TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Viewers/TV Ratings

Fox TV got 2.841 million TV Viewers for the NASCAR Cup race at Phoenix Raceway last Sunday, up 19% from 2.389 million last year but htat race was on FS1. The race peaked at 3.516 million viewers between 7:00 and 7:15 pm ET.

Fox TV got 1.247 million viewers for Saturday’s NTT IndyCar Series race Phoenix Raceway, down 6.6% from the 1.335 million TV viewers that tuned in for the season opening in St. Petersburg, FL the previous weekend. The race peaked at 1.468 million viewers from 5:00 to 5:14pm ET.  The viewership was up 391% from the last Phoenix IndyCar (254,000) in 2018 on the NBC Sports Network.

As of March 10, 2026, Apple has not published official viewership numbers for its first Formula 1 broadcast – the Australian GP. This is standard for Apple, which has historically kept specific audience data for its sports properties, like MLS Season Pass, private. We will update this article if Apple puts out some numbers.