Bristol Motor Speedway tv ratings for the iRacing event on Sunday
Seven NASCAR races are currently postponed. More are likely. In the meantime, the sanction and their drivers have turned to the digital world.
View full Bristol tv ratings below.
Bristol Motor Speedway hosted this weekend’s round of the eNASCAR Pro Invitational. The race was run on the virtual iRacing platform. It was broadcast on network television.
Millions of sports fans tuned into William Byron’s dominating run at the virtual half-mile oval.
NASCAR TV Ratings: iRacing
To watch some simulator racing, NASCAR fans tuned in by the millions. The numbers have topped previous real-world coverage of NASCAR races.
April 5, 2020
Bristol Motor Speedway
NASCAR iRacing Series
Rating: 0.81 rating
Viewers: 1.179 million
Network: FS1/FOX
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
Real world NASCAR TV Ratings
So, how does that compare to a real NASCAR race? Here’s the last 2020 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
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March 24, 2019
Martinsville Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.5
Viewers: 2.45M
Network: FOX
March 31, 2019
Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 2.2
Viewers: 3.6M
April 13, 2019
Richmond Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.7 rating
Viewers: 2.79M
Network: FOX
April 28, 2019
Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 2.8 rating
Viewers: 4.52M
Network: FOX
May 4, 2019
Dover International Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 0.96 rating
Viewers: 1.54M
Network: FOX
May 11, 2019
Kansas Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.2 rating
Viewers: 2.1M
May 16, 2019
Kansas Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.2
Viewers: 2.18M
Network: FS1
May 18, 2019
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Monster Energy Open
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 0.77
Viewers: 1.2M
May 18, 2019
Charlotte Motor Speedway
All-Star Race
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.4
Viewers: 2.4M
May 26, 2019
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Coke 600
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 2.5
Viewers: 4.2M
June 11, 2019
Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series
Rating: 1.0
Viewers: 1.58M
Network: FS1
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