Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway had a lot of weird mechanical issues for top Playoff contenders, but in the end it was a typical Dover race. There weren’t many cars on the lead lap all day long and in the end it was a run-away win for Kyle Larson.
The overnight television ratings are in, and Sunday’s race scored a 1.1 Nielsen rating. That is down slightly from a 1.2 rating for this exact race a season ago.
‘@NBCSN earned a 1.1 rating and 1.8 million viewers for yesterday’s #Drydene400 @MonsterMile, off from a 1.2 rating and 2.0 million viewers for last year’s race.
? NBC Sports says that for its half of the year so far (excluding postponed Daytona race), it’s up 2% in viewership. pic.twitter.com/1EuaE0KyLV
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) October 7, 2019
Overall, NBC says that it’s share of NASCAR events in 2019 are up 2-percent overall in viewership.
