SMT Supports All Three NASCAR National Series Championship Broadcasts at Homestead-Miami Speedway

SMT provided production technology and graphics support for all three NASCAR national series championship broadcasts this past weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Craftsman Truck Series on Nov. 6 on FOX Sports 1, the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series on Nov. 7 on The CW, and the NASCAR Cup Series on Nov. 8 on NBC Sports crowned their respective 2026 champions with SMT support across all three networks.

SMT's services for championship weekend included

Graphic Pylons: On-air graphics presenting race information, scoring and championship standings.

CG Interfaces: Graphics interfaces supporting broadcast production and real-time race information.

Scoring and Statistics Displays: Timely race data and statistics to keep viewers informed throughout each event.

Interactive Touchscreens: Tools providing on-air talent and analysts with interactive access to race information and data.

The 2026 season marked the return of SMT's GPS vector tracking technology across all three NASCAR national series. Every car and truck in the Cup Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series fields carried an SMT vector, providing live position, speed and telemetry data to broadcasters, NASCAR race control and race teams throughout the season.

Key developments and technology highlights during the season included:

GPS Vector Tracking: Live vehicle position, speed and telemetry across all three national series. Hardware and firmware improvements introduced at the start of the season increased tracking precision and reliability, with strong results demonstrated at the San Diego event at Coronado. The closing stretch of the season featured near-complete tracking coverage across all three series.

NASCAR Team Analytics: SMT's live and on-demand data tool, now used by nearly every Cup and Xfinity team to analyze car behavior and driver inputs, both in real time and during replay.

Broadcast Analytics: For the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, SMT's GhostCar-led storytelling tool integrates data and telemetry to virtually highlight replays, helping commentators break down driver performance, racing lines and strategy.

Pointers: Three-dimensional driver and car identification graphics powered by RACEf/x and CarF, using both instrumented and optical tracking. ISO Track technology also provides pointer tracking from aerial and in-car camera feeds.

Virtuals: On-track virtual graphics generated from instrumented cameras using SMT's overlay technology. The graphics appear painted onto the track, allowing cars to drive over and park on virtual elements.

One of the season's standout moments came during the Oct. 25 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Following Kyle Larson's dramatic final-lap comeback from first to 11th and back to first to win the race, SMT worked with USA Sports (Versant Media) to recreate the final 30 seconds of the race for viewers. Using live GPS Vector data, Timing and Scoring replay information, championship standings graphics and pointer tracking technology, SMT helped illustrate Larson's changing position on the track and the dramatic impact on the Chase standings.

The production demonstrated how SMT's real-time tracking, data and graphics solutions help broadcasters deliver deeper context and tell compelling stories around the action.

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