http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/09/chase-for-cup-opens-with-stinker.html

The Chase for the Cup got off to an awful start on ABC.

Sunday's Sylvania 300, the first race of NASCAR's Chase for the Cup,
drew a measly 2.5 overnight rating on ABC -- down 19% from a 3.1 last
year, down 11% from a 2.8 in '07, and the lowest overnight rating ever
for a Chase for the Cup race on broadcast television.

The 2.5 also ranks as the lowest overnight for the Sylvania 300 on
broadcast television (2001-02, 2007-09), and the lowest overnight for
a NASCAR race on ABC since the net resumed airing races in '07.

"TMC" <tmc1982 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

It will pretty much be that way from now on. And this week it looks as if
the sponsors are going the way of the viewers.

Auto racing is an anachronism.

On Sep 22, 4:36�pm, TMC <tmc1... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
The first thing to do is get rid of the announcers. Then go to
some
inventive ways to use the cameras. OOOps I apologize .. ESPN
Inventive ..? Now these messages from your local stations.