IndyCar TV Rating

[Don]

From MotorSports.com

2. Texas race garners record rating: The Bombardier Learjet 550k, won by Scott Dixon on June 7, ranks as the highest-rated and most-viewed IndyCar Series race broadcast in ESPN2 history.

The broadcast earned a 1.0 rating and reached 939,160 households to make it the most successful ever on ESPN2, surpassing the .85 rating for this year's season-opening race at Homestead-Miami that previously occupied the top spot.

The Bombardier Learjet 550k also was the second most-viewed IndyCar Series race in ESPN and ESPN2 history, trailing only the 2005 event at Kansas Speedway. That race drew a 1.05 rating and attracted 970,450 households on ESPN.

The 1.0 rating for the Bombardier Learjet 550k represents a 44 percent increase over last year's race that drew a 0.7 rating and reached 639,952 households.

[Ron61]

I watched some of that race. I think since the Indy and CART leagues got back together, the racing is better and less political. Maybe now they can concentrate on racing and not trying to put each other out of business.

Ron