Jun 5, 2016; Detroit, MI, USA; Team Penske driver Will Power (12) of Great Britain takes the checkered flag and wins the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race 2 at The Raceway at Belle Isle Park. Team Penske driver Simon Pagenaud (second place) of France and Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay (third place) of United States. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports

In the final race on broadcast television for 2016, IndyCar TV ratings remained mostly flat for the Dual in Detroit.

After an exciting two days on the streets of Belle Isle Park, just across the Detroit River from America’s biggest automakers, IndyCar closed out their time on ABC for this season, with all the remaining races to be seen on NBCSN. And after a strong start, IndyCar TV ratings end flat for the Dual in Detroit.

The doubleheader race for the open wheel series earned a 0.82 rating on Saturday, up slightly from the rain-shortened race in 2015 at 0.7, and flat with 2014. Meanwhile, Sunday’s win for Will Power scored a 1.04 rating, flat compared to 2015, and up 43 percent from 2014. The Sunday race would be the top rated motorsports event over the weekend, with the Sprint Cup Series race delayed to Monday due to weather.

IndyCar certainly was the big winner in the bad weather that besieged the Northeast on Sunday. The NASCAR Xfinity Series inaugural race from Pocono on Saturday was stopped short due to rain, and likely had an impact on its 0.99 rating as seen on FOX. Meanwhile, the Sprint Cup race was delayed until Monday, along with NHRA drag racing from Epping, New Hampshire, which both aired on cable network FS1. Rain delay coverage on FS1 did manage to earn a 0.8 rating.

It would seem unlikely that IndyCar will post another 1.0 plus rating for the remainder of the calendar on NBCSN. Unlike last summer, the series will face intense competition from all over the sports world. While last year the Women’s World Cup took center stage, the Summer Olympics carries hundreds to thousands of hours of television coverage, all to be seen on the NBC family of networks. Certainly the added exposure for NBCSN could help in the long run, but is unlikely to give the series a boost this year.

If anything, the end of ABC’s coverage for 2016 will mean the end for many of wishing that they could have different announcers other than Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever:

Finally getting around to watching the Indy 500 replay….can Eddie Cheever and Scott Goodyear be more boring??? @IMS @ABCNetwork — Dave Fresher (@dfresh500) June 8, 2016

Eddie Cheever and Scott Goodyear make me want to have an aneurysm. — Mike Murphy (@MurphysLawl) June 5, 2016

"You can hear the impact and as a driver I can tell you you hate that." Insightful analysis from Scott Goodyear — Matthew James (@mjd4987) June 5, 2016

Eddy Cheever and Scott Goodyear are the worst commentary team in all of sports. Period. #IndyCar #yawn — Jacob Black (@JacobBlackAUTOS) June 5, 2016

It baffles me as to why ABC can’t/won’t find better analysts than Eddie Cheever and Scott Goodyear. — DownForce (@DownForced) June 4, 2016

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