NASCAR’s return to Rockingham Speedway final weekend was an enormous success. Not solely did followers promote out the over 25,000-seat venue, viewers at residence had been equally excited for the race.
In response to Adam Stern of Sports activities Enterprise Journal, Saturday’s Xfinity Collection race drew 1.053 million viewers, the second finest viewership for an Xfinity race at Rockingham ever.
All ten Xfinity Collection races this 12 months have topped 1 million viewers, marking a milestone for the collection and signaling the success of The CW’s broadcast.
With NASCAR’s triumphant return to The Rock, many have referred to as for the Cup Collection to return to the monitor within the close to future. The final Cup Collection race on the speedway was in 2004.
Entrance to Rockingham SpeedwayAlexandra Lange – Athlon Sports activities
In response to Bob Sargent, president and CEO of Observe Enterprises, a return to the Rock is “on the radar.”
Sargent spoke with The Charlotte Observer after the race and was requested in regards to the chance of Rockingham returning to the Cup schedule.
.@TheCW received 1.053 million viewers for Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Collection race at Rockingham, which means all 10 of the opening occasions of the season topped 1 million.➡️ It is the second finest viewership for an Xfinity race at Rockingham. pic.twitter.com/l7vYHvEdXm
— Adam Stern (@A_S12) April 22, 2025
“Sure, completely, with the caveat that NASCAR is an enormous, worldwide entity, and whenever you have a look at dates, there are solely so many,” he mentioned. “There are solely so many geographic areas and issues like that. So there are lots of elements that go into when dates get put the place. So it’s not a magic wand. “However I really feel comfy, and am not saying something out of line that, sure, we did every thing we would have liked to do.
“It’s a course of. However we’re on the radar. We’re in that course of.”
Whereas it stays to be seen if and after we’ll see Cup racing return to the Rock, there’s little doubt that NASCAR’s return final weekend was particular.
