Nielsen Household Ratings for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series stand-alone race from Nashville were up 59 percent year-to-year, as three-time series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. captured his record-setting fifth consecutive victory of the season Saturday on SPEED.
Scoring an average mark of .59 (434,000 households) and peaking at .83 (614,000 households), the race broadcast topped last year's average rating of .37 (268,000 households) and peak of .51 (368,000 households).
"As the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points race takes shape, there are some great storylines for fans to follow," said SPEED President Hunter Nickell. "Hornaday is on a historic roll in the KHI truck, Skinner and Toyota are in the hunt as his team owner Randy Moss reports to NFL training camp, Brian Scott is racing in the Top 5 with a broken wrist
all this and we're headed to a wild Wednesday night at Bristol."
The Trucks get back on track Aug. 19 as Hornaday takes his Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevy to Bristol, with live coverage on SPEED beginning at 8 p.m. ET with Krista Voda and the popular pre-race show, NCWTS Setup.
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