RE: CART in Australia = SCCA Club Racing
The CART "race" reminded me of the last SCCA Club Race I ran. Some wimp steward decided racing in the rain at Brainerd Int'l Raceway was unsafe because a couple of cars spun out on the drag racing staging area, so cancelled the race. Some drivers whined that they needed the "race" for regional points, so workers were forced to stand out in the rain while the cars paraded around behind until half scheduled distance so it could be called an official race.
I chose not to participate in that farce because I had come prepared with treaded tires and expected to do well in the wet in my Saab 99.
I quit SCCA racing, and dropped SCCA membership for several years, after that idiocy.
Some of the ProRally decisions this year reminded me of why I "love" SCCA so much.