The Daytona 500, which President Donald Trump attended, averaged 6.76 million viewers and peaked at 7.96 million. The last time Indy had higher viewership came in 2021, and before that, in 1995.

Though the Indy 500 beat the Daytona 500 in viewership this year in a battle of America’s two greatest motor races, Daytona (also broadcast by Fox) had a 3.5-hour rain delay in February.