Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Bristol (Tenn.) averaged a 1.1 rating and 2.05 million viewers on FS1, down sharply from last year’s Bristol race, which aired on the FOX broadcast network in mid-March (2.1, 3.81M). Versus the race on the equivalent weekend last year — Texas on FS1 — ratings fell 18% and viewership 13% from a 1.3 and 2.4 million.
The NASCAR race on FS1 outdrew the competing IndyCar race on FOX, which drew 552,000.