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Mid-Ohio delivers another IndyCar ratings lift on FOX
The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio produced another sizable year-to-year audience increase for FOX and the IndyCar Series as an average of 1,344,000 viewers watched Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward drive to victory in the No. 5 Chevy.
The race ran prior to FOX’s World Cup coverage and featured a steep 73 percent rise in viewership over the 775,00 who tuned in for last year’s Mid-Ohio race. The tail end of the race drew the most interest with a peak of 1,541,000 viewers.
IndyCar’s debut on FOX in 2025 delivered five out of 17 races with more than 1 million viewers, and so far in 2026, seven out of 11 races have surpassed the 1 million mark. In another year-to-year metric, the rise in viewership to date this season is up 18 percent over last year.
Marshall Pruett
The 2026 season marks Marshall Pruett's 40th year working in the sport. In his role today for RACER, Pruett covers open-wheel and sports car racing as a writer, reporter, photographer, and filmmaker. In his previous career, he served as a mechanic, engineer, and team manager in a variety of series, including IndyCar, IMSA, and World Challenge.
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