IZOD IndyCar Series viewership up in 2010

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The IZOD IndyCar Series' second season on Versus averaged 366,000 viewers for 12 telecasts, an increase of 16.2 percent from 2009.

The championship-deciding Cafes do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Oct. 2 saw a 34 percent jump in viewers from last year.

Versus aired the final seven races of the 2010 season, averaging 316,000 viewers for those events. That is up 8.2 percent from 292,000 viewers for the network’s final seven telecasts last year.

ABC's four telecasts, which included the Indianapolis 500, averaged 2.696 million viewers, up 2.3 percent from 2.636 million viewers in '09.