Final Nielsen figures for Fox’s broadcast of last Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 Winston Cup race from Talladega Superspeedway show the race drew a 6.2 rating and 15 share, according to MotorsportsTV.com. The figures show a solid jump from the 5.7/12 overnight figures but still left the race well short of last year’s 7.0/16. Nonetheless, the race didn’t drop nearly as much as they did for CBS’s broadcast of the NCAA basketball tournament’s semifinal games, which fell from 11.3 last year to 7.9 and 9.4 to 6.3, MotorsportsTV.com says. The major cause for the drops in the sports ratings continues to be the war with Iraq, the Web site and industry observers say.( Winston Cup Scene Daily Newsletter )(4-12-2003)
