Talladega TV ratings tank

UPDATE NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing posted a 5.0/12 (8.1 million viewers) on Sunday for the race from Talladega. Though that's down -12% from last year's 5.7/13 for the same race, Sunday's telecast was the top-rated event of the weekend, and was FOX's highest-rated and most-watched NASCAR event in nearly two months. Sunday's race opened with a 4.4/12 (6.9 million viewers), and grew steadily throughout the race peaking at a 6.6/15 (10.8 mill). Season-to-date, NASCAR Sprint Cup Racing on FOX is averaging a 5.5/11 (9.2 million viewers), down -13% from last year's 6.3/13, but remains the highest-rated and most-watched sport in season.

04/27/09 NASCAR on Fox earned a 4.5/11 Sunday for racing from Talladega, FOX's best NASCAR overnight in seven weeks but also -13% lower than last year's 5.2/11 for the same race. In the overnights the Talladega race tied with ABC's Cavaliers-Pistons game as the highest-rated event of the weekend. The race rated a 4.1/10 at green flag, which is just -7% off last year's initial tune-in (4.4/10). Yesterday's exciting race peaked at a 5.8/13 at 5:30. That's -11% lower than last year's peak of a 6.5/14. Season-to-date, NASCAR's 4.9/10 average in the metered markets trails last year's 5.7/11 by -14%.