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Talladega posts best ratings of Chase, still down nearly 9 percent
By SceneDaily Staff
Thursday, November 05, 2009
ESPN reports ABC’s live coverage of the Amp Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway earned a final national household rating of 4.2, the highest rating so far among the seven races in the Chase For The Sprint Cup.
The rating is down 8.7 percent from the race's 4.6 rating in 2007 and 2008. The telecast averaged 6,627,058 viewers.
The Talladega race was moved from the fourth race in the Chase (typically in early October) to the seventh this year.
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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beefjurski said:
Nov 5, 2009 at 7:26 PMsee NASCAR. You had a chance to make something special out of Dega. Everyone was looking forward to it. I know i was. You just got A LOT of people mad. very mad.
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Nov 6, 2009 at 3:42 PMI would bet that next year's telecast will be far lower. We now know what to expect.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlgerringer said:
Nov 6, 2009 at 3:59 PMYeah...all you guys are mad but you'll still be plastered to the creen Sunday.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Nov 6, 2009 at 4:50 PMnext year it'll be the same...i'm still thinking the drop is due to bandwagon fans who have jumped off and found something else to "ride" for awhile...real race fans carry on...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgwen_susie388 said:
Nov 6, 2009 at 6:15 PMThat's right Werner...the real race fans will be watching or will be there. I never did hear how many people they said showed up at DEGA, but I know the infields camping sections were packed.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Nov 6, 2009 at 11:59 PMreal race fans are looking for a real race, maybe texas
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Nov 7, 2009 at 1:22 PMit's not Texas...
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Nov 7, 2009 at 8:27 PMDon't worry. Danica's coming. All will be OK.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdbcooper said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 2:26 PMLots of empty seats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mine was one of them.
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