Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicago Street Race averaged 1.14 million viewers on CW, down 35% from last year on NBC. Though down sharply overall, CW said viewership was up 51 percent on the Chicago CW affiliate WGN compared to last year on NBC affiliate WMAQ.
Shane Van Gisbergen’s win, which peaked with 1.3 million in the 6:30 PM ET quarter-hour, ranks seventh for the season among races on CW.