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NASCAR TV Ratings

Cup and Xfinity Series Gain Viewership Across NBC Sports in 2021: UPDATE

Cup and Xfinity Series Gain Viewership Across NBC Sports in 2021: UPDATE

November 12, 2021
UPDATE: NASCAR finished the '21 season with the Cup Series averaging 2.93 million viewers across Fox Sports and NBC Sports channels, which is down from the past two seasons, but that is largely due to a weather-impacted, record-low Daytona 500 this season. Removing

Phoenix TV Ratings

Phoenix TV Ratings

November 9, 2021
NBC earned a 1.95 rating and 3.214 million viewers for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series championship race at Phoenix, up from a 1.87 rating and 3.063 million last year.  https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1458087827615404038

Martinsville TV Ratings

Martinsville TV Ratings

November 2, 2021
On Sunday, NBC earned a 1.61 rating with 2.627 million viewers for Sunday's Xfinity 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway

Kansas TV Ratings UPDATE

Kansas TV Ratings UPDATE

October 28, 2021
UPDATE: The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs from Kansas averaged a 1.3 rating and 2.11 million viewers on NBCSN last Sunday, the lowest for the fall edition of the race since at least 2000 and 2001, respectively. Ratings and viewership fell 16% from last year (1.5, 2.51M

Texas TV Ratings

Texas TV Ratings

October 20, 2021
NASCAR was back on broadcast TV again this week with a pair of national series races on NBC at Texas Motor Speedway

Charlotte TV Ratings

Charlotte TV Ratings

October 16, 2021
Last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Charlotte “Roval” averaged a 1.6 rating and 2.55 million viewers on NBC, down a tick in ratings and 8% in viewership from last year (1.7, 2.78M) and down 11% and 16% respectively from 2019 (1.8, 3.02M). While the lowest rated and least

Talladega TV Ratings UPDATE

Talladega TV Ratings UPDATE

October 8, 2021
UPDATE: Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series makeup race at Talladega, won by Bubba Wallace, averaged 1.16 million viewers on NBCSN — down 25% from the last time the fall race was run on a Monday two years ago (1.54M). Last year’s “spring” Talladega race, which ran on a Monday

Las Vegas TV Ratings UPDATE

Las Vegas TV Ratings UPDATE

September 29, 2021
UPDATE: The NASCAR Cup Series playoffs from Las Vegas (Nev.) averaged a 1.2 rating and 2.10 million viewers on NBCSN, flat in ratings and up 6% in viewership from last year (1.2, 1.97M), but down 15% and 12% from 2019 (1.4, 2.38M

Las Vegas Truck Series TV ratings

Las Vegas Truck Series TV ratings

September 28, 2021
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from Las Vegas delivered 462,000 viewers Friday night on FS1. Viewership was up +18% from the 2020 Las Vegas race (392,000

Bristol TV Ratings

Bristol TV Ratings

September 21, 2021
Last Saturday night's Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway earned a 1.20 rating and 2.20 million viewers on NBCSN

Richmond TV Ratings

Richmond TV Ratings

September 16, 2021
Last Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race from Richmond (Va.) averaged a 1.1 rating and 1.78 million viewers on NBCSN, narrowly marking the largest audience of the race since 2017 (2.14M). Viewership increased 3% from last year (1.74M), a fraction of a percent

Darlington TV ratings UPDATE

Darlington TV ratings UPDATE

September 10, 2021
UPDATE: The NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener from Darlington (S.C.) averaged a 1.4 rating and 2.46 million viewers on NBCSN last Sunday evening, marking the largest audience of the first race of the playoffs since Chicagoland in 2016 (2.69M

Daytona TV Ratings

Daytona TV Ratings

August 31, 2021
On Saturday evening, NBC earned a 2.25 rating with 3.928 million viewers for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. That's a slight increase in viewership, but down just a tick in overall rating form the 2020 race

Gateway TV Ratings

Gateway TV Ratings

August 25, 2021
NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series paired with IndyCar at WWTR, and averaged a 0.21/374,000 viewers Friday night on FS1. Last year’s race ran on the Sunday and averaged a 0.29/434,000 on FS1, but this year’s numbers beat the same weekend two years ago, when the Trucks

Michigan TV Ratings

Michigan TV Ratings

August 24, 2021
UPDATE: Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Michigan averaged a 1.5 rating and 2.51 million viewers on NBCSN, up a tick in ratings and 5% in viewership from last year (1.4, 2.37M) but down 17% and 14% respectively from 2019 (1.8, 2.90M). Keep in mind that last year

Indianapolis TV ratings

Indianapolis TV ratings

August 17, 2021
Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from the Brickyard road course averaged a 1.8 rating and 2.83 million viewers on NBC, marking the lowest rated and least-watched Cup Series race from the Brickyard on record (excludes rainouts). Prior to this year, NASCAR raced on the

Watkins Glen TV Ratings

Watkins Glen TV Ratings

August 10, 2021
UPDATE:Last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Watkins Glen (N.Y.) averaged a 1.25 rating and 2.12 million viewers on NBCSN, down 25% in ratings and 22% in viewership from the last time it was held in 2019 (1.7, 2.72M). Excluding rainouts, it was the lowest rated

New Hampshire TV ratings

New Hampshire TV ratings

July 20, 2021
UPDATE: The rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race from New Hampshire averaged a 1.3 rating and 2.11 million viewers on NBCSN, down a tick in ratings and 5% in viewership from last year’s August race (1.4, 2.21M) and down 24% in both measures from 2019 (1.7, 2.79M). Excluding

Atlanta and Knoxville TV Ratings

Atlanta and Knoxville TV Ratings

July 13, 2021
Adam Stern has reported that the NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was watched by 2.513 million people

Road America TV ratings

Road America TV ratings

July 7, 2021
Adam Stern reports that over 3 million viewers tuned into Road America on Sunday, which aired on NBC

Pocono TV Ratings UPDATE

Pocono TV Ratings UPDATE

June 29, 2021
UPDATE:Race two of the NASCAR Cup Series doubleheader at Pocono averaged a 1.5 rating and 2.45 million viewers on NBCSN Sunday afternoon, down a tick in ratings and 8% in viewership from last year on FS1 (1.6, 2.66M). Race one on Saturday had just a 0.9 and 1.45 million

Nashville TV Ratings

Nashville TV Ratings

June 22, 2021
UPDATE: NBC Sports’ coverage of the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series’ return to Nashville and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES at Road America delivered viewership milestones on Saturday and Sunday on NBCSN

All-Star, Texas TV ratings

All-Star, Texas TV ratings

June 15, 2021
Fox Sports 1 earned a 1.64 rating with 2.735 million viewers for Sunday night's NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway, up 12% from 2019 and the best for the exhibition event since 2017

Fox Sports TV ratings down slightly over 2019

Fox Sports TV ratings down slightly over 2019

June 10, 2021
Fox Sports averaged 3.457 million viewers for NASCAR Cup Series points races this year, down 7% from '19 but a mark that NASCAR execs are still relatively encouraged by given the circumstances. T

Sonoma TV ratings

Sonoma TV ratings

June 8, 2021
FS1 earned a 1.49 rating and 2.494 million viewers during Sunday's race from Sonoma Raceway. The race was down in ratings, but up in viewership from the previous race at Sonoma in 2019 (2020 race was canceled due to COVID-19