Auto Club 500 Ratings Down

The Auto Club 500 ratings are in and FOX has good and bad news. The bad news, Fox averaged a 5.3/8 for the Auto Club 500 down 13% from last year's 6.1/10. The good news is that it was FOX's best night against the Oscars in some time. The 2009 Academy Awards averaged a 23.5/36 which is up 7% from last year. Still though, why FOX would run that race against the Oscars and the threat of rain is beyond me.