NASCAR Richmond TV Rating

UPDATE ABC earned a 3.7 final Nielsen rating and 6.167 million viewers for last Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Wonderful Pistachios 400 from Richmond Int’l Raceway, which was the final race before the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Those figures are up 19.4% and 16.6%, respectively, from the same race last year. Heading into the Chase, Sprint Cup telecasts (excluding rainouts) across Fox, TNT, ESPN and ABC have averaged a 4.2 rating and 7.052 million viewers, up 7.7% and 9.6%, respectively, from a 3.9 rating and 6.432 million viewers at the same point last year.

09/14/11 ABC's live telecast of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night, Sept. 10, saw a 19% rise in ratings from last year's race along with a 17% rise in viewership, according to the Nielsen Company. The telecast earned a 3.7 rating, up from a 3.1 for last year's race that also aired on ABC, and averaged 6,167,000 viewers. ESPN PR