[JasonB]

And finally the 

Pitlane Review
The issue of the guides once again reared its head, I though I had done everything possible to ensure that all the entrants would fit the appropriate guides which would work on the shallow Classic Scalextric and SCX tracks. And as Woodcote said these are still fairly commonly used in Rally slot car events, even the Rally Club in Abergavenny still has some SCX and Classic Scalextric track embedded in some of their Stages. So it is a feature of this type of proxy event where these tracks are needed to make up sufficient number of stages and Rounds as many hosts do not have permanent fixed wood based Rally tracks.

Personally I wouldn't class it as a 'proper' rally event if all the tracks were wood, and I'd fully expect a Classic/SCX track to be in the mix somewhere.
So, although it didn't sound much fun for BARacer, as a neutral observer and huge classic rally fan, I'd say Friston Forest did exactly what at least one track in any rally series should do, which is to act as an antidote to the smooth wooden tracks which will always favour the "tarmac" rally cars, and hand back the advantage to the proper rally cars which should be more versatile under a wide range of different conditions.
It's like the old Stratos v Escort battle. On tarmac, in the sun, the Stratos would inevitably win. But in Britain, with the rain, and snow and gravel surfaces, it never managed to win the RAC Rally. In rallying outright pace is, or should be just one ingredient.
It's shaping up nicely, and I'm sure those that were brutally punished in Friston Forest will make up ground else where, and that's how it should be in my opinion.