TV viewership surges for second year in a row

Via IndyCar.com

Bolstered by the most-watched Verizon IndyCar Series race ever on NBCSN for the season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, INDYCAR telecasts on ABC and NBCSN posted an overall viewership increase of 16 percent in 2015 that included a 34 percent jump in NBCSN viewership.

The thrilling Aug. 30 race at Sonoma Raceway, won by Scott Dixon to also secure the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series championship in a tiebreaker over Juan Pablo Montoya, averaged 841,000 viewers on NBCSN, according to The Nielsen Company. Viewership peaked at more than one million in the final full quarter hour. It was the most-watched cable telecast of a Verizon IndyCar Series race since NBCSN acquired the rights in 2009 and the highest cable viewership since the Richmond race on ESPN in 2008.

For the year, combining NBCSN and ABC telecasts, Verizon IndyCar Series races averaged 1.144 million viewers – an increase of 16 percent over 2014. That follows a 19 percent viewership surge in 2014 over the previous year.

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