Fox’s broadcast of Sunday’s Virginia 500 Winston Cup race from Martinsville Speedway drew an overnight Nielsen rating of 4.6 and a 10 share, according to today’s Sports Business Daily. The weekend’s highest ratings went to CBS, which posted a 9.3/19 for Sunday’s coverage of the final round of the Masters golf tournament and a 6.2/14 for Saturday’s round, although those figures were down 6 and 11 percent respectively. The 2002 race was aired on Fox’s FX cable station, where it drew a 4.5/11, according to Sports Business Daily figures.( Winston Cup Daily Newsletter )(4-14-2003)
