AURORA, Ill. (February 8, 2006) – After completing its seventh race of the 2005-2006 season at Anaheim, California’s Angel Stadium, Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series has been watched by more fans this season than ever before in the sport’s history, garnering impressive consistent television ratings on both CBS Sports and SPEED.
Amp’d Mobile Supercross has put together back to back weekend ratings of 1.5 and 1.3 on CBS Sports for the Anaheim 2 and San Francisco telecasts. Combining the very consistent and strong numbers on the CBS Sports network television package, along with the strong numbers with the cable package on SPEED, supercross television viewership is at an all time high. To date, SPEED has put together an impressive .47 GAA (gross average audience) per event for households, compared to .36 GAA per event for households on ESPN2 last season.
“It’s compelling television. The ratings are comparable to regular season NCAA basketball, the Winter X Games, PBR, and other sport properties on network television. It’s a great next step in the evolution of supercross to mainstream America. We have been fortunate to have some epic Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart battles that have made for exciting television,