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NASCAR TV Ratings Most watched sporting events of 2020 Most watched sporting events of 2020 January 1, 2021 In a year that featured two full months without live sports — followed by an unprecedented crush of competing events — the NFL asserted its dominance as other leagues hit historic lows NBC Sports NASCAR viewership in 2020 matches 2019 NBC Sports NASCAR viewership in 2020 matches 2019 November 10, 2020 Despite the season being significantly affected by COVID-19 – including a number of rescheduled races and limited fan attendance – NBC Sports’ 2020 coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series matched its viewership numbers from the 2019 campaign, headlined by a 3% viewership Phoenix TV ratings Phoenix TV ratings Sunday’s telecast of the NASCAR Cup Series finale on NBC averaged a 1.87 Nielsen National rating and 3.063 million viewers. That was a solid increase over the 1.63/2.6m that watched this race last year when it served as the penultimate round, although down from a 2 Martinsville TV ratings UPDATE Martinsville TV ratings UPDATE November 6, 2020 UPDATE: Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Martinsville (Va.) averaged a 1.65 rating and 2.72 million viewers on NBC, marking the most-watched fall race at the track since 2017 (2.78M). Ratings increased 20% and viewership 21% from last year, when the Kansas TV ratings Kansas TV ratings October 21, 2020 Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series round from Kansas averaged a 1.52 Nielsen rating and 2.5 million viewers on NBC. It was the third week in a row for Cup on NBC and the third straight drop, down from a 1.68/2.8m for Charlotte and 1.92/3.1m for Talladega. Last year Charlotte TV ratings UPDATE Charlotte TV ratings UPDATE October 15, 2020 UPDATE: Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race on the Charlotte Roval averaged a 1.7 rating and 2.78 million viewers on NBC, marking the lowest rated race at the track since at least 1999 and the least-watched since at least 2001. Ratings fell a tick and viewership Talladega TV ratings Talladega TV ratings October 7, 2020 The NASCAR Cup Series’ fall race at Talladega averaged a 1.92 Nielsen National rating and 3.1 million viewers Sunday afternoon on NBC TV ratings for all sports struggling since return TV ratings for all sports struggling since return October 5, 2020 As COVID-19 pushed spring and summer events to late summer and fall, there was excitement around the idea of the jam-packed sports schedule. That slate seems to have posed a dilemma to many viewers in picking what to watch Las Vegas TV ratings Las Vegas TV ratings October 1, 2020 UPDATE: Facing not only Sunday Night Football but the NBA Playoffs as well, NASCAR Las Vegas ratings sank double-digits from last year Bristol TV ratings Bristol TV ratings September 22, 2020 NASCAR’s return to Bristol averaged a 1.24 national Nielsen rating and 2.1 million viewers for the Cup Series race at Bristol Saturday night on NBCSN. That’s an improvement on the previous week’s Saturday night race at Richmond (1.05/1.07m) on the same network, but Richmond TV ratings Richmond TV ratings September 18, 2020 Last Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race from Richmond (Va.) averaged a 1.05 rating and 1.74 million viewers on NBCSN, marking the least-watched race at the track since at least 2001. Ratings were flat and viewership down just 2% from last year (1.05, 1.78M Darlington TV ratings UPDATE Darlington TV ratings UPDATE September 11, 2020 UPDATE: Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Darlington (SC) averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.43 million viewers on NBCSN, up 27% in ratings and 31% in viewership from last year’s race, which began after 10 PM ET due to rain (1.1, 1.86M) but down a tick and 9 Daytona TV ratings UPDATE Daytona TV ratings UPDATE September 3, 2020 UPDATE: Last Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona averaged a 2.4 rating and 3.87 million viewers on NBC, marking the lowest rated edition of the race formerly known as the Firecracker 400 since at least 1997 and the least-watched since at least 2000 (excluding Dover TV ratings UPDATE Dover TV ratings UPDATE August 26, 2020 UPDATE: Sunday’s race two of the NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Dover averaged a 1.2 rating and 1.95 million viewers on NBCSN, up a tick in ratings and 7% in viewership from last year, when the race aired opposite NFL games (1.1, 1.83M). This year’s race overlapped Daytona TV ratings UPDATE Daytona TV ratings UPDATE August 19, 2020 UPDATE: Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Daytona road race averaged a 2.0 rating and 3.24 million viewers on NBC, marking the lowest rated race at Daytona since at least 1997 and the least-watched since at least 2000, including makeup races Michigan TV ratings Michigan TV ratings August 11, 2020 NASCAR ratings were on the low side at Michigan New Hampshire TV ratings New Hampshire TV ratings August 4, 2020 NASCAR ratings took a hit on the fullest sports weekend since March NASCAR still interested in mid-week races NASCAR still interested in mid-week races July 29, 2020 Despite generally lower ratings, Sports Business Journal's Adam Stern reports that NASCAR President Steve Phelps says the industry has not seen the last of mid-week races Kansas TV ratings Kansas TV ratings July 25, 2020 Thursday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Kansas averaged a 0.9 rating and 1.47 million viewers on NBCSN, marking the least-watched Cup race on any network since at least 2001. The previous low was 1.51 million for another midweek race this season, Charlotte on FS1 in Texas TV ratings Texas TV ratings July 21, 2020 Despite record-lows, ratings and viewership held up OK for NASCAR at Texas All-Star Race TV ratings All-Star Race TV ratings July 17, 2020 Wednesday’s NASCAR All-Star Race averaged 2.08 million viewers on FS1, the smallest audience for the event since at least 2003. Viewership fell 15% from last year (2.44M) and 16% from 2018 (2.47M), when the race took place as scheduled on a Saturday in May Kentucky TV ratings UPDATE Kentucky TV ratings UPDATE July 14, 2020 UPDATE: For a second-straight weekend, NASCAR ratings increased by double-digits over last year Indianapolis TV ratings Indianapolis TV ratings July 6, 2020 UPDATE: NBC Sports’ first NASCAR Cup Series race of the 2020 season produced significant viewership gains from 2019, as the Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records at Indianapolis Motor Speedway averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 4.370 Indianapolis XFINITY TV ratings Indianapolis XFINITY TV ratings July 5, 2020 NBC earned a 1.1 rating with 1.692 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1279873404628320258 NASCAR with several events in the top 50 most watch sporting events of 2020 NASCAR with several events in the top 50 most watch sporting events of 2020 July 2, 2020 With football season largely unaffected by world events, the pro and college game accounted for the 18 most-watched sports programs of the year thus far, led by Super Bowl 54 (Chiefs-49ers: 41.6, 100.45M). 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