Postponed a day due to rain, NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Bristol earned a 1.5 final rating and 2.7 million viewers on CNBC Sunday afternoon. Last year’s race had a 2.1 and 3.6 million run as scheduled on a Saturday night. Viewership easily topped the season’s previous postponed races – both at Pocono – which earned 1.4 and 1.7 million on Monday afternoons. The previous night, 23 minutes of live racing had 2.5 million on NBCSN.(Sports Media Watch and ShowBuzz Daily ), see race-by-race TV Ratings for 2016 and a comparison chart on the 2016 TV Ratings page.
