Versus and DirecTV come to agreement

There’s some good news to report for fans of IndyCar and for organizers of the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

The feud that has dragged on for months between DirecTV and the Versus sports network that broadcasts Indy races and NHL games has finally ended.

That means DirecTV customers can now see Indy races once again on Channel 603. And that’s good news for the race at Barber Motorsports Park because one of its goals is to showcase Alabama to viewers around the country. It’s sort of hard to do that if the race isn’t shown on one of the biggest satellite providers.

The season opener in Brazil on Sunday actually saw an increase in ratings of 76 percent over last year’s season opener in St. Petersburg. The rating was still a 0.4, which is an average of 411,000 viewers, so the numbers nationally are still anemic. But it was the third-highest rating for a race on Versus.

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