NASCAR’s third week on the USA community held regular with its numbers up to now on the cable community. The New Hampshire NASCAR Cup Collection spherical averaged a 1.45 Nielsen ranking and a couple of.403 million family viewers, per numbers from ShowBuzzDaily.com. That’s down barely from final week at Atlanta (1.51/2.6m) however a stable achieve for this race on the identical weekend final yr on now-defunct NBCSN (1.26/2.1m).
The Tenting World SRX Collection had its first viewers over 1,000,000 this season, with final Saturday’s fifth spherical from I-55 Raceway averaging 0.66/1.068m viewers on CBS. That was up from the 0.63/981,000 for the earlier week’s Nashville race, albeit nonetheless down from final yr’s race on this weekend (0.76/1.3m, Nashville).
NASCAR’s Xfinity Collection race at New Hampshire on USA Saturday afternoon averaged 0.56/860,000 viewers, down from 0.67/1.0m final yr on NBCSN.
NHRA’s Tenting World Drag Racing Collection averaged 0.40/651,000 for the finals from Denver on FOX, in comparison with 0.18/301K for this occasion final yr when it aired on FS1.
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IMSA’s GT-only WeatherTech SportsCar Championship spherical from Lime Rock Saturday on USA averaged 0.15/243,000, little modified from final yr’s 0.16/235K on NBCSN.
Viewing figures for the NTT IndyCar Collection’ first streaming-only race telecast at Toronto weren’t obtainable as Peacock doesn’t launch viewing metrics. Nonetheless, an NBC Sports activities spokesperson mentioned “Viewership for the race was in step with our projections.”
NASCAR released the 2025 Cup Series season schedule on Thursday. The most significant addition is the June 15 race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, which will bring the series to international territory.
The 38-race slate has notable changes at the beginning and end of the season. NASCAR kicks off 2025 with the preseason Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Feb. 2 for the first time in 54 years.
A return to our racing roots! A historic event in Mexico City! A new-look #NASCARPlayoffs!
New England fans will have to wait until September for Cup Series action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). NASCAR will no longer feature a summer race on the “Magic Mile.” However, the famous track will kick off the Round of 12 on Sept. 21.
“First of all, having a NASCAR race any time of the year is a very big deal with the best American motorsport racers in the world racing at your speedway, but to have one in the playoffs just adds a little more excitement and energy to that particular race,” NHMS executive vice president and general manager David McGrath said, per a transcript provided by the track. “I think certainly being in NewHampshire in the middle of the summer is a wonderful time to be in the Granite State, but there is something about the fall as the weather starts to cool down and the leaves start to turn that makes New Hampshire Motor Speedway an ideal place to have a race — a playoff race in September 2025.”
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McGrath continued: “While any date’s a great date, having one in the playoffs just adds that energy and that extra excitement, and quite frankly, race fans will notice because these racers will be getting after it in the first race of the Round of 12 to see who can punch their way to the Round of 8, so New Hampshire Motor Speedway will play a very big part in determining the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship.”
New Hampshire returns to the postseason for the first time since 2017, joining Kansas and the Charlotte road race to round out the quarterfinals. After being the regular-season finale this year, Darlington will open the 2025 playoffs on Aug. 31. The championship race in 2025 remains at Phoenix on Nov. 2.
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NH, Maine State Police Investigating 3 Shootings In Troy, Portsmouth: NH AG: A man killed a woman in Troy, drove to the Piscataqua River Bridge, was shot by Maine troopers; a child was found dead in a vehicle.
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