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TV ratings also off for Martinsville Cup race
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007
HAMPTON, Ga. - Last Sunday?s Nextel Cup race at Martinsville, Va., received a 3.7 national rating on ABC, down 10 percent from last year's race, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Each of the six Chase for the Nextel Cup races this season have shown ratings decline from 2006.
Last year's Martinsville race received a 4.1 rating on NBC. Sunday's broadcast was interrupted on the West Coast by local affiliate coverage of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
Last Saturday?s Truck series race on Speed Channel was up 17 percent over 2006 and received a 0.6 rating.
| TRACK FACTS Date opened: 1947 First major NASCAR-sanctioned event: Virginia 500, 5/20/56 Qualifying record: Ryan Newman, 97.043 mph (19.513 sec.), 10/22/04 Race record: Jeff Gordon, 82.223 mph, Sept. 22, 1996 Owner: W. Clay Campbell President: W. Clay Campbell Phone: (540) 956-3151 Tickets: (540) 956-3151 Shipping address: US Business 220 South Martinsville, VA 24112 Mailing address: PO Box 3311 Martinsville, VA 24115 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: .526-mile oval Banking in turns 1-4: 12 degrees Banking on straights: None Length of frontstretch: 800 feet Length of backstretch: 800 feet Grandstand seating: 91,000 Miles/laps: 263 miles, 500 laps |