NASCAR Phoenix TV rating

UPDATE The final rating for the Phoenix broadcast was a 5.0/10 share, up significantly from the overnight of 4.0. The 5.0 was up slightly from last year's final rating of 4.9. The rating is 2% lower than the 5.1 NBC drew for last year's ninth race in the Chase For The Nextel Cup, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. 11/15/05 NBC's broadcast of Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway earned an overnight rating of 4.0 from Nielsen Media Research and a 7 share in the nation's largest television markets, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily reports. The overnight rating is 13% lower than the 4.6 NBC drew overnight for last year's 35th Nextel Cup race, which was the Mountain Dew Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway. The Nov. 7, 2004, race at Phoenix, which was last year's 34th race, drew a 4.3 overnight rating. NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter