Overnight NASCAR New Hampshire TV Rating plummets

UPDATE ABC's live telecast of the Sept. 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway earned a final national household rating of 3.2, averaging 5,044,391 viewers and up from the 2.5 overnight rating revealed on Monday. The race was the first event of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. The final rating was down from the 3.8 rating for last year's race, which also aired on ABC. The race earned a 3.3 rating in 2007, also airing on ABC. ESPN PR

09/21/09 ABC’s broadcast of Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway earned a 2.5 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research, Street and Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports. The rating is 21.9 percent lower than the 3.2 ABC earned overnight for the race in 2008.