NASCAR holds the record for the most watched eSports event in history
That record was set last week during the broadcast at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This week, they broke it.
View 2020 Texas Motor Speedway tv ratings below.
iRacing hosted real-world NASCAR drivers on the virtual Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Quarantined NASCAR fans tuned in by the millions.
Nearly 1% of everyone watching tv on Sunday afternoon were tuned in to watch digital race cars. 1.339 million viewers saw the iRacing NASCAR Invitational.
As NASCAR has seven races postponed, they’ve turned to the digital world. 35 drivers took to the track on Sunday, most of them being full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers.
Timmy Hill put the bumper to William Byron in the closing laps. He drove to the win in thrilling fashion.
Related: Re-watch the live broadcast of the race at Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR TV Ratings: iRacing
To watch some simulator racing, NASCAR fans tuned in by the millions. The numbers topped previous real-world coverage of NASCAR races,
March 29, 2020
Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR iRacing Series
Rating: 0.81 rating
Viewers: 1.339 million
Network: FS1/FOX
Homestead was the first iRacing event shown on TV:
March 22, 2020
Homestead-Miami Speedway
NASCAR iRacing Series
Rating: 0.53 rating
Viewers: 903K
Network: FS1
So, how does that compare to a real NASCAR race? Here’s the last race run before the postponement:
March 11, 2020
Phoenix Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 2.2 rating
Viewers: 3.74M
Network: FOX
Here’s the data for the 2019 championship finale:
November 21, 2019
Homestead-Miami Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 2.2 rating
Viewers: 3.74M
Network: NBC
The following was the most recent oval race shown via FS1: The same network that showed the digital NASCAR race.
June 11, 2019
Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.0
Viewers: 1.58M
Network: FS1
Another…
May 16, 2019
Kansas Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 2.18M
Network: FS1
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