UPDATE:The inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race from Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Tex.) averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.36 million viewers on FS1 last Sunday, the least-watched race of the season (second-least watched including a Sunday make-up race at Martinsville in April). Ratings fell a tick and viewership 3% from the previous week’s race at Dover (1.5, 2.43M).
The Xfinity Series race there had a 0.58 and 947,000.
—- Sports Media Watch —
ORIGINAL POST 5-25-2021: FoxSports 1 earned a 1.44 rating with 2.362 million viewers for Sunday’s Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas.
FS1 was the most-view channel on cable.
There is no comparison rating since this was the first race at COTA.
.@FS1 earned a 1.44 rating and 2.362 million viewers for Sunday's inaugural @EchoPark Texas Grand Prix @COTA, good enough to make the channel the most viewed cable network during the event.
➖ The @PGA Championship final round on CBS won the weekend with 6.58 million viewers. pic.twitter.com/LER1XkqyW6
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) May 25, 2021