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TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings

USA Motorsports TV ratings for this past weekend for NASCAR at Watkins Glen, NHRA at Brainerd and SRX at Lucas Oil Speedway.

-–by Mark Cipolloni–-

Rating Analysis

NASCAR Cup: The NASCAR Cup race on the USA Network from Watkins Glen won by William Byron drew a 1.3 TV Rating, down 12.75% from a 1.49 last year. Viewership was down 9.87%, 2.310 million, down from 2.563 million in 2022. Only 17% of the fans tuned in to watch were in the all-important 18-49 year-old age group

NASCAR Xfinity: The NASCAR Xfinity race on the USA Network from Watkins Glen, drew a 0.6 TV Rating, down 9% from a 0.66 last year on USA. Viewership was down 6.75%, 0.981 million, down from 1.052 million. Only 22% of the fans tuned in to watch were in the all-important 18-49 year-old age group

NHRA: The NHRA Lucas Oil Finals on FOX from Brainerd drew a 0.4 TV Rating, down 24% from a 0.53 last year, also on FOX. Viewership was down 9%, 0.666 million, down from 0.735 million. Only 17% of the fans tuned in to watch were in the all-important 18-49 year-old age group

Weekend TV Rating Data

Network Event Location Total
Viewers
18-49
Viewers
Ratio:
18-49 Yr Old/
Total Viewers
2023
Rating
2022
Rating
Rating
% Chg.
2022
Network
2022
Viewers
2022
18-49
Viewers
Total
Viewers
% Chg
18-49
Viewers
% Chg
USA NASCAR Cup race Watkins Glen 2,310,000 403,000 17% 1.30 1.49 -12.75% USA 2,563,000 546,000 -9.87% -26.19%
USA NASCAR Xfinity race Watkins Glen 981,000 215,000 22% 0.60 0.66 -9.09% USA 1,052,000 208,000 -6.75% 3.37%
FOX NHRA Finals Brainerd 666,000 115,000 17% 0.40 0.53 -24.53% FOX 735,000 161,000 -9.39% -28.57%
ESPN SRX Series Race Lucas Oil Speedway 589,000 160,000 27% 0.30 No race at Lucas Oil Speedway in 2022