TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings
USA Motorsports TV Ratings from this past weekend – NASCAR was in Texas and the NHRA was 4-Wide in Las Vegas
–by Mark Cipolloni–
TV Rating Analysis
NASCAR
NASCAR Cup Series racing from Texas averaged a 1.3 and 2.31 million on FS1 — flat in TV Rating and up 4% in viewership from Martinsville on the same weekend last year (1.3, 2.22M).
Last year’s Texas race aired in September opposite the NFL and averaged a 1.2 TV Rating and 2.00 million on the USA Network.
NHRA
NASCAR led into tape-delayed NHRA which got a big bump up in ratings as a result – a 0.33 TV Rating and 574,000 viewers.
TV Rating Data
| Network | Event | Location | Total Viewers |
18-49 Viewers |
Ratio: 18-49 Yr Old/ Total Viewers |
2024 Rating |
2023 Rating |
Rating % Chg. |
2023 Network |
2023 Viewers |
2023 18-49 Viewers |
Total Viewers % Chg |
18-49 Viewers % Chg |
| FS1 | NASCAR Cup Race | Texas | 2,310,000 | 447,000 | 19% | 1.30 | 1.20 | 8.33% | USA | 2,000,000 | 291,000 | 15.50% | 53.61% |
| FS1 | NASCAR Xfinity race | Texas | 803,000 | 142,000 | 18% | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.00% | USA | 828,000 | 112,000 | -3.02% | 26.79% |
| FS1 | NHRA Finals | Las Vegas | 574,000 | 93,000 | 16% | 0.33 | 0.17 | 94.12% | FS1 | 254,000 | 35,000 | 125.98% | 165.71% |
| FS1 | NASCAR Truck Race | Texas | 503,000 | 60,000 | 12% | 0.27 | 0.37 | -27.03% | FS1 | 644,000 | 143,000 | -21.89% | -58.04% |