Autosport – 25 July 2019

FINISHING STRAIGHT

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Andy Rouse quells a brief chirrup of

oversteer as his ICS Rover Vitesse wags

its tail at Oulton Park’s Lodge Corner in

round three of the RAC Trimoco British

Saloon Car Championship in 1984.

Though the Vitesse was the butt of many

jokes in the car industry, in Rouse’s

hands it more than held its own in Class A

against factory opposition and the likes

of BMW and Ford. Rouse finished second

to the BMW 635CSi of James Weaver

here, but won the championship with

81 points – his nearest Class A rival

was BMW’s Frank Sytner, on 30...

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