NASCAR’s overnight TV ratings were down for the fifth consecutive week on Sunday for the Auto Club 400. According to Sports Media Watch, the Auto Club Speedway event scored a 3.5 rating. This is down 13 percent from the 4.0 rating the previous two years scored. It marks the lowest rating for the race since …
TV ratings declined for the fourth consecutive week on Sunday for the Good Sam 500 from Phoenix International Raceway. The race scored a 3.6 overnight rating, which is down five percent from last year’s 3.8 rating, according to Sports Media Watch. While it was another drop in the ratings, the declines for the past two …
Overnight ratings fell slightly for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 on FOX from a year ago, coming in at a 4.1 compared to a 4.3 rating in 2015. Sports Media Watch reports that the ratings are down 5 percent from the Las Vegas race a year ago, but even with the 2014 numbers. Following a 16 percent …
Joe Gibbs Racing announced today Juniper Networks will partner with Daniel Suarez for eight races in 2016. The networking equipment company will serve as the primary sponsor for the No. 19 beginning this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. Video of the new car was posted to the company’s Twitter page. We're headed to Phoenix with …
After appealing NASCAR’s penalty following a second roof flap violation in Atlanta, Furniture Row Racing announced today it has dropped the appeal. Crew chief Cole Pearn will serve his one-race suspension this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. Pearn was placed on probation following the initial roof flap violation during Daytona 500 qualifying, but NASCAR dropped the …
Roush Fenway Racing announced this morning that SunnyD — also known as Sunny Delight — will sponsor Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in four Sprint Cup Series events and one XFINITY Series race this season. The brand will first serve as the primary sponsor at Dover International Speedway for the AAA 400 Drive for Autism in May. Stenhouse …
Regular NASCAR XFINITY Series competitor Joey Gase announced today that he will make his first Sprint Cup Series start of the season next weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. Gase will pilot the No. 32 car for Go FAS Racing that he previously drove in each of his eight career Sprint Cup Series starts. The 23-year-old first drove …
Sunday’s Daytona 500 was one of the most anticipated runnings of the Great American Race in years. Too bad the TV ratings didn’t quite get the memo. The race drew a 6.1 overnight rating, a relatively low number compared to what was expected. It is down 16 percent from the race a year ago that pulled …
After Brian Vickers filled in for the injured Tony Stewart in the season-opening Daytona 500, Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed the substitutes for the next two events in the team’s No. 14. Ty Dillon will climb behind the wheel of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet this Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Vickers will return …
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