TV ratings for Charlotte Cup race

UPDATE ESPN says ABC’s broadcast of Saturday night’s NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway earned a final national household rating of 3.5, down 7.9 percent from 3.8 for last year’s race. The race averaged 5.485 million viewers.

ESPN2’s coverage of Friday night’s Dollar General 300 earned a final national household coverage rating of 1.4, averaging 1.712 million viewers. The figure was up 27.3 percent from the 1.1 for last year’s rain-delayed race.

10/19/09 ABC’s broadcast of Saturday night’s NASCAR Banking 500 Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway earned a 3.0 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports.

The rating from the nation’s largest television markets is 14.3 percent lower than the 3.5 ABC earned for 2008 fall race in Charlotte, which was run a week earlier than this year.