While it wasn’t an apples to apples comparison, the network said that rating is up 90% vs. NBCSN’s first IndyCar race from Phoenix last season in primetime on April 7 with drew a 0.20 rating. To add, the 0.38 overnight for the Grand Prix of St. Pete was up 36% vs. NBCSN’s Sunday afternoon IndyCar average last spring which was a 0.28. RELATED: NBCSN Misses A Gear For First Race Of IndyCar Season, Including 13-Minute Video OutageThe 2019 NTT IndyCar Series is the first year in which NBC Sports will be the exclusive media partner in the U.S. As noted, there was a 13-minute lapse in video due to a power supply failure to one of IMSP’s uplinks due to two amplifiers overheating. NBC Sports said that the failure “unfortunately affected our broadcast, it was not an issue that we could control.”

Source: Forbes March 11, 2019 20:03 UTC