NASCAR Television Ratings Down at Chicagoland

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NASCAR Sprint Cup racing from Chicago, the first race in the Chase For the Cup, earned a 1.8 overnight rating on NBCSN Sunday afternoon — down 18% from last year on ESPN (2.2). The 2013 race featured multiple rain delays and moved from ESPN to ESPN2, earning a 1.6 overnight across both networks.

The 1.8 overnight is the third-lowest of the season for NASCAR on any network, ahead of only Richmond the previous week (1.7) and Kansas on Fox Sports 1 in May (1.5). It is also the lowest for a Sunday NASCAR race this season.

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NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Nominees to be Announced on Friday

Friday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, NASCAR AMERICA will exclusively reveal the 20 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016 as well as the five nominees for the second Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR.

The reveal will set the stage for Voting Day on May 20, when five of the 20 nominees and the Landmark Award recipient will be named as the seventh Hall of Fame class by a 58-person Voting Panel. (NASCAR TALK)

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