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TV ratings for New Hampshire race the lowest since Chase format was introduced
JIM UTTER
The Charlotte Observer
Friday, Sep. 21, 2007
DOVER, Del. - Last Sunday's Nextel Cup race at New Hampshire received a final 3.3 national TV rating on ABC, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The rating was down 11 percent from a 3.7 rating received on TNT last season. Because of the difference between network and cable television, this year's race actually reached more households (3.7 million to 3.4 million last season).
The race - the first in this season's Chase for the Nextel Cup used to determine the series champion - did not rank among the top five sports programs of the weekend.
According to unofficial statistics, this year's rating ranks among the lowest for a Chase race since the format's inception in the 2004 season.
| TRACK FACTS Date Opened: 1969 First NWCS Race: Mason-Dixon 300, July 6, 1969 Qualifying Record: Jeremy Mayfield, 161.522 mph (22.288 sec.), 6/4/04 Race Record: Mark Martin, 132.719 mph, 9/21/97 Owner: Dover Downs Ent., Inc. President & CEO: Denis McGlynn Phone: (302) 674-4600 Tickets: (800) 441-7223 Shipping Address: 1131 N. Dupont Hwy Dover, DE 19901 Mailing Address: PO Box 843 Dover, DE 19903 |
TRACK CONFIGURATION Distance: 1 Mile Oval Banking in Turns 1-4: 24° Banking in Straights: 9° Length of Frontstretch: 1,076 ft. Length of Backstretch: 1,076 ft. Grandstand Seating: 140,000 Miles/Laps: 400 mi. = 400 laps |
