UPDATE: Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Richmond (Va.) averaged a 2.0 rating and 3.32 million viewers on FOX, marking the highest rating and viewership for any race at the venue since 2017 (2.9, 4.58M). Ratings increased 18% and viewership 19% from the last time the spring race was run in 2019 (1.7, 2.79M).
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ORIGINAL POST 4-20-2021: Fox earns a 2.0 racing with 3.3 million viewers for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.
Richmond did not host a Spring race in 2020 due to COVID.
The ratings are up over 2019’s race, which was held on Saturday night.
.@FoxTV earned a 2.0 rating and 3.315 million viewers for Sunday's @Toyota Owners 400, up from a 1.73 rating and 2.787M viewers for the 2019 race, though that was on a Saturday night, and flat from 2018.
➖ The race was the most-watched sporting event of the weekend in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/ZWmZap7P2i
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 20, 2021