I feel like itโs too early to comparing stats like this
We just left a 11-year era of Playoffs, itโs gonna take a bit to gain peopleโs interest/trust back
A better comparison would be last yearโs playoffs to this yearโs chase, or next yearโs chase to this year when we get there
Looking at viewership the last time The Chase ran in 2013, let's compare.
2013 โ through 7 races (6 on ESPN & 1 on ABC), the series averaged 4.188M viewers. Also cable-heavy.
2026 โ through 7 races, all on USA, we're averaging 1.550M viewers.
Thatโs a 63% drop in viewership.
MASSIVE INDYCAR NEWS! ๐ช๐ธ
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Motorsport has confirmed the series is set to head to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, offsetting the track's F1 absence next year. It's INDYCAR's first race outside of North America since 2013.
The next gen has officially ran its course
1 1/2โs were the odd saving grace for this car and now teams have figured out aero-blocking
Genuinely no style of track is guaranteed to be good anymore