Nascar 2009 Schedule

NASCAR ON FOX FUN FACTS

-- FOX is America’s No. 1 NASCAR network, outdistancing runner-up ABC by 54% (5.7 vs. 3.7)

-- While FOX’s 13 Cup races represented 36% of last season’s schedule, FOX generated 45% of the season’s total ratings points

-- NASCAR Sprint Cup racing on FOX (5.7) out-rated prime time hits like E.R. (5.6), Law & Order CI (5.0) and How I Met Your Mother (4.9) among others last season

-- NASCAR racing was the top-rated sports event on TV nine of 13 weekends during last year’s Sprint Cup season

-- NASCAR on FOX was the No. 1 sport on television in the first half of 2008, just edging out the NCAA men’s basketball tournament (5.7 vs. 5.6)

-- The DAYTONA 500 is the highest-rated, most-watched motor sports event in the country. It has averaged a household rating of 10.0 or higher in seven of the last eight years, with the one exception caused by rain

-- From 1995 to 2000, the DAYTONA 500 averaged an 8.7 household rating; from 2001 to 2008, the average rating is 10.5, marking a 21% increase

-- The 2008 DAYTONA 500 (10.2 HH rating) out-delivered the NBA Finals (9.3), the NCAA Final Four (8.8) and the final round of The Masters (8.6)

FOX SPORTS ANNOUNCES 2009 NASCAR ON FOX

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Season Warms Up with The Budweiser Shootout on Feb. 7;

Pedal Hits Metal with 51st Daytona 500 on Feb. 15

NASCAR on FOX 2009 Schedule

Date Track Event Time

Sat. Feb. 7 Daytona Int’l Speedway Budweiser Shootout 8:00 PM

Sun. Feb. 8 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona 500 Qualifying 1:00 PM

Sun. Feb. 15 Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona 500 2:00 PM

Sat. Feb. 21 California Speedway NASCAR Truck Series 3:00 PM

Sun. Feb. 22 California Speedway NASCAR Racing from Fontana 5:00 PM

Sun. March 1 Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Las Vegas 3:30 PM

Sun. March 8 Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Atlanta 1:30 PM

Sun. March 22 Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Bristol 1:30 PM

Sat. March 28 Martinsville Speedway NASCAR Truck Series 2:00 PM

Sun. March 29 Martinsville Speedway NASCAR Racing from Martinsville 1:30 PM

Sun. April 5 Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Fort Worth 1:30 PM

Sat. April 18 Phoenix Int’l Speedway NASCAR Racing from Phoenix 8:00 PM

Sun. April 26 Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR Racing from Talladega 1:00 PM

Sat. May 2 Richmond Int’l Raceway NASCAR Racing from Richmond 7:00 PM

Sat. May 9 Darlington Raceway NASCAR Racing from Darlington 7:00 PM

Sun. May 24 Lowe’s Motor Speedway NASCAR Racing from Charlotte 5:00 PM

Sun. May 31 Dover Int’l Speedway NASCAR Racing from Dover 1:30 PMN