UPDATE: Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Pocono averaged a 1.7 rating and 2.71 million viewers on NBCSN, flat in ratings and down 2% in viewership from last year (1.7, 2.75M), and down 23% and 26% respectively from 2017 (2.2, 3.67M).
NASCAR easily topped the competing IndyCar Series race from Mid-Ohio on the NBC broadcast network, which had a 0.47 and 670,000. Still, the IndyCar race provided stronger competition than a year ago, when live coverage aired on CNBC.
Even with the lower numbers, Sunday’s race was the highest rated and most-watched sporting event of the weekend — the first time NASCAR has taken top honors since Phoenix on March 10. It ranked second in adults 18-49, trailing the Yankees-Red Sox Sunday Night Baseball game (0.50 to 0.36).
ORIGINAL POST: NBCSN’s coverage of Sunday’s Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway earned a 1.6 overnight rating, down from 2018.
.@NBCSN earned a 1.6 overnight for yesterday's @GanderRV 400 @PoconoRaceway, down from a 1.8 for last year's race.
➖ NASCAR yesterday went head-to-head vs. IndyCar @Mid_Ohio, which was on @NBC this year versus @CNBC in '18.
➖ Both Pocono Cup events in '19 saw overnight drops. pic.twitter.com/NmCr0oZVxJ
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) July 29, 2019
AND:
.@NBC earned a 0.6 overnight rating for yesterday's NTT IndyCar Series @Honda 200 @Mid_Ohio.
➖ No direct comparison to last year's race as it was live on @CNBC, where it got a 0.1, and tape-delayed later on @NBCSN, where it got a 0.4. pic.twitter.com/C2i4owrYhm
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) July 29, 2019