IRL and Champ Car TV Ratings

UPDATE #3 The final TV rating for the Cleveland Champ Car race on CBS was a 0.6/2 share. This is the first time Champ Car has gone head-to-head with the IRL on network TV and with almost double the viewers watching (1.1/3 share), round one goes to the IRL by a landslide as a result of its focus on the drivers being the most important thing to showcase and promote.

If you could put the ratings they both got together, they'd have a decent start at a 1.7 or so, and the opportunity to build it into the 2's in a fairly short amount of time. All those sponsor-less entries they subsidize need to go by the wayside, they need sponsors who can build the series.

06/28/07 The final IRL TV rating on ABC for Iowa was a 1.1.

06/25/07 The overnight TV rating for the Cleveland Champ Car race on CBS was a 0.7/2 share. In Columbus, Ohio both races had a local 1.7 overnight rating. Both races were live in the same time slot.

06/25/07 The overnight TV rating for the Iowa IRL Ethanol Indy 250 race on ABC Sunday was a 1.2/3 share, which is fairly good compared to recent ratings, but will it hold when the finals come in. The CBS overnight rating for the Champ Car race in Cleveland is not yet available.