OT - For Ren & Defender

[Truth Detector]

Since you guys are keeping track:

From MotorsportsTV.com
<STRONG>Sunday's CART race from Road America scored a .30 rating (157,000 households).

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[Defender]

Thanks, T.D.

Oddly, I haven't seen a press release on the series' web site.

[JoeBob]

Here's the rest of the story:

CART Race Gets .30, Qualifying Yields .41

Sunday's CART race from Road America scored a .30 rating (157,000 households). Live CART qualifying drew a .41 (217,000 households). (8/22)

[Truth Detector]

Thanks, JB. I don't think they're counting qualifications, but that brings up an interesting point....

Why would more people tune in to qualifications (where sometimes half the show includes an empty track) than the race?

[ August 22, 2002: Message edited by: Truth Detector ]

[JoeBob]

Originally posted by Truth Detector:
<STRONG>Why would more people tune in to qualifications (where sometimes half the show includes an empty track) than the race?</STRONG>

My guess is that qualifying wasn't competing with NASCAR for viewers. It could be that NASCAR Fans are tuning in SPEED when there isn't NASCAR on TV. If CART is on, then CART is what they'll watch. (And maybe, some day, they'll tune in for a race as well.)

What is interesting is that Saturday qualifying didn't have NASCAR as a lead-in. A repeat of CART Friday Night was on immediately before Saturday Qualifying.

[Ren Butler]

Originally posted by Truth Detector:
<STRONG>Why would more people tune in to qualifications (where sometimes half the show includes an empty track) than the race?
</STRONG>

Because, on a road course, qualifying is the race?



Hey, does anyone have a published account of the IRL Nashville rating?

[aXe]

My guess is that qualifying like in F1 is the whole show!
Drive your azz off to make it as far up front as possable. When the train pulls out on sunday you had better grab a spot because that line up wont change much after that. Follow the leader commences with the dropping of the green flag!
aXe

[ August 22, 2002: Message edited by: aXe ]

[Truth Detector]

Originally posted by JoeBob:
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My guess is that qualifying wasn't competing with NASCAR for viewers. It could be that NASCAR Fans are tuning in SPEED when there isn't NASCAR on TV. If CART is on, then CART is what they'll watch. </STRONG>

So cart fans and nascar fans have similar demographics?

[Jacoby]

Originally posted by Truth Detector:
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Why would more people tune in to qualifications (where sometimes half the show includes an empty track) than the race?

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I get more of a kick out of CART qualifying than the race itself. Much more exciting.

As far as the ratings are concerned, I guess we won't see Lowe's trying to figure out the best placement for TV viewing of their logo on a CART car anytime soon.