bob jennings' WORLD O' RACING  05/15/99  

1996 television ratings as presented in Racer magazine

date	event	network	96 ratg	96 hh per m	95 ratg
01/27	IRL Disney World	ABC	2.2	2.1
02/04	IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona	ESPN2	0.7	0.2
02/11	Busch Clash at Daytona	CBS	3.8	3.6	4.1
02/18	Daytona 500	CBS	9.2	8.8	7.8
02/25	Winston Cup Rockingham	TNN	5.4	3.5	5.0
02/25	SCCA Trans Am St. Petersburg	TNN	0.8	0.5
03/03	Winston Cup Richmond	ESPN	5.4	3.6	4.7
03/03	CART Miami	ABC	2.1	2.0	2.7
03/10	Formula One Australia	ESPN2	0.9	0.3
03/10	Winston Cup Atlanta	ABC	5.4	5.1	4.5
03/10	IROC Daytona	ABC	4.0	3.8
03/17	CART Rio de Janeiro	ABC	2.0	2.0
03/17	NASCAR Trucks Miami	TNN	2.2	1.4
03/24	IRL Phoenix	ABC	2.2	2.1
03/24	Formula One Brazil	ESPN2	1.0	0.3
03/24	Winston Cup Darlington	ESPN	5.0	3.4	4.6
03/31	Winston Cup Bristol	ESPN	5.0	3.4	4.2
03/31	CART Australia	ABC	1.9	1.9	2.2
04/07	Formula One Argentina	ESPN2	0.6	0.2
04/14	Winston Cup North Wilkesboro	ESPN	4.1	2.8	4.0
04/14	CART Long Beach	ABC	2.7	2.6	2.9
04/14	NHRA Slick 50 Nationals	ABC	1.7	1.7
04/21	Winston Cup Martinsville	ESPN	4.2	2.9	3.3
04/21	NASCAR Trucks Phoenix	TNN	1.0	0.6
04/28	Winston Cup Talladega	ESPN	5.5	3.7	5.2
04/28	CART Nazareth	ABC	1.5	1.5	2.9
04/28	Formula One Nurburgring	ESPN2	0.7	0.2
05/05	Formula One Imola	ESPN2	0.6	0.2
05/05	Winston Cup Sears Point	ESPN	4.3	2.9	3.9
05/11	Indianapolis 500 Pole Day	ABC	1.7	1.6
05/11	US 500 Pole Day	ESPN	0.8	0.5
05/12	NHRA Pennzoil Nationals	ABC	1.8	1.7
05/18	Winston Select at Charlotte	TNN	3.5	2.3	3.0
05/19	NASCAR BGN Nazareth	TNN	1.4	0.3
05/19	Formula One Monaco	ESPN2	0.8	0.3
05/19	SCCA Trans Am Mosport	TNN	0.9	0.6
05/25	World Of Outlaws Williams Grove	TNN	1.0	0.7
05/26	Indianapolis 500	ABC	6.6	6.3	8.4
05/26	US 500	ESPN	2.8	1.9
05/26	Winston Cup Charlotte	WTBS	4.6	3.1	4.3
05/27	IMSA Lime Rock	TNN	0.4	0.3
05/27	SCCA Trans Am Lime Rock	TNN	0.3	0.2
06/02	Winston Cup Dover	TNN	3.9	2.6
06/02	CART Milwaukee	ABC	1.7	1.7
06/02	Formula One Spain	ESPN2	0.5	0.2
06/09	CART Detroit	ABC	2.2	2.2
06/09	NASCAR Trucks Topeka	TNN	1.0	0.7
06/16	Winston Cup Pocono	TNN	3.9	2.5
06/16	NHRA Oldsmobile Springnationals	ABC	1.6	1.6
06/16	Formula One Canada	ESPN2	0.4	0.1
06/23	Winston Cup Michigan	CBS	4.4	4.2
06/23	CART Portland	ABC	2.2	2.1
06/30	IROC Talladega	ABC	2.7	2.6
06/30	NASCAR BGN Watkins Glen	CBS	2.3	2.2
06/30	NASCAR Trucks Nazareth	CBS	2.1	2.0
06/30	Formula One France	ESPN2	0.7	0.2
07/06	Daytona 400	ESPN	2.6	1.8
07/07	SCCA Trans Am Minneapolis	TNN	0.6	0.3
07/13	SCCA NATCC Toronto	ABC	1.6	1.5
07/14	Winston Cup Loudon	TNN	4.3	2.8
07/14	CART Toronto	ABC	1.6	1.5
07/14	Formula One Britain	ESPN2	0.6	0.2
07/21	Winston Cup  Pocono	WTBS	3.8	2.6
07/27	NASCAR Trucks Odessa	TNN	0.7	0.5
07/28	Winston Cup Talladega (rain delay)	CBS	3.2	3.1
07/28	NASCAR BGN Talladega	CBS	1.8	1.7
07/28	CART Michigan	ABC	1.8	1.7
07/28	Formula One Germany	ESPN2	0.3	0.1
08/01	NASCAR Trucks IRP	ESPN	0.8	0.6
08/03	Brickyard 400	ABC	4.3	4.1
08/03	IROC Charlotte	ABC	2.4	2.3
08/04	Winston Cup Talladega (conclusion)	CBS	2.5	2.3
08/10	SCCA/NATCC Mid Ohio	ABC	1.4	1.4
08/10	NASCAR Trucks Flemington	TNN	0.8	0.5
08/11	Winston Cup Watkins Glen	ESPN	4.5	3.1
08/11	CART Mid Ohio	ABC	1.8	1.7
08/11	Formula One Hungary	ESPN2	0.4	0.1
08/11	SCCA Trans Am Watkins Glen	TNN	0.3	0.2
08/17	World of Outlaws Knoxville Nationals	TNN	0.8	0.5
08/18	Winston Cup Michigan	ESPN	4.1	2.8
08/18	CART Road America	ESPN	2.2	1.5
08/18	IRL New Hampshire	ABC	1.6	0.9
08/24	Winston Cup Bristol	ESPN	3.3	2.3
08/25	NASCAR Trucks Watkins Glen	TNN	1.4	1.0
08/25	Formula One Belgium	ESPN2	0.6	0.2
08/31	NASCAR Trucks Darlington	TNN	0.9	0.6
08/31	NASCAR BGN Darlington	ESPN	1.1	0.8
09/01	Winston Cup Darlington	ESPN	3.8	2.7
09/01	CART Vancouver	ESPN	1.5	1.1
09/01	NHRA U.S. Nationals	TNN	0.6	0.4
09/01	SCCA Trans Am Dallas	TNN	0.2	0.1
09/07	Winston Cup Richmond	ESPN	3.0	2.9
09/08	CART Laguna Seca	ESPN	1.4	1.0
09/08	NASCAR Trucks New Hampshire	TNN	0.8	0.6
09/08	NASCAR Busch North New Hampshire	TNN	0.7	0.4
09/08	Formula One Italy	ESPN2	0.5	0.2
09/14	NASCAR BGN Dover	TNN	0.8	0.5
09/15	Winston Cup Dover	TNN	3.5	2.4
09/15	NHRA Reading	TNN	1.7	0.7
09/15	IRL Las Vegas	ABC	1.4	1.4
09/15	IROC Michigan	ABC	1.1	1.0
09/21	NASCAR Trucks Martinsville	ESPN	0.8	0.6
09/21	ASA Cedar Rapids	TNN	0.3	0.2
09/22	Winston Cup Martinsville	ESPN	3.1	2.2
09/22	Formula One Portugal	ESPN2	0.6	0.2
09/22	SCCA Trans Am Reno	TNN	0.2	0.1
09/28	NASCAR Trucks North Wilkesboro	ESPN	0.9	0.6
09/29	Winston Cup North Wilkesboro	ESPN	3.6	2.5
09/29	NHRA Topeka	TNN	1.0	0.7
09/29	ASA Toledo	TNN	0.2	0.1
10/05	NASCAR BGN Charlotte	WTBS	1.0	0.7
10/05	NASCAR Trucks Sears Point	ESPN2	0.9	0.3
10/06	Winston Cup Charlotte	WTBS	3.1	2.2
10/06	ASA Salem	TNN	0.2	0.1
10/12	NASCAR Trucks Bakersfield	TNN	0.8	0.6
10/13	Formula One Japan	ESPN2	0.5	0.2
10/19	NASCAR BGN Rockingham	TNN	1.2	0.8
10/20	Winston Cup Rockingham	TNN	3.3	2.3
10/26	NASCAR Trucks Phoenix	WTBS	0.8	0.6
10/27	Winston Cup Phoenix	TNN	3.3	2.2
10/27	NHRA Pomona	TNN	1.0	0.7
11/03	NASCAR BGN Miami	CBS	2.0	2.0
11/10	Winston Cup Atlanta	ESPN	4.1	2.9

hh per m = households times 1 million tuned to telecast