CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 averaged 2.72 million viewers in Prime Video’s premier NASCAR race.The race, won by Ross Chastainwas the third most-watched NASCAR race this season not hosted by Fox. FS1 averaged 2.89 million viewers for the March 16 race in Las Vegas and 2.84 million for Phoenix on March 9.Fox Sports carried the first 12 races of the season, eight of which were on FS1. Last year, Fox’s Coca-Cola 600 averaged 3.2 million viewers.According to Nielsen, viewership for Sunday night’s race peaked at 2.92 million viewers at the halfway point.Prime Video’s audience had an average…
Author: Les Grossman
In text messages produced through fact discovery as part of the 23XI Race And Motor sports at the forefront In NASCAR’s antitrust lawsuit, the league commissioner made clear how little professional respect he appears to have for the team’s veteran owner, Richard Childress.During a meeting with the team’s owners in 2023, Phelps was receiving text updates from the league’s director of media and revenue, Brian Herbst, and took several photos of the six-time Cup Series championship-winning owner.AdvertisementThat meeting was part of the charter extension contract negotiations, with Phelps and Herbst hoping to possibly illustrate how potentially perilous the next sports…
LAS VEGAS (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The iconic song, All my rowdy friends are coming tonight, sung by Hank Williams Jr. has been the theme to Monday Night Football since 1989 and was recently re-recorded with an all-star cast (Little Richard, ?uestlove, Joe Perry, Clarence Clemons, Rick Nielsen, Bootsy Collins, Charlie Daniels and Steven Van Zandt) when the sporting event moved to ESPN. Now Aerosmith is following suit. They are entering into a deal with NASCAR and ESPN to record a special live version of their hit song “Back In The Saddle” that will be…
In 2020, Michael Jordan brought his fierce competitiveness to the NASCAR industry. He partnered with driver Denny Hamlin and launched 23XI Racing as a majority shareholder.They purchased a charter that guaranteed them a spot in the top-tier Cup Series, turning Jordan’s longtime fandom and passion into a business opportunity. Since his arrival, the team has been semi-competitive, winning nine NASCAR Cup races.AdvertisementHowever, in October 2024, Jordan and his team filed a lawsuit against NASCAR for allegedly operating a monopoly in its highest racing series, essentially having complete control over the entire market through its owners, the France and Smith families.The…
A prominent NASCAR figure died Thursday at the age of 60.Front Row Motorsports announced some tragic news this afternoon. Performance director Johnny Roten has died. He was 60 years old. The prominent NASCAR team member was a popular figure in the sports world for several decades.AdvertisementThe NASCAR team announced the tragic news on social media.“We are deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our Director of Performance, Johnny Roten. Johnny has been an integral part of Front Row Motorsports for 3 years and the NASCAR community for over three decades. We will greatly miss his presence and personality,” they announced.NASCAR…
NASCAR returns to Fontana this weekend with a tough act to follow.Last year’s Sprint Cup race, with its wild finish at Auto Club Speedway, was considered by many to be the most exciting race of the season.As the drivers battled side-by-side for the lead in the final turn of the final lap, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin crashed into each other, Kyle Busch passed them for the win and Logano and Tony Stewart battled on pit road after the race.But the frenzy came to a bitter end when Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota crashed head-on into an inside wall and he…
Christian Eckes, 25, will compete full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2026, reuniting with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing (MHR) after a year apart.Eckes drove for McAnally-Hilgemann in 2023 and 2024, but moved to the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2025 with Kaulig Racing. Eckes finished the year 13th in the championship standings with six top fives and 15 top tens, but next year will see him return to trucks where he is a proven winner.AdvertisementEckes has 116 career Truck starts with nine wins and placed third in the standings with MHR. He will drive the team’s No. 91 Chevrolet Silverado next year.…
For several seasons, FOX Sports has used this musical theme for NASCAR broadcasts: For the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season, we’re returning to an old friend with some classical music you’re sure to recognize!This musical theme was used during FOX Sports’ inaugural season with NASCAR in 2001 and continued throughout broadcasts until 2007.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey removed all 18 members of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) commission after an audit revealed missing cars and money. A new commission has already been appointed while the museum remains under surveillance.The IMHOF was established in 1983 and includes a wide variety of historic NASCAR race cars, as well as a few other notable vehicles.However, an October audit found as many as 35 violations. For example, more than $200,000 in “misspent” funds linked to a former employee, which are currently under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. No criminal charges have been filed at…
Excuse me, please. Even if it’s quiet, I’d like to have everyone’s attention. There is a heated debate about noise and NASCAR. And since this has been my home for 30 years, it matters to me when fans get their information from misinformed people.Earlier this week, someone leaked a story to Sports Business Journal that said NASCAR wanted to make the cars quiet. This is false, completely false. These cars cannot and will never be “silent”.When I was six years old, my grandmother took me to Ellis Speedway to watch my brother race. For 30 minutes she explained to me…