Racing continued to ramp up the month of May, with numbers that were little changed from their 2021 equivalents, albeit trending slightly down.

NASCAR’s Cup Series round at Kansas averaged a 1.43 rating and 2.337 million household viewers on FS1, per numbers from ShowBuzzDaily. That was comparable to the numbers from Dover that ran on this weekend last year (1.45/2.431m), also on the Fox cable outlet, as well as last week at Darlington (1.45/2.614m) on FS1.

Camping World Truck Series action from Kansas Saturday night on FS1 averaged 0.37/660,000 viewers, identical in rating although down in viewers from last week’s Friday night round at Darlington (0.37/583,000). The ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas Saturday afternoon on FS1 averaged 0.26/440K).

The NTT IndyCar Series returned to action on NBC at the Indianapolis road course, averaging 0.60/998,000 viewers on NBC. Last year’s Indy GP, also on free-to-air NBC, averaged 0.64/1.027m.

NHRA Camping World Drag Racing on FS1 from Virginia followed the same year-on-year trend of the weekend, averaging 0.45/763,000 viewers for Sunday night’s final eliminations on FS1. Last year’s Charlotte finals on this weekend averaged 0.48/818K on the same network.