's team-mate for 1995. He also ran a semi-works Nissan team in 1996. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ford Mondeo, launched in 1993, was billed as Fords world car, and was also sold in North America as the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique. ... Paul Radisich is a New Zealand racing driver currently competing in the V8 Supercar series in Australia. ... Nissan Motor Co. ...

Since the demise of his touring car teams, Rouse has spent several years trying to promote a rival series to the British Touring Car Championship; his "Supercar V8" proposal was based around a spaceframe chassis, normally-aspirated V8 engine, and bodywork modelled on medium to large saloon cars. This series has not yet materialised. The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...