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

1997 television ratings from Racer magazine

1997 attendance figures from On Track magazine

date	event	network	ratings	share	hh	96 ratings	attendance	weather
01/19	NASCAR Trucks Disney World	ESPN	1.6	4	1.2m
01/25	IRL Disney World	ABC	1.8	5	1.8m	2.2	50,000	cloudy, rain
02/02	NHRA Pomona	TNN	1.1	2	0.8m
02/02	IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona	ESPN2	0.6	2	0.3m	0.7	50,000
02/09	Busch Clash at Daytona	CBS	3.7	12	3.6m	3.8
02/09	ARCA Daytona	ESPN	2.2	6	1.6m
02/15	NASCAR BGN Daytona	CBS	3.1	10	3.0m
02/15	Daytona Twin 125 milers	CBS	3.2	10	3.1m
02/16	Daytona 500	CBS	8.6	23	8.3m	9.2	150,000 *
02/ 22	NASCAR BGN Rockingham	TNN	2.0	6	1.4m	6
02/23	Winston Cup Rockingham	TNN	5.4	14	3.7m	5.4
02/23	SCCA Trans Am St. Petersburg	TNN	0.5	1	0.3m	0.8	36,123	sunny, warm
03/01	NASCAR BGN Richmond	ESPN2	1.7	NA	0.8m	1.8
03/01	NASCAR Trucks Tuscon	ESPN2	1.0	NA	0.5m	1.0
03/02	Winston Cup Richmond	ESPN	5.3	NA	3.8m	5.2
03/02	CART Miami	ABC	1.6	4	1.5m	2.1	60,000	sunny,warm
03/08	NASCAR BGN Atlanta	ESPN2	1.4	NA	0.7m	0.8
03/09	Winston Cup Atlanta	ABC	5.5	15	5.4m	5.4
03/09	NHRA Gainesville	TNN	0.9	1	0.6m	1.5
03/10	Formula One Australia	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.3m	0.9		sunny,warm
03/15	SportsCar Sebring	ESPN	0.8	NA	0.6	0.7
03/16	NASCAR BGN Las Vegas	TNN	2.8	6	1.9m
03/16	NASCAR Trucks Miami	TNN	2.3	6	1.5m	2.2
03/23	Winston Cup Darlington	ESPN	5.4	NA	3.9m	5.0
03/23	IRL Phoenix	ABC	1.8	4	1.7m	2.2	32,000	sunny,hot
03/30	Formula One Brazil	ESPN2	0.8	NA	0.4m	1.0		cloudy, mild
04/05	NASCAR BGN Texas	CBS	2.7	9	2.6m
04/06	Winston Cup Texas	CBS	6.6	18	6.4m		185,000*
04/06	CART Surfers Paradise	ABC	1.4	4	1.4m	1.9	91,664	sunny, warm
04/13	Winston Cup Bristol	ESPN	4.8	NA	3.4m	5.0
04/13	CART Long Beach	ABC	1.6	4	1.5m	2.7	90,000	sunny, warm
04/13	NHRA Atlanta	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.2m
04/13	Formula One Argentina	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.3m	0.6		sunny, hot
04/19	SCCA Trans Am Phoenix	TNN	0.6	2	0.4m	0.5		sunny, warm
04/20	Winston Cup Martinsville	ESPN	4.8	NA	3.4m	4.2
04/20	NASCAR Trucks	TNN	0.3	1	0.2m	1.0
04/27	CART Nazareth	ABC	2.0	6	2.0m	1.5	45,000	cool, cloudy
04/27	Formula One Imola	ESPN2	0.4	NA	0.2m	0.6
05/04	Winston Cup Sears Point	ESPN	4.4	NA	3.1m	4.3
05/10	Winston Cup Talladega	ESPN	4.1	NA	2.9m	5.5
05/10	Pole day - Indianapolis 500	ABC	1.0	4	1.1m	1.7	35,000 *	sunny, mild
05/11	CART Rio de Janeiro	ABC	1.8	6	1.7m	2.0	45,000	warm, clear
05/11	Indianapolis 500 qualifications	ABC	1.0	4	1.0m	1.7
05/11	Formula One Monaco	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.2m	0.8		rain
05/17	The Winston	TNN	3.1	6	2.2m	3.5
05/18	NHRA Englishtown	TNN	0.9	2	0.6m	0.9
05/24	CART St. Louis	ABC	1.9	7	1.8m		48,500	cloudy,warm
05/25	Formula One Spain	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m	0.6		sunny, warm
05/25	Winston Cup Charlotte	WTBS	5.0	11	3.5m	4.6
05/25	Indianapolis 500 rain out	ABC	4.3	13	4.2m	6.6	300,000 *	rain
05/26	Indianapolis 500 first 15 laps	ABC	6.6	18	NA	6.6	200,000 *	rain
05/27	Indianapolis 500 final 185 laps	ABC	5.1	19	NA	6.6	100,000	sunny,cool
05/31	NASCAR BGN Dover	TNN	1.4	5	1.0m	1.3
05/31	NASCAR Trucks Loudon	TNN	1.1	3	0.7m
06/01	Winston Cup Dover	TNN	4.8	13	3.3m	3.9
06/01	NHRA Topeka	TNN	1.8	4	1.3m	0.8
06/01	CART Milwaukee	ESPN	0.9	NA	0.6m	1.7	47,263	sunny, warm
06/07	IRL Texas	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m		128,000	warm
06/07	ARCA Pocono	TNN	1.1	4	0.8m	0.8
06/08	Winston Cup Pocono	TNN	4.8	14	4.3m	3.9
06/08	CART Detroit	ABC	1.7	5	1.7m	2.2	61,000	sunny, warm
06/08	IROC Daytona	ABC	2.3	6	2.3m	4.0
06/13	NASCAR BGN South Boston	TNN	0.5	1	0.4m	0.9
06/15	IROC Charlotte	ABC	1.5	5	1.5m	2.7
06/15	Winston Cup Michigan	CBS	4.4	14	4.3m	4.4
06/15	Formula One Canada	ESPN2	0.4	NA	0.2m	0.4	100,000	sunny, warm
06/21	Winston West California	ABC	2.1	7	2.0m
06/22	Winston Cup California	ABC	5.5	16	5.3m
06/22	CART Portland	ESPN	0.9	NA	0.6m	2.2	74,5000	wet, dry
06/22	NHRA Columbus	ABC	1.9	6	1.8m	1.6
06/29	NASCAR Watkins Glen	TNN	1.7	5	1.2m	2.3
06/29	IRL  PPIR	ABC	1.4	4	1.4m		38,100	warm, sunny
06/29	NASCAR Trucks Nazareth	CBS	1.7	5	0.7m	2.1
06/29	Formula One France	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.2m	0.7		dry, wet
07/05	Winston Cup Daytona	ESPN	4.0	NA	2.9m	2.6
07/05	NASCAR Trucks Milwaukee	CBS	1.3	5	1.3m
07/06	NASCAR BGN Milwaukee	CBS	2.3	7	2.2m
07/06	SCCA Trans Am Minneapolis	TNN	0.4	1	0.3m	0.6	68,500	sunny, mild
07/06	NHRA Gateway	ABC	1.8	5	1.3m
07/12	NASCAR Trucks Louisville	CBS	1.3	4	1.2m
07/12	NASCAR BGN Myrtle Beach	TNN	0.9	2	0.6m	1.1
07/13	Winston Cup New Hampshire	TNN	4.3	12	3.0m	4.3
07/13	CART Cleveland	ABC	1.6	5	1.6m	2.4	68,772	sunny, hot
07/13	Formula One Britain	ESPN2	0.4	NA	0.2m	0.6	90,000	sunny, mild
07/19	NASCAR Trucks Erie, Colorado	CBS	1.3	4	1.3m
07/19	World Of Outlaws Eldora	TNN	0.8	2	0.6m
07/20	Winston Cup Pocono	WTBS	4.7	13	3.4m	3.8
07/20	CART Toronto	ABC	1.4	4	1.4m	1.6	69,210	sunny, warm
07/20	NHRA Denver	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m
07/26	NASCAR BGN Gateway	CBS	1.8	6	1.7m
07/27	CART Michigan	ABC	1.8	5	1.8m	1.8	70,000	sunny, hot
07/27	IRL Charlotte	CBS	1.0	3	0.9m		73,039	hot
07/27	Formula One Germany	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.2m	0.3	100,000+	sunny, warm
07/27	NASCAR Trucks Topeka	TNN	0.8	2	0.5m	1
07/27	NHRA Sears Point	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m
07/27	Pikes Peak Hill Climb	ESPN	0.6	NA	0.4m
08/01	NASCAR BGN IRP	ESPN	3.1	NA	2.2m
08/02	"Brickyard 400"	ABC	5.3	18	5.2m	4.3	320,000 *	overcast, hot
08/02	NASCAR Trucks IRP	ESPN2	0.7	NA	0.3m	0.8
08/03	SCCA Trans Am Trois Rivieres	TNN	0.3	1	0.2m
08/09	NASCAR Trucks Flemington	TNN	0.6	2	0.4m	0.8
08/10	Winston Cup Watkins Glen	ESPN	4.4	NA	3.1m	4.5
08/10	IROC Michigan	ABC	1.7	5	1.7m
08/10	CART  Mid Ohio	ABC	1.4	4	1.4m	1.8	70,000	cloudy, cool
08/10	SCCA  Trans Am Watkins Glen	TNN	0.4	1	0.3m	0.3
08/10	Formula One Hungary	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.1m	0.4		sunny, warm
08/16	NASCAR BGN Michigan	ESPN	1.4	NA	1.0m
08/16	NASCAR Trucks Nashville	TNN	0.5	1	0.4m	0.9
08/17	Winston Cup Michigan	ESPN	4.3	NA	3.0m	4.1
08/17	CART Road America	ESPN	1.8	NA	1.2m	2.2	50,000	wet/dry
08/17	IRL New Hampshire	ABC	1.4	4	1.4m	1.6	22,000	cloudy
08/17	World of Outlaws Knoxville Nationals	TNN	0.8	1	0.6m	0.8
08/17	SCCA Trans Am Road America	TNN	0.2	1	0.1m
08/22	NASCAR BGN Bristol	ESPN	1.1	NA	0.8m
08/23	Winston Cup Bristol	ESPN	3.4	NA	2.5m	3.3
08/24	NASCAR Trucks Watkins Glen	ESPN	1.1	NA	0.8m	1.4
08/24	Formula One Belgium	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.6		wet/dry
08/31	Winston Cup Darlington	ESPN	4.5	NA	3.2m	3.8
08/31	CART Vancouver	ESPN	1.5	NA	1.1m	1.8	68,454	sunny, warm
08/31	NHRA Big Bud Shootout	TNN	0.5	1	0.3m
08/31	SCCA Trans Am Mosport	TNN	0.3	1	0.2m
09/01	NHRA U.S. Nationals	TNN	0.8	2	0.5m	0.6
09/04	NASCAR Trucks Richmond	ESPN	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.8
09/05	NASCAR BGN Richmond	ESPN	1.2	NA	0.9m
09/06	Winston Cup Richmond	ESPN	3.3	NA	2.4m	3.0
09/07	CART Laguna Seca	ESPN	0.6	NA	0.4m	1.4	55,000	sunny, warm
09/07	Formula One Italy	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.5		sunny, warm
09/14	Winston Cup Loudon	TNN	3.9	NA	2.7m
09/14	NHRA Reading	TNN	1.2	2	0.8m	1.7
09/20	NASCAR BGN Dover	TNN	0.9	3	0.6m	0.8
09/21	Winston Cup Dover	TNN	3.7	9	2.6m	3.5
09/21	Formula One Austria	ESPN2	0.5	NA	0.3m			sunny, warm
09/27	SCCA Trans Am PPIR	TNN	0.3	1	0.2m
09/27	NASCAR Trucks Martinsville	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m	0.9
09/28	CART California	ESPN	1.2	NA	0.9m		92,000	sunny, hot
09/28	NHRA Topeka	TNN	0.6	1	0.5m	1.0
09/29	Winston Cup Martinsville	ESPN	1.9	NA	1.4m	3.1
10/05	Winston Cup Charlotte	WTBS	3.6	8	2.6m	3.1
10/05	NASCAR Trucks Sears Point	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.9
10/05	NHRA Memphis	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.6
10/12	Winston Cup Talladega	CBS	4.5	12	4.4m	2.5
10/12	IRL Las Vegas	ABC	1.1	3	1.1m	1.4	33,000	clear
10/12	Formula One Japan	ESPN2	0.3	NA	0.2m	0.5		sunny, warm
10/12	NASCAR Trucks Bakersfield	TNN	0.5	1	0.3m	0.8
10/18	NASCAR Trucks California	ESPN2	0.6	NA	0.3m
10/19	NASCAR BGN California	ESPN	1.0	NA	0.7m
10/25	NASCAR BGN Rockingham	TNN	1.4	4	1.0m	1.2
10/26	Winston Cup Rockingham	TNN	1.6	3	1.0m	3.3
10/26	Formula One Jerez	ESPN2	0.4	NA	0.2m
10/26	NHRA Texas	TNN	0.7	1	0.5m
11/01	NASCAR Trucks Phoenix	WTBS	0.7	1	0.5m	0.8
11/02	Winston Cup Phoenix	TNN	3.8	8	2.7m	3.3
11/09	NASCAR BGN Miami	CBS	1.9	5	1.8m	2.0
11/09	NASCAR Trucks Las Vegas	CBS	1.7	4	1.7m
11/09	NHRA Pomona	TNN	0.8	1	0.5m	1.0

share = number of Nielsen household tuned in from a total of 4300

hh = total household audience

* attendance was not reported in On Track magazine