SMT tech supports Superstar Racing Experience

SMT is providing real-time broadcast graphics and production support for the third season of the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX).

In 2021, SMT teamed up with SRX for the launch of the exciting, throwback series. SRX features retired champions climbing back into stock cars to take on rising stars on short, dirt tracks across six summer nights.

For the third season, SMT continues as the sole provider of scoring, running order, tracking, telemetry, heart rate data, driver pointers and insert graphics for the six-week season.

SMT modifies 16 cars (12 identical stock cars plus four backups) with GPS vectors, similar to SMT’s setup for NASCAR races. The vectors use antennas mounted on the roof of each car to track position and generate speed data for each driver, calculating speed, throttle and brakes, laps led and rank. The data is integrated into SMT-designed graphics that include dynamic leaderboards, lower-thirds, slabs, full-screens, and pointers. SMT also provides live heartrate from the drivers for each event.

“SMT has been hand-in-hand with SRX since its first heartbeat, bringing our decades of racing technology expertise to help elevate the Superstar Racing Experience,” says Lee Brinson, VP, client development, SMT. “This year, SRX has entrusted us with the design of SRX’s graphics package, empowering us with even more flexibility to inject telemetry and tracking data for the fans watching these thrilling races.”