The 2025 Charlotte Roval had everything NASCAR fans could ask for. Chaos, comebacks, and championship heartbreaks. Shane van Gisbergen scored his fifth win of the season after surviving a wild, fender-banging showdown that left even veteran fans holding their breath. Joey Logano barely snuck into the Round of 8 thanks to a late-race pileup involving Ross Chastain and Denny Hamlin, while tire strategies and door-to-door battles kept the tension sky-high.

On paper, it was the kind of race that should’ve lit up TV screens across the country. But surprisingly, the Roval numbers told a different story. Viewership dropped by nearly a third compared to last year. 2025 drew in 1.544 million fans while 2024 had delivered 2.419. With ratings slipping during one of NASCAR’s most thrilling playoff ra

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