NASCAR ratings slowly rising after 2018’s low point
Attendance remains an issue as well, but there's still some positives to be found.
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As the Tour de France begins, we remember the life of Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen died of heart failure last December at age 62. He and Phil Liggett had called the Tour de France together every year since 1986.
Naval officer and NASCAR driver Jesse Iwuji to join NBC’s Daytona broadcast as guest reporter
Iwuji is a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve and has competed in five Truck races.
Multiple NASCAR teams to honor Darrell Waltrip with special paint schemes for his final broadcast
Matt Dibenedetto, David Ragan, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will be honoring Waltrip with paint schemes from DW's racing career.
ESPN’s “Qualified” 30 for 30 premiere cut out a few minutes early thanks to a “glitch,” leaving ending to ESPN app and re-airs
A glitch meant the initial broadcast of "Qualified" cut out the last few minutes of the film. The problem was fixed on the subsequent re-air, and the film is now available on the ESPN app and through further re-airs Wednesday and Saturday.
Fox’s third ‘Drivers Only’ broadcast was unique and fun, but a bit challenging to hear at times
Fox's third annual Drivers Only broadcast is in Charlotte.
The first Indy 500 on NBC posted the best overnight rating for the race in three years
The Indy 500 ratings bump including a fifteen percent increase over 2018 on ABC.
30 for 30 review: Qualified
AA Q&A: NBC’s Leigh Diffey on his Indy 500 play by play debut, IndyCar at NBC
Diffey will become the 11th person to do play-by-play at the Indy 500 since 1965.
The Athletic launches a NASCAR-focused motorsports vertical, hires Jeff Gluck, Jordan Bianchi and David Smith
After two and a half years at his own site, Gluck is launching motorsports coverage for The Athletic.
The first IndyCar race on NBC’s broadcast network was the most-watched IndyCar Grand Prix in five years
The IndyCar Grand Prix Saturday drew 1.07 million viewers on average for NBC, a 37 percent jump over last year's race on ABC.
CBS, Google call Kentucky Derby for Maximum Security, later disqualified on review as 65-to-1 shot Country House wins
It looked like Maximum Security had won the Kentucky Derby, and some sites called it. But after review, the winner was Country House.
ESPN’s next 30 for 30, “Qualified,” focuses on Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indy 500 and Daytona 500
Qualified will premiere on ESPN at 9 p.m. Eastern on May 28.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip is set to end his 19-year broadcasting career this year
Waltrip's final race will be at Sonoma this June.
Formula 1 ratings are on the upswing for ESPN
With the constant worrying over the long decline of NASCAR ratings on American television over the last several...
