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Kentucky truck race keeps rating streak alive:

According to Nielsen Media Research, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Kentucky on Thursday night on SPEED scored a Household Rating of .66, up 22 percent from last year’s race on the same weekend (Iowa, .54), marking the seventh consecutive NCWTS race to show a year-to-year ratings increase (Texas +9%, Kansas +28%, Martinsville +4%, Nashville +18%, Dover +26%, and Charlotte +42%). So far this season, The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is pacing up +6% in HHs (0.94 vs. 0.89) compared with events during equivalent dates last season.(Speedtv PR)(7-9-2011)