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How the Dolomite became an unlikely Capri-slayer

The Dolomite Sprint was a potent giantkilling weapon during the 1970s in the British Saloon Car Championship, now known as the BTCC. Tin-top legend Andy Rouse explains how it became such a force

This was a time for Britain’s touring car championship to go insular, to move away from the high-cost international regulations of the time towards an indigenous new ruleset. It led to an explosion in the number of manufacturers and car models on the grid, albeit with little in the way of factory representation, and a lot of drivers who were hardly household names.

No, we’re not talking about the switch from Super 2000 to NGTC rules in the early 2010s. We’re harking back, instead, to the rejection of Group 2 regulations in favour of Group 1½ for 1974.

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