100th Indianapolis 500- May 29th

[GTPorsche]

You say "only 140,000" like they could have had more people at the track.

ABC/ESPN has not been promoting Indycar for years now. The rating drop is expected in that regard. There's also other factors like people going out and doing Memorial Day weekend activities, people that have dropped cable, etc.

A 90,000 difference isn't even .1 overall if we're taking those numbers together.

 

[IforceV8]

Last year.

Juan Pablo Montoya's Indy 500 victory on Sunday was ABC TV's highest-rated and most-viewed Indy 500 since 2011.

ABC’s 2015 telecast of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday earned a 4.1 rating, averaging 6,394,097 viewers, according to Nielsen Fast National data. The rating was up 5 percent from last year’s 3.9 rating, and viewership also rose 5 percent from last year’s 6,063,011 average.

The rating and viewership peaked in the final half hour of the race at 4.7 and 7,330,809.


Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/indy-500/indy-500-tv-ratings-5-percent-year-ago#ixzz4A9rnwLsu

 

[GTPorsche]

Last year.

Juan Pablo Montoya's Indy 500 victory on Sunday was ABC TV's highest-rated and most-viewed Indy 500 since 2011.

ABC’s 2015 telecast of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday earned a 4.1 rating, averaging 6,394,097 viewers, according to Nielsen Fast National data. The rating was up 5 percent from last year’s 3.9 rating, and viewership also rose 5 percent from last year’s 6,063,011 average.

The rating and viewership peaked in the final half hour of the race at 4.7 and 7,330,809.


Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/indy-500/indy-500-tv-ratings-5-percent-year-ago#ixzz4A9rnwLsu

Interesting...

 

[IforceV8]

Interesting...

Yes it would seem that somebody was in such a hurry to pass on the news they/she forgot to check her facts.💡

 

[GTPorsche]

 

[TenEightyOne]

Please delete, I saw the discussion was actually being held in the main Indy thread.

 

[vettefreak95]

It was amazing to watch the race leader coast by us at the finish! Sure, it was a fuel mileage win, but that was a factor for everyone. Rossi drove one of the smartest races yesterday. I found it refreshing from the last few races, where the strategy seemed to be "be in 2nd off turn 2 on the last lap to draft to an easy win" (not meant to downplay the accomplishment of any Indy winner).

A great race, and congratulations to Alexander Rossi. Hopefully this isn't his only win.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

in before, Indy is coming back to full bloom. Good job Rossi, I watched everything yesterday other than the NASCAR race.

 

[A2K78]

I'm suprised nobody is talking about the second winner e.g. Honda with thier 1-2 finish. If anything it put to rest some of the criticism they've been recieving.

 

[TornadoFIAGTS]

Illegal streams aren't allowed to be posted publicly.

Ah I see. Thank you.

A good stream by the way, i switched back to my ad-free tv Canal + channel, but i was glad to be able to hear US comments for a while.

Well at least someone got a use out of it; haha. No problem. But yeah it will have to be a one time thing.

 

[IforceV8]

Yellow mode and clutch in.💡 http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/item/130260-pruett-inside-rossi-s-wild-rise-to-indy-500-glory

 

[TheElbows]

Good for him. My father and I watched the race together and both couldn't understand why the announcers kept concentrating on the top five guys who needed fuel. I wasn't sure who it would be, but I said 10 laps from the end "somebody back in 8-10th is going to risk it on fuel and win this thing...". I was pleasantly surprised it was Rossi. He's had a rough go of it from most of the efforts he's made. Now, regardless if he has a non-existent or terrible future as a race car driver...he won the Indianapolis 500. That's good enough.

 

[GTPorsche]

I think he's mostly been a mid-pack contender this year in Indycar. Not bad for being a rookie.

Of course, winning the 500 and it being a double points race, he's now 5th in points.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Dan Weldon won the 100th anniversary Indy 500 driving car 98 for Bryan Herta.

Rossi won the 100th Indy 500 driving car 98 for Bryan Herta...

Spooky.

Corrected for accuracy.

 

[IforceV8]

Dan Weldon won the 100th anniversary Indy 500 driving car 99 for Bryan Hertz.

Rossi won the 100th Indy 500 driving car 99 for Bryan Herta...

Spooky.

Umm it might be if that were actually true.

 

[GTPorsche]

It is true, he just got the car number wrong.

 

[catamount39]

Dan Weldon won the 100th anniversary Indy 500 driving car 99 for Bryan Hertz.

Rossi won the 100th Indy 500 driving car 99 for Bryan Herta...

Spooky.

*coughs obnoxiously*

 

[Tired Tyres]

Ooh I got the number wrong! No internet cookie's for me.

 

[Dennisch]

Ooh I got the number wrong! No internet cookie's for me.

Half of a cookie for you!

 

[IforceV8]

Not spooky and wrong information, he owes GTP a cookie.

 

[JohnBM01]

I'm known for making typos, but don't you mean "Bryan Herta" and not "Bryan Hertz?" Turnabout's fair play...

 

[Tired Tyres]

Doh. Phone auto correct.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

I was at the Indy 500 this year. Here's my recap of the race. Kind of a shameless self plug, but it's an inside view of the weekend. It was truly an awesome race.

http://lifeblasters.com/2016/31048/100th-indy-500/