Final Phoenix ratings down 8.3 percent for Cup race
By SceneDaily Staff
Saturday, November 21, 2009
ESPN reported that ABC’s live coverage of last Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway earned a final national household rating of 3.3, down 8.3 percent from the 3.6 earned for the portion of last year’s race that aired on ABC (that race ended on ESPN2). The telecast averaged 5,172,384 viewers.
The Nationwide Series' final national household coverage rating was 1.1, down from the 1.3 rating earned for last year’s race that also aired on ESPN2, the network said.
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beefjurski said:
Nov 21, 2009 at 2:09 PMthat race could be more boring than California races. 4 cautions? 2 of them mystery debris and the other 2 from Junior's lack of skill right after a restart. If there was no imaginary debris that race could have gone caution free.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkeith308 said:
Nov 21, 2009 at 4:31 PMNascar likes to keep the races close and in the process keep everyone from falling asleep.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgroveroak said:
Nov 21, 2009 at 7:30 PM#1 with all that said, IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN BORN THIS WOULD BE A BETTER WORLD,O'WELL YOU WIN SOME AND THE REST ARE CALLED BY FANTHOM DEBRIS.
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Nov 21, 2009 at 10:53 PMWonder when NASCAR will start listening to fans and stop the bleeding?
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