It was a busy 20-plus weeks that marked NBC’s return to NASCAR coverage in 2015.
To mark Friday’s official end of the season – the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards banquet (to be televised at 9 pm ET from Las Vegas on NBCSN) – the NBC Sports Group on Monday put out a release that presented some rather interesting numbers of the season that was:
2: NASCAR champions crowned on NBC
19: NASCAR Xfinity Series races on NBC and NBCSN
20: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on NBC and NBCSN
21: Consecutive weeks of NASCAR Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series race coverage
22: States visited while providing Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series race coverage
363: Total hours of live trackside coverage across NBC, NBCSN and CNBC
206: Total hours of non-trackside NASCAR coverage on NBCSN
569: Total hours of NASCAR programming in 2015
3,370: NASCAR Xfinity Series race laps covered on NBC and NBCSN
4,559.75: Total miles of NASCAR Xfinity Series races on NBC and NBCSN
5,696: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race laps covered on NBC and NBCSN
7,548.21: Total miles of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on NBC and NBCSN
15,196: Miles traveled by NBC Sports Group’s NASCAR mobile production convoy covering races on NBC and NBCSN
84,000: Unique users who watched 2015 Sprint Cup Championship from Miami on NBC Sports Live Extra
12,400,000: Number of TV viewers watching as Kyle Busch captured the Ford EcoBoost 400 checkered flag and the 2015 Sprint Cup Championship on NBC