.8 rating for Kansas

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Last years ABC average was .9 I think. So it's a pretty good rating, also considering it was Saturday afternoon.

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A piece of poo might be better than crap, but both are still ShXtty!

Anything on ABC less than 1.5, will not help at all. This does not help, and in fact hurts.

Indy needs to have a BIG rating.

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Originally Posted by SarahFan

for comparisons sake....the kentucky derby got a 10+ overnite

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Aha, you can't say American's don't like oval racing, just not for open wheel cars.

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

Anything on ABC less than 1.5, will not help at all. This does not help, and in fact hurts.

Indy needs to have a BIG rating.

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Yep, Yep

For the sport really to be helped Indy needs to be around a 5.0

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Last years ABC average was .9 I think. So it's a pretty good rating, also considering it was Saturday afternoon.

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If .8 is the actual number, then I agree: pretty much within the range of expectations. Nothing has happened which would cause viewership to go up dramatically. That .8 is in the lower range of where AOWR has been for the past decade on network over-air TV.

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Originally Posted by harvick#1

I had better things to do than watch an IRL race on an oval, the flat out non lift tracks produce such crap racing its not even worth the time to watch it. wake me up when Indy comes on then its slumbers again until they go on a real track again

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how does that differ from nascar on a 2 mile oval? thats crap racing yet it rates very well? perhaps it's because I'm not american but I simply don't get it.

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Originally Posted by SUBARUTEAM

how does that differ from nascar on a 2 mile oval? thats crap racing yet it rates very well? perhaps it's because I'm not american but I simply don't get it.

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because the only race in which the driver can go flat out the entire race is Talladega, every other tracks forces the driver to have to life off the gas pedal and sometimes lay on the brakes a tad

at Michigan and Fontana, the cars cant stay in the flat out position, its still up to the driver to have to lift and when the go back to the throttle

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Originally Posted by SUBARUTEAM

how does that differ from nascar on a 2 mile oval? thats crap racing yet it rates very well? perhaps it's because I'm not american but I simply don't get it.

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Actually NASCAR ratings are down from the high of a couple of years ago, and NASCAR fans complain a lot about cookie-cutter tracks. NASCAR's TV ratings on the cookie-cutter tracks are lower then they are for the super-speedways or short tracks.

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Originally Posted by SUBARUTEAM

how does that differ from nascar on a 2 mile oval? thats crap racing yet it rates very well? perhaps it's because I'm not american but I simply don't get it.

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Stock cars still have to lift at Michigan and Fontana. There's still a 50mph difference between the top straightaway speed and slowest corner speed.

Hell, they're even lifting at Daytona now.

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Originally Posted by e2mtt

Actually NASCAR ratings are down from the high of a couple of years ago, and NASCAR fans complain a lot about cookie-cutter tracks. NASCAR's TV ratings on the cookie-cutter tracks are lower then they are for the super-speedways or short tracks.

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I think he was adressing the quality of racing more than the quantity of viewers.

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Originally Posted by call_me_andrew

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I think he was adressing the quality of racing more than the quantity of viewers.

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Yes, as in NASCAR having to lift/brake rather than run flat out. My point was that the cookie-cutter tracks don't produce great racing for anybody, including NASCAR. I'm not sure why we have so many of them.

Cookie cutter tracks were popular among track owners because they better sightlines than traditional ovals (a fan sitting in turn 4 doesn't have to turn his head 90 degrees to see turn one).

Plus it's easy to fit a roval into a 1.5 mile trioval so when your big ticket series isn't in town, you can still have track days and club racing.