A World Cup Final that went into extra time, local rain and lightning, and the eventual postponement of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix from Sunday to Monday at Nashville Speedway conspired against months of effort to use the global sporting event airing on FOX as a vehicle to uplift the NTT IndyCar Series.

A relatively quiet weekend in motorsports was still hampered by the bad weather in Texas.Sunday's rain-delayed, rain-shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas earned a 1.1 national rating, with 1.8 million viewers tuning in to NBCSN when the race got underway. The race, which was supposed air on NBC,...