

The Ford 200, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held last Friday and televised by SPEED Channel, had an average of 340,000 households tune in, a 12% increase over the 303,000 that tuned in last year.


An average of 2,888,000 viewers tuned into the Ford 300, an 8% increase over the 2,666,000 watching last year. The Ford 300, the NASCAR Busch Series race held last Saturday and televised by NBC, had an average of 2,153,000 households tune in, a 10% increase over the 1,950,000 that tuned in last year. UPDATE: The Ford 400, the NASCAR Winston Cup race held last Sunday and televised by NBC, had an average of 4,870,000 households and 7,326,000 viewers tune in, even though new NASCAR Winston Cup champion Matt Kenseth had clinched the title the previous week at Rockingham. NASCAR also said last Friday’s Ford 200 Craftsman Truck Series race on Speed Channel drew an average of 464,000 viewers, a 33 percent increase over the 350,000 in 2002.( Winston Cup Scene Free Daily Newsletter)(11-21-2003) The Daily also reports that NBC’s broadcast of last Saturday’s Ford 300 Busch Series race drew a 2.0/6, an 11 percent gain over the 1.8 in 2002.

The figure rating represents a drop of more than 13 percent from last year’s 5.2 but was still well ahead of the 3.8 the race drew in 2001.
