Daytona 500 - Popularity by region

NASCAR had it's biggest race of the season last week and judging by the ratings that were released by media market, if you live in a city with 'Green' or 'ville' in it's name chances are that you watched Matt Kenseth win.

Here's the breakdown of how the race was watched, the rating represents the percentage of TVs that were on and watched the race, so of all the TV's in the Greenville region 21.2% were watching the Daytona 500.

1. Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville - 21.2 rating, 182,000 viewers
2. Greensboro - 19.9 rating, 136,000 viewers
3. Dayton -18.0 rating, 87,000
4. Indianapolis - 17.2 rating, 192 viewers
5. Knoxville - 17.0 rating, 93,000 viewers
6. Charlotte - 15.6 rating, 175,000 viewers
7. Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn - 15.4 rating, 226,000 viewers
8. Nashville - 15.3 rating, 155,000 viewers
9. Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota - 15.3 rating, 278,000 viewers
10. Jacksonville - 15.1 rating, 102 viewers