Final weekend TV Ratings
The final TV ratings from last weekend are in. While NASCAR’s Cup and Xfinity races saw an uptick in TV ratings from Dover, IndyCar suffered a massive drop in TV rating – the lowest Indy 500 TV rating ever – leaving IndyCar and NBC licking their wounds.
Finishing the Indy 500 race under caution, instead of red-flagging it and giving the fans an exciting 3-lap shootout for the win, undoubtedly left the hardcore fans disappointed as hell (how many smashed their TV screen – above?), and the channel surfers mumbling that they’re never watching an IndyCar race again.
| Network | Event | Location | Total Viewers | 18-49 Viewers | 2020 TV Rating | 2019 TV Rating | % Chg |
| NBC | Indy 500 Race L | Indianapolis | 3,669,000 | 653,000 | 2.26 | 3.44 | -34.3% |
| NBCSN | NASCAR Cup Race L | Dover 2 | 1,946,000 | 376,000 | 1.19 | 1.13 | +5.3% |
| NBCSN | NASCAR Cup Race L | Dover 1 | 1,771,000 | 309,000 | 1.11 | 0.96 | +15.6% |
| NBCSN | NASCAR Xfinity Race L | Dover 1 | 827,000 | 124,000 | 0.55 | 0.51 | +7.8% |
| NBCSN | NASCAR Xfinity Race L | Dover 2 | 807,000 | 151,000 | 0.52 | 0.58 | -10.3% |
| NBC | AMA MotoCross | Loretta Lynn | 470,000 | 127,000 | 0.36 | – | – |
| FS1 | NASCAR Truck Race L | Dover | 312,000 | 81,000 | 0.20 | 0.22 | -9.1% |
| NBCSN | IMSA Race L | VIR | 290,000 | 87,000 | 0.17 | – | – |