NASCAR Talladega TV Rating

UPDATE ABC's live coverage of Talladega's AMP 500 Sunday Nov. 1 earned a final national household rating of 4.2, considerably lower than the race drew the last two seasons. Though the 4.2 was the highest rating among the seven championship chase races this season, it was below the 4.6 the event earned in 2008 and 2007. ABC says Sunday's 500 averaged 6,627,058 viewers. The fall Talladega race is typically the highest-rated of the 10 playoff races.

11/02/09 The overnight NASCAR Sprint Cup Amp Energy 500 on ABC Sunday earned a 3.8 overnight TV rating, down 5% from last year's 4.0 overnight rating, also on ABC.