NASCAR and F1 weekend TV ratings

UPDATE The final TV rating for last Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup Subway 500 race on ABC was a 3.7, down 10% from last year's 4.1/9 share and down 21.3% from the 4.7/10 share final rating in 2005, both on NBC.

10/22/07 The overnight TV rating for the NASCAR Nextel Cup: Subway 500 on ABC was a 3.3, down 11% from last year's 3.7 overnight rating, and down 13.2% from 2005's overnight rating.

Meanwhile Sunday's F1 finale from Brazil drew 10.4 million viewers, dwarfing what NASCAR drew in the much larger USA. When you add up all the countries around the world, the cumulative rating of the F1 race broadcast was at least 100 times that of NASCAR. This of course puts into perspective how minuscule NASCAR's popularity is compared to F1.