ESPN's Indy Cup ratings down 5.9 percent
By SceneDaily Staff |
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:00 AM EDT
ESPN officials said ratings from the telecast of the Allstate 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was down 5.9 percent from last year’s race, though it was the highest-rated race on cable this season.
Sunday’s race received a rating of 4.8, down from the 5.1 of 2008.
ESPN said the race had an average viewership of 6,487,450 for the second most-viewed Cup race ever on ESPN, exceeded only by last year’s Indianapolis race 6,667,729.
