[Adam Skelding]

Having been on the receiving end of the question from a couple of team drivers in the weeks before the event at Stotfold my answer was really easy to give to them.
'Are you faster with it?'
I guess this is the same question that the majority of racers supported or not would ask themselves.

For the 'Paying Customer'
If they are and they've shelled out their cash for the car. As long as their car conforms to the current rules, then they should be able to race whatever car they want.

For the 'Pro'
If they are faster and it uses 'off the shelf' parts, then it can be a good advertisement still for the brand. On this surface/track, this car is better than our current 2wd. But come another track, we'll probably be back to normal 2wd cars. (Ozfest for sure) - Although someone will try a 2/4wd I'm sure beforehand on grass.

Watching the finals and listening to feedback from the drivers who ran both of the TD cars (and other cars), it seemed to be down to driver preference, what worked for one, didn't work for others. (Isn't that just like any other set-up change)

I think other people have touched on the subject of the tracks in the UK becoming too 'Astro'. I'm of the same opinion, there's not enough variety of track surface at the moment in the UK. I remember years back, dirt and grass tracks being the norm, some grass tracks turned to dirt, some got wet, we raced.

But, who can blame clubs for laying astro down, they have to consider revenue and making ends meet, for them it the best solution for getting drivers to their clubs on a regular basis. We all can find somewhere to race outdoors over the winter now, even on frozen over tracks, we couldn't do that on dirt or grass.

My honest opinion is that the hobby is evolving, tracks and cars are evolving in a symbiotic fashion. To ban a type of car would be hard to enforce and I think a little rash.