FX and The Winston: FX posted strong numbers in its ratings for Saturday night’s Winston all-star race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, despite the 2 hour, 10-minute rain delay during the middle of the broadcast. FX’s complete race coverage delivered a 3.5 household rating, 2.25 million homes, and an average of 3.9 million viewers for the 5-hour, 34-minute telecast that concluded at approximately 1:10 a.m. Sunday. Although the telecast went deep into the early morning hours of Sunday, viewership rose as the telecast went on. Prerace programming drew a 3.5 household rating; the rain delay broadcast a 3.5 rating; and The Winston race moved to a 3.7. The average of 3.5 for the complete coverage was the same as that of TNN last season, when the race telecast ran from 7:30-11:32 p.m(That’s Racin’)(5-24-2001) (5-23-2001)
