NASCAR stops the bleeding, at least for one year

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has been losing more and more TV viewers every year since 2006. Finally in 2011 they saw a slight gain. Will this trend continue in 2012?

SEASON

NETWORKS AVG RATING VIEWERS PER RACE (000)
'11 Fox+TNT+ESPN+ABC 3.8 6,451
'10 Fox+TNT+ESPN+ABC 3.6 5,992
'09 Fox+TNT+ESPN+ABC 4.0 6,440
'08 Fox+TNT+ESPN+ABC 4.3 6,917
'07 Fox+TNT+ESPN+ABC 4.4 7,116
'06 Fox+TNT+FX+NBC 4.9 7,855