Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:04pm/et
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09pm/et
Total minutes: 245
Minutes of race broadcast: 174
Minutes of commercials: 71
(8.7 minutes per 30 total minutes)
Total number of commercials: 142
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 78
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 22
Restarts missed due to being away at commercial: 1
NBC missed coming back to a restart once, after several races of getting back in time. On the other hand, twice NBC broke into a commercial to take viewers back to the race (once to see one of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s advantageous pit stops, and once when Jeff Gordon’s engine blew up). See the full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-15-2006)
