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The numbers are in for FOX’s first IndyCar Series broadcast and the audience who watched Alex Palou and Josef Newgarden battle for victory was measured at 1.4 million viewers, a steep increase from…
FOX’s first IndyCar Series broadcast with Alex Palou and Josef Newgarden racing drew 1.4 million viewers, a significant increase from the previous year’s numbers. The 2024 NBC broadcast had 974,700 combined viewers using the TAD metric, excluding live streaming. Moving to FOX, IndyCar gained 425,300 viewers, making it the most-watched IndyCar race on network television (excluding the Indy 500) in 14 years. FOX Sports also reported 95,000 viewers for the opening practice on its FOX Sports 1 cable channel. The 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES started with a bang on FOX with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg hitting a 14-year high and peaking at over 1.8 million viewers.
