The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on SPEED picked up right where it left off in 2008 with a double-digit Nielsen Ratings increase from the season opener in Daytona. The Friday night race, won by Todd Bodine, scored a Nielsen mark of 1.90 (1,393,000 households), up 21 percent from last year’s 1.57 (1,128,000 households). The race peaked at a 2.28 (1,673,000 households), up 29 percent from last year’s peak of 1.77 (1,272,000 households). The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series enjoyed its most-watched season to date in 2008, as 19 of the 22 races on SPEED saw year-to-year Nielsen Ratings increases, 15 in double digits. The next Truck race will be on FOX with the SPEED broadcast team Friday at 4 p.m. ET from Auto Club Speedway in California. The series returns to SPEED on March 7 at 1 p.m. from Atlanta Motor Speedway.(SPEEDtv PR)(2-17-2009)
UPDATE: The Friday night race, won by Todd Bodine, scored a Nielsen mark of 1.90, making it the No. 1 show on cable during that time period. The next Truck race will be on FOX Saturday at 3 p.m. ET from Auto Club Speedway in California, with Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds and Mike Joy in the booth; Chris Myers, Jeff Hammond and Phil Parsons in the Hollywood Hotel and Krista Voda, Dr. Dick Berggren and Matt Yocum in the pits. .(SPEEDtv PR)(2-18-2009)
