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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dirt will be back on NASCAR's timetable one year from now and logical on Easter Sunday once more on the off chance that Fox Sports has its direction.

NASCAR conveyed the most-watched race at Bristol Motor Speedway beginning around 2016 on Sunday night when a typical 4,007,000 watchers tuned in as the Cup Series hustled on soil for the second continuous season.

It denoted the initial time since NASCAR's debut 1949 season the Cup Series was purposely planned to race on Easter; multiple times before were a direct result of climate related rescheduling, generally as of late in 1989.

It was Fox that had requested that NASCAR utilize its conventional off end of the week to pursue an early evening occasion crowd. In view of Sunday night's numbers, Fox needs Easter in its planning discussions.

"See, we're excited," Bill Wanger, Fox Sports chief VP and head of programming and planning, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "We're conversing with NASCAR about plans for '23 and clearly that is important for the blend."

Regardless of two late downpour delays, Bristol viewership was up 28% over last year's race, which was likewise downpour deferred however run on a Monday during sunshine. It was likewise up 20% over last season's 10th race of the year (Richmond).

The race was the most-seen among the 18-to-49 segment since the Daytona 500 in February.

"I like having the soil race, I believe it's an alternate organization and clearly the numbers spike when it is on soil," Wanger said. "Additionally the more youthful demos on Easter with the soil, we like the soil."

Bristol Motor Speedway president Jerry Caldwell has proactively said the spring race in 2023 will be a soil race for a third back to back year yet noticed the date was not settled.

Wanger didn't have to counsel a schedule to talk about NASCAR getting back to early evening Fox next Easter. He realizes the occasion falls on April 9, 2023, which he said is referred to TV software engineers as "Bosses Sunday."

NASCAR learned in its most memorable year of soil that the occasion must be around evening time as a result of perceivability issues made by the whirling red Tennessee dirt covering Bristol's 0.533-mile substantial bullring. Sunday's race began at 7 p.M. What's more, a comparative methodology would be normal one year from now.

"The Masters is over at 7, and that is the point at which we began our race inclusion," said Wanger, who added the NBA will in any case be in its customary season on Easter in 2023. NASCAR positioned second as the most-watched game of the end of the week behind the first round of the NBA end of the season games.

TV evaluations have been solid through the initial eight races of the time, the first of NASCAR's new Next Gen racecar. The vehicle appeared in the made-for-Fox show Clash at the Los Angeles Coliseum in February, a season the opening shot that highlighted a "halftime" with a show by Ice Cube.

The Clash was trailed by the sold-out, season-opening Daytona 500, the first in quite a while not impacted by downpour. Wanger accepts force for the organization began then, at that point, and has helped through the initial nine races of the time.