Sonoma race last weekend’s highest-rated sporting event on television
Quote selected text Published June 29th, 2007 in NASCAR News
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway was the highest-rated televised sporting event last weekend nationwide.
The event earned a 4.7 rating on TNT, with the next closest sporting event being a Major League Baseball game on FOX (2.8). The pre-race show on TNT netted a 2.7 rating, and NASCAR on TNT Live (prior to pre-race) garnered a 1.8 rating.
Moreover, it was the highest-rated NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race broadcast on TNT this year, and the 4.7 rating was also better than the average rating for a NEXTEL Cup race that aired on TNT during the 2006 season (4.5).
One rating point equals one-percent of all U.S. households. All data used were obtained from Nielsen Media Research.
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Racing in ovals is BORING. Unless it is dirt, it takes no talent.
takes no talent is a little overboard.
as exciting as road racing? no, of course not… but it still takes skill
Everyone watched the race, to see if Gordon
could come to the front, from 41st place.
Not because, JPM was racing. We all know the
dodges, use more fuel,—-as Harvick was told
to save fuel—go figure.
Does anyone know, why a full course yellow,
for debris on the track, in one turn? Why
so many caution laps to pick that one peice
of debris?