ABC’s overnight Talladega Sprint Cup TV ratings slip 4.8 percent
By SceneDaily Staff
Monday, October 06, 2008
ABC’s broadcast of Sunday’s Amp Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway earned a 4.0 overnight rating from Nielsen Media Research, Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily reports.
The rating is 4.8 percent lower than the 4.2 the Cup race earned overnight on ABC in 2007.
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bud balch said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 5:50 PMWhy wouldn't the rating drop the race was awful!!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbill thompson said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 6:25 PMpeople want racing not follow the leader. get rid of restrictor plates and restrict gear ratios
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkahnefan said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:00 PMI don't know what race you were watching, we had a record number of leaders(28), and more than 50 lead changes. Follow the leader, psh, this was no such race. It was excellent!!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMark Ernst said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 7:24 PMI thought it was the best race weve had all
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» Confirm Abuse ReportNancy Hall said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:04 PMThe ratings are down because ESPN on ABC are the worst. I listen to the race on the radio, listen to Matt Kenseth on pit comand while watching the TV brodcast.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportphyllis hamilton said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:25 PMI went to the race and it was fantastic,the network carrying the races are the worst.Dale Jr. should have won, but Carl was playing another video game.We are going back to Dega next year. If you did not watch the race , you missed a good one.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbill thompson said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 8:45 PMkahnefan you missed the point, give back throttle response restrict speed with gear ratio. the pack will no longer be one clump of follow the leader,the cars will be more spread out so the big one won't take out a third or more of the fieldevery time. give the race back to the drivers. we should not have to watch the best drivers hang out at the back instead of racing just to miss the BIG ONE. apparently you don't race. i do and thats not RACING!!!!!!!!!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportPam Smith said:
Oct 6, 2008 at 9:23 PMESPN and ABC suck for NASCAR reporting, FOX is the only one that broadcast the race with people who understand it, the rest are trained monkeys running around in their cutie suits trying to act like they know whats happening. No wonder Smoke has such a dislike for ESPN. DANNY
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» Confirm Abuse Reportchris welch said:
Oct 7, 2008 at 1:03 AMESPN in the 90's was the best covering NASCAR, but now they try to make it too dramatic, commercial and dumb it down. you can thank allen bestwick for that. im so glad he isnt the lead analyst anymore.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportRichard Clower said:
Oct 7, 2008 at 9:04 AMIt was a very good race. My guy Sorenson in the 41 even led a couple laps.
Report as AbuseSpeed Channel has the best nascar coverage by far, except for Jimmy Spencer, he gets on my nerves!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportKelly W said:
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:09 AMIm actually suprised people are still tuning in. This latest result has shown (again) what a joke Nascar has become. Congrats to France Jr for turning this one awesome sport to a laughable spectator event-like wrestling. Once Gordon retires I won't ever have to visit a Nascar site again.
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