All told, the weekend’s combined NASCAR and IndyCar Series event at Phoenix Raceway was a television ratings victory for everyone involved.
Sunday’s Cup Series race attracted 2.841 million viewers on FS1. That’s up from 2.82 million people who watched the same race on the same TV window and network last year. The race peaked at 3,516,000 viewers during the 7:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. quarter hour, which included the final 10 laps that saw Ryan Blaney fend off Christopher Bell.
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The IndyCar Series race broadcast live on FOX on Saturday attracted 1,247,000 viewers. The network noted that this was a 77 percent increase from the second race of the season last year at Thermal Club, which attracted 704,000 viewers on FOX. There is no direct comparison, but FOX also noted that the race marked a 95 percent increase in viewership for races broadcast on Saturdays on FOX last year.
This is the best Saturday IndyCar televised number since the race at Texas Motor Speedway in 2020 attracted 1,250,000 people on NBC. The most recent IndyCar race in Phoenix took place in 2018 and attracted 254,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network.
Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race averaged 1.154 million on The CW, which was down slightly from last year’s 1.200 million. Overall, the second-tier NASCAR division averages 1.451 million viewers, which is virtually the same from year to year.
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