NASCAR Cup Series Leads Big TV Ratings Weekend For Motorsports

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — It was a big weekend for motorsports, with impressive viewership across seven different racing series.

The NASCAR Cup Series led the way with the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway drawing 2.56 million viewers on FS1.

The race won by Joey Logano at the 1.5-mile race track, outperformed the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix (1.598 million viewers on ABC) and IndyCar (914,000 viewers on FOX).

The event at Texas earned a 1.38 household rating on FS1, with an average of 2.6 million viewers tuned in per minute, up +7% over 2024 NCS Dover (race No. 11 in 2024) and up +9% over 2024 NCS Texas which ran as race No. 9 in mid-April last year

This is also the most-watched points race at Texas since 2020 when it was run in July on NBCSN (2.7 million).

Through 12 races (including The Clash) on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar, viewership is up 13% on FOX and 16% on FS1 YoY.

Formula 1 earned a 0.77 household rating on ABC with an average of 1.6 million viewers tuned in per minute, including pre-race coverage.

Viewership for the entire telecast was down 45% YOY, but it is important to note that the 2024 F-1 race had an NBA Playoff Game 7 as lead-in, which carried 3.9 million viewers into F-1 coverage just prior to the start of the race.

Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event from Texas Motor Speedway on the CW attracted 1.002 million viewers.

The Xfinity Series has topped one million viewers in each of its first 12 races this season – its longest streak to start the year since 2017 (13 consecutive races). The 12 Xfinity Series races have been the 12 most-watched telecasts on The CW this year.

Sunday’s IndyCar race on FOX averaged a 0.50 household rating with 914,000 viewers per minute, up 20% over this event last year which aired on NBC opposite the Dover NASCAR Cup Series race.

Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on FS1 pulled in 401,000 viewers.

The Trans Am by Pirelli Series continues to show strong numbers on SPEED SPORT 1, drawing over 162,000 viewers over its Laguna Seca CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 round Saturday and Pirelli TA round Sunday.

Weekend Motorsports, ranked by audience size:

NCS (Texas): 2.560 million viewers on FS1

Formula 1 (Miami GP): 1.598 million viewers on ABC

NXS (Texas): 1.002 million viewers on The CW

IndyCar (Barber): 914,000 viewers on FOX

Formula E (Monaco): 765,000 viewers on CBS

Supercross (Denver): 423,000 viewers on NBC

NCTS (Texas): 401,000 viewers on FS1

Trans Am by Pirelli (Laguna Seca): 162,000 on SS1