Can someone please explain all the SRO classes to me? | Articles

Here’s a related question:

Is this kind of racing aimed at the fan or the entrant? 

What do I mean? How many classes raced during the Indy 500 or any F1 or NASCAR Cup race? Exactly. And it’s super-easy to follow.

But when you have several different classes of touring cars plus BMWs and Porsches that look fairly similar in multiple classes, yeah, it’s tough to explain to the masses. It might welcome more teams and/or make it easier to people to get trophies, however. 

Discuss. 

My GF and I sat down to relax one Sunday afternoon. I turned SRO Sears Point on and she asked me what the different colors in the overall standings meant during one of the TC/x races. I had no idea, decided to look into, and how convoluted can a series make things? It’s worse than IMSA continually adding prototype categories to the point SRFs are out there just to bolster numbers.

What happened to simple GT/TC or GS/ST classes? Or GT1/2/3/4

Bring back the old Conti/Koni series that ran with Grand-Am. Showroom cars with some mods and 70+ car fields going at it. 

Whatever the race at NOLA that was broadcast this past weekend was pretty brutal. The competition was actually very close, but showing the same three? corners doesn’t make for an enjoyable viewing experience. Yes I know the track is in a sugar cane field, but perhaps one more camera from the opposite end…..just sayin’.