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  • Commercial breakdown and Summary for the 2009 season:
    Statistics need no introduction; they speak for themselves. These were culminated from CawsnJaws 2009 Commercial Breakdowns/Driver Focus Reports for the 2009 season.
    Total number of commercials per network:
    FOX (14 races): 1,836 [131 per race]
    TNT (6 races): 654 [109 per race]
    ESPN (6 races): 767 [127 per race]
    ABC (11 races): 1,253 [113 per race]
    SPEED (2 races): 183 [92 per race]
    Notes: FOX includs short Bud Shootout
    SPEED’s races were Gatorade Duel and All-Star Race
    Total for all networks: 4,693, 38 races [123.5 per race]
    Total number of minutes of race broadcast to minutes of commercial times per network:
    Fox (14 races): 3,297 total (2,466 race/831 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 22.4 of race time and 7.6 of commerciails)
    TNT (6 races): 1,230 total (924 race/306 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 22.5 of race time and 7.5 of commerciails)
    ESPN (6 races): 1,488 total (1,160 race/328 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 23.4 of race time and 6.6 of commerciails)
    ABC (11 races): 2,408 total: (1,864 race/544 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 23.2 of race time and 6.8 of commerciails)
    SPEED (2 races): 421 total: (319 race/102 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 22.7 of race time and 7.3 of commerciails)
    Total for all networks: 8,844 (6733 race/2,111 commercial)
    (so 30 minutes = 22.8 of race time and 7.2 of commerciails)
    (an average TV Show is 21-22 minutes of show and 8-9 minutes of commercials)
    Total number of times that companies that sponsored commercials during race broadcasts were shown over the racing season:
    Fox (14 races): 873
    TNT (6 races): 335
    ESPN (6 races): 412
    ABC (11 races): 658
    SPEED (2 races): 96
    Total number of promos during race broadcasts and the number of minutes they were seen:
    Fox (14 races): 898 (2 hrs. 49 min.)
    TNT (6 races): 212 (52 minutes 40 sec.) **
    ESPN (6 races): 194 (26 min. 15 sec.)
    ABC (11 races): 305 (1 hr. 15 sec.)
    SPEED (2 races): 35 (6 min. 35 sec.)
    **This number is high due to TNTís ëWide Open Coverageí of the Coke Zero 400 race, where commercials are shown on a split-screen with the race broadcast.
    Number of missed restarts per network:
    Fox (14 races): 4
    TNT (6 races): 0
    ESPN (6 races): 1
    ABC (11 races): 1
    SPEED (2 races): 1
    Total for all networks: 7
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí:
    Fox (14 races): 5
    TNT (6 races): 8
    ESPN (6 races): 2
    ABC (11 races): 15
    SPEED (2 races): 0
    Total: 30
    Total number of times drivers were focused on in 2009:
    Drivers:
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 5036
    Jeff Gordon ñ 4004
    Kyle Busch ñ 3533
    Kurt Busch ñ 3422
    Denny Hamlin ñ 3321
    Mark Martin ñ 3278
    Tony Stewart ñ 3090
    Juan Montoya ñ 2730
    Kasey Kahne ñ 2315
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 2277
    Matt Kenseth ñ 2174
    Carl Edwards ñ 2161
    Greg Biffle ñ 2147
    Brian Vickers ñ 1799
    Ryan Newman ñ 1676
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 1664
    Kevin Harvick ñ 1622
    Jeff Burton ñ 1583
    Clint Bowyer ñ 1566
    Joey Logano ñ 1535
    David Reutimann ñ 1504
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 1246
    Jamie McMurray ñ 1184
    David Ragan ñ 1139
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 1109
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 922
    Casey Mears ñ 908
    Bobby Labonte ñ 904
    David Stremme ñ 798
    Paul Menard ñ 784
    Elliott Sadler ñ 775
    Michael Waltrip ñ 743
    Reed Sorenson ñ 708
    Robby Gordon ñ 658
    Scott Speed ñ 571
    John Andretti ñ 427
    Brad Keselowski ñ 426
    Dave Gilliland ñ 393
    Regan Smith ñ 272
    Max Papis ñ 205
    Bill Elliott ñ 200
    Aric Almirola ñ 145
    Joe Nemechek ñ 138
    Scott Riggs ñ 121
    Boris Said ñ 116
    Dave Blaney ñ 113
    Jeremy Mayfield ñ 88
    Travis Kvapil ñ 85
    Erik Darnell ñ 69
    Mike Bliss ñ 52
    Tony Raines ñ 40
    Sterling Marlin ñ 38
    Todd Bodine ñ 29
    Mike Wallace ñ 29
    Terry Labonte ñ 24
    Michael McDowell ñ 18
    Kirk Shelmerdine ñ 14
    Mike Skinner ñ 13
    Carl Long ñ 8
    Norm Benning ñ 7
    Derrike Cope ñ 6
    Mike Garvey ñ 5
    Kelly Bires ñ 3
    Robert Richardson Jr. ñ 2
    Geoff Bodine ñ 1
    Crew Chiefs:
    Chad Knaus ñ 179
    Steve Letarte ñ 53
    Pat Tryson ñ 33
    Bob Osborne ñ 30
    Greg Zipadelli ñ 23
    Steve Addington ñ 23 Ryan Pemberton ñ 19
    Mike Ford ñ 19
    Drew Blickensderfer ñ 17
    Greg Erwin ñ 15
    Tony Eury Jr. ñ 13
    Shane Wilson ñ 11
    Dave Rogers ñ 5
    Donnie Wingo ñ 4
    Tommy Baldwin ñ 3
    Bootie Barker ñ 1
    Todd Parrot ñ 1
    Doug Richert ñ 1
    Kenny Francis ñ 1
    Team Members:
    Mark ëHollywoodí Armstrong ñ 28
    Ryan ëWest Coastí McCray ñ 9
    Kenneth Purcell ñ 4
    Matt Strue ñ 2
    Jon Lucas ñ 2
    Mike Lingerfelt ñ 1
    Kyle Roland ñ 1
    Brandon Hopkins ñ 1
    Joel Edmonds ñ 1
    Nick OíDell ñ 1
    Owners:
    Rick Hendrick ñ 15
    Jack Roush ñ 11
    J.D. Gibbs ñ 2
    Chip Ganassi ñ 2
    Felix Sabates ñ 1
    Richard Petty ñ 1
    Totals for all pages of this past seasonís reports:
    Total type-written pages: 581
    Total word count: 199,755
    Total commas: 44,512
    Total semi-colons: 23,448
    See more at CawsnJaws.(2-9-2010)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Ford 400: This was the last race of the 2009 season. For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 118
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 18
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:40 PM
    Total minutes: 205
    Minutes of race broadcast: 159
    Minutes of commercials: 46
    Number of missed restarts: 0 One restart occurred right as broadcast returned from commercialótoo close to call
    Number of ëmysterious cautionsí (reason for caution not given): 1
    Number of commercial-free moments at the end of the race broadcast: 35 Thanks ESPN
    Total race brdcst time 159 Total comm. brdcst time 46
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Michael Waltrip ñ 13
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 32
    Carl Edwards ñ 44
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 46
    Juan Montoya ñ 72
    Kyle Busch ñ 76
    Jeff Gordon ñ 91
    Denny Hamlin (race winner) ñ 106
    Jeff Burton ñ 112
    Mark Martin ñ 123
    Kevin Harvick ñ 142
    Kurt Busch ñ 147
    Jimmie Johnson (Champion) ñ 218
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-23-2009)
  • Phoenix Race and Commercial Breakdown: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 111
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 22
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:23 PM
    Total minutes: 188
    Minutes of race broadcast: 140
    Minutes of commercials: 48
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 2
    Total race brdcst time 140 Total comm. brdcst time 48
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Robby Gordon ñ 23
    Erik Darnell ñ 23
    Scott Speed ñ 23
    Greg Biffle ñ 23
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 33
    Kasey Kahne ñ 38
    Kyle Busch ñ 47
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 59
    Jeff Burton ñ 75
    Jeff Gordon ñ 89
    Kurt Busch ñ 110
    Denny Hamlin ñ 115
    Mark Martin ñ 140
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 227
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-16-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Dickies 500/Texas:
    Total number of commercials: 123
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 25
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:59 PM
    Total minutes: 224
    Minutes of race broadcast: 174
    Minutes of commercials: 50
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 0
    Number of times a replay of Johnsonís wreck on lap three was shown: 13
    Number of minutes Jimmie Johnsonís car was in the garage under repair: 68
    Number of times Jimmie Johnsonís car was shown being worked on during the race broadcast: 17
    Number of times Chad Knaus was shown working on Jimmieís car following the wreck: 5
    Number of times a replay was shown of Carl Edwardsí wreck: 5
    Total race brdcst time 174 Total comm. brdcst time 50
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Michael McDowell ñ 2
    Bobby Labonte ñ 25
    Brad Keselowski ñ 27
    Jeff Burton ñ 30
    Brian Vickers ñ 41
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 50
    David Ragan ñ 55
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 73
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 111
    Mark Martin ñ 114
    Jeff Gordon ñ 121
    Kurt Busch (race winner) ñ 162
    Kyle Busch ñ 197
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-9-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AMP Energy 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 113
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:01 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:48 pm
    Total minutes: 227
    Minutes of race broadcast: 175
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 0 one time the restart was occurring right as the broadcast came back from commercialótoo close to call
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 1
    Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
    Number of times No-Doz was suggested for the fans in an overheard radio conversation: 1 Tony Stewart
    Total race brdcst time 175 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Robert Richardson Jr. ñ 2
    Max Papis ñ 7
    Bobby Labonte ñ 27
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 29
    Kasey Kahne ñ 36
    Brad Keselowski ñ 37
    Jamie McMurray (race winner) ñ 47
    Elliott Sadler ñ 54
    Ryan Newman ñ 63
    Kyle Busch ñ 69
    Jeff Burton ñ 72
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 74
    Mark Martin ñ 90
    Denny Hamlin ñ 91
    Jeff Gordon ñ 114
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 120
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(11-2-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Tums Fast Relief 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 107
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 34
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:30 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 pm
    Total minutes: 232
    Minutes of race broadcast: 182
    Minutes of commercials: 50
    Number of missed restarts: 0 however two restarts occurred right as the race returned from commercialsótoo close to call
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 1
    Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
    Total race brdcst time 182 Total comm. brdcst time 50
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Travis Kvapil ñ 2
    Derrike Cope ñ 3
    Jamie McMurray ñ 47
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 57
    Jeff Burton ñ 70
    Casey Mears ñ 79
    Kevin Harvick ñ 96
    Kyle Busch ñ 101
    Tony Stewart ñ 104
    Ryan Newman ñ 110
    Jeff Gordon ñ 153
    Juan Montoya ñ 188
    Denny Hamlin (race winner) ñ 232
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 255
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-26-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 NASCAR Banking 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturdayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 118
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 63
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:34 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:28 PM
    Total minutes: 234
    Minutes of race broadcast: 184
    Minutes of commercials: 50
    Number of missed restarts: 1
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 0
    NASCAR.com Superstore (Jeff Gordon) ñ 3
    NASCAR Cup Championsí Week in Las Vegas ñ 2
    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ñ 1
    NASCAR.com/Chase ñ 1
    NASCAR.com performance and AASA (Steve Letarte, Jeff Gordon) ñ 1
    Martinsville Speedway ñ 1
    Nationwide Series (Steve Wallace) ñ 1
    Texas Motor Speedway (Tony Stewart) ñ 1
    Total race brdcst time 184 Total comm. brdcst time 50
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Bill Elliott ñ 12
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 16
    Dave Gilliland ñ 25
    Mike Bliss ñ 26
    Brad Keselowski ñ 41
    Jeff Burton ñ 42
    David Reutimann ñ 45
    Casey Mears ñ 61
    Clint Bowyer ñ 71
    Ryan Newman ñ 77
    Mark Martin ñ 86
    Matt Kenseth ñ 128
    Jeff Gordon ñ 131
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 174
    Kasey Kahne ñ 193
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-18-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 123
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 74
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 41
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 7:25 PM
    Total minutes: 250
    Minutes of race broadcast: 199
    Minutes of commercials: 51
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 2
    Number of debris cautions where the debris WAS shown: 1
    Total race brdcst time 199 Total comm. brdcst time 51
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Max Papis ñ 10
    Kyle Busch ñ 25
    Dave Gilliland ñ 34
    David Ragan ñ 38
    Jeff Burton ñ 39
    Carl Edwards ñ 47
    Kasey Kahne ñ 59
    Tony Stewart ñ 65
    Kurt Busch ñ 75
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 79
    Denny Hamlin ñ 95
    Jeff Gordon ñ 130
    Mark Martin ñ 142
    Juan Montoya ñ 188
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 226
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-12-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 103
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:13 PM
    Total minutes: 193
    Minutes of race broadcast: 147
    Minutes of commercials: 46
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 0 although there was one for ëfluid on the trackí (not shown)
    Number of on-screen boxes showing Brett Favreís football statistics during the race: 1
    Total race brdcst time 147 Total comm. brdcst time 46
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Bobby Labonte ñ 7
    Jeff Burton ñ 12
    Carl Edwards ñ 32
    Kyle Busch ñ 37
    Joey Logano ñ 38
    Kurt Busch ñ 50
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 61
    Mark Martin ñ 100
    Jeff Gordon ñ 121
    Juan Montoya ñ 126
    Tony Stewart (race winner) ñ 127
    Greg Biffle ñ 133
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 169
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-5-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown for Dover: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.
    Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AAA 400
    Total number of commercials: 113
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 60
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 38
    Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 26
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM
    Total minutes: 243
    Minutes of race broadcast: 197
    Minutes of commercials: 46
    Number of commercial-free minutes at the end of the race: 65
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 2
    Total race brdcst time 197 Total comm. brdcst time 46
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Mike Bliss ñ 2
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 26
    Jeff Burton ñ 29
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 38
    Brian Vickers ñ 35
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 53
    Tony Stewart ñ 90
    Kasey Kahne ñ 114
    Juan Montoya ñ 120
    Greg Biffle ñ 121
    Ryan Newman ñ 129
    Mark Martin ñ 134
    Kurt Busch ñ 146
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 194
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-28-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown for New Hampshire: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.
    Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Sylvania 300
    Total number of commercials: 115
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
    Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:26 PM
    Total minutes: 206
    Minutes of race broadcast: 153
    Minutes of commercials: 53
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 3
    Total race brdcst time 153 Total comm. brdcst time 53
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Mike Wallace ñ 7
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 23
    David Reutimann ñ 29
    Bobby Labonte ñ 35
    Jeff Burton ñ 39
    Greg Biffle ñ 41
    Kyle Busch ñ 70
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 82
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 105
    Mark Martin (race winner) ñ 114
    Tony Stewart ñ 135
    Denny Hamlin ñ 149
    Juan Montoya ñ 182
    Kurt Busch ñ 189
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-21-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturdayís race. ABC was the broadcaster for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 109
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 68
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:52 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:18 pm
    Total minutes: 206
    Minutes of race broadcast: 154
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 0 one very close call
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí (debris not shown): 2
    Number of times a commercial for ESPNís SportsCenter was shown in split-screen with the race broadcast: 3
    Total race brdcst time 154 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Mike Bliss ñ 2
    Michael McDowell ñ 6
    Dave Gilliland ñ 14
    Brad Keselowski ñ 16
    Jeff Burton ñ 28
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 45
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 51
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 56
    Clint Bowyer ñ 61
    Kevin Harvick ñ 74
    Kurt Busch ñ 97
    Brian Vickers ñ 100
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 106
    Mark Martin ñ 117
    Kyle Busch ñ 141
    Denny Hamlin (race winner) ñ 166
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-14-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Pep Boys Auto 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 125
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 76
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 56
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:31 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:33 pm
    Total minutes: 242
    Minutes of race broadcast: 190
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Number of times an ESPN SportsCenter commercial was on screen in a split-screen with the race: 2
    Total race brdcst time 190 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Erik Darnell ñ 3
    Dave Gilliland ñ 14
    Jeff Burton ñ 28
    Robby Gordon ñ 33
    Bobby Labonte ñ 35
    Kurt Busch ñ 57
    Tony Stewart ñ 62
    David Reutimann ñ 63
    Matt Kenseth ñ 81
    Brian Vickers ñ 86
    Juan Montoya ñ 109
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 127
    Kyle Busch ñ 137
    Jeff Gordon ñ 138
    Denny Hamlin ñ 138
    Kasey Kahne (race winner) ñ 140
    Kevin Harvick ñ 141
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(9-10-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Sharpie 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturdayís race. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
    Total number of commercials: 76
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 47
    Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 5 sec.
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:32 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09 pm
    Total minutes: 217
    Minutes of race broadcast: 166
    Minutes of commercials: 51
    Number of missed restarts: 0 three close calls
    Number of AT&T commercials abruptly cut into to come back to a restart: 1 Thanks, ESPN
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Total race brdcst time 166 Total comm. brdcst time 51
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Terry Labonte ñ 6
    Scott Wimmer ñ 23
    Regan Smith ñ 28
    Jeff Burton ñ 40
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 50
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 59
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 66
    Greg Biffle ñ 68
    Jeff Gordon ñ 68
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 73
    Kyle Busch (race winner) ñ 99
    Kurt Busch ñ 114
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 114
    Mark Martin ñ 173
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-24-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Carfax 400: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race.
    Total number of commercials: 131
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 71
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 17
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:01 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:41 PM
    Total minutes: 220
    Minutes of race broadcast: 172
    Minutes of commercials: 48
    Number of commercial-free minutes at the end of the race: 39
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Total race brdcst time 172 Total comm. brdcst time 48
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Bobby Labonte ñ 4
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 6
    Bill Elliott ñ 8
    Jeff Burton ñ 12
    Kyle Busch ñ 50
    Juan Montoya ñ 71
    Carl Edwards ñ 72
    Kurt Busch ñ 75
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 87
    Matt Kenseth ñ 111
    Jeff Gordon ñ 133
    Mark Martin ñ 140
    Brian Vickers (race winner) ñ 167
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 198
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-17-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown for Watkins Glen: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Mondayís race.
    Total number of commercials: 139
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 65
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21
    Sunday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:01 PM
    Sunday End time to record race/commercial periods: 2:38 PM
    Sunday Total minutes: 37
    Monday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:01 PM
    Monday End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:10 PM
    Monday Total minutes: 189
    Total minutes for both days: 226
    Minutes of race broadcast: 174
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 1
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 1
    Number of Boris Said ëFoot Cam Shotsí: 2
    Total race brdcst time 143 Total comm. brdcst time 46
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    P.J. Jones ñ 2
    Tony Ave ñ 3
    Andy Lally ñ 7
    Ron Fellows ñ 10
    Jeff Burton ñ 23
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 24
    Bobby Labonte ñ 33
    Jeff Gordon ñ 47
    Max Papis ñ 48
    Boris Said ñ 52
    Carl Edwards ñ 75
    Greg Biffle ñ 101
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 124
    Tony Stewart (race winner) ñ 150
    Kyle Busch ñ 178
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 225
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-11-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown for Pocono:
    Total number of commercials: 189
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 83
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 29
    Start time to record race/commercial periods on Sunday: 2:01 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods on Sunday: 4:17 PM
    Start time to record race/commercial periods on Monday: 12:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods on Monday: 4:18
    Total minutes: 394
    Minutes of race broadcast: 311
    Minutes of commercials: 83
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 1
    Number of ëRain Delay Interviewsí: 14 (Dale Earnhardt Jr., David Reutimann, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr., Scott Speed, Mark Martin, Casey Mears, Robby Gordon, Marcos Ambrose)
    Number of caution lights losing a piece of itself: 1
    Number of cars hit by said caution light piece: 1 #11
    Number of commercial-free moments at the end of the race: 45
    Total race brdcst time 198 Total comm. brdcst time 60
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Robby Gordon ñ 27
    Scott Speed ñ 29
    Jeff Burton ñ 42
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 57
    Greg Biffle ñ 64
    Brian Vickers ñ 86
    Sam Hornish Jr.- 100
    Mark Martin ñ 125
    Juan Montoya ñ 133
    Jeff Gordon ñ 137
    Kasey Kahne ñ 145
    Denny Hamlin (race winner) ñ 172
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 195
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(8-4-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown for Indianapolis:
    For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundayís race.
    Total number of commercials: 107
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:03 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:12 pm
    Total minutes: 189
    Minutes of race broadcast: 147
    Minutes of commercials: 42
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Number of Driver Introductions seen in its entirety: 1 Nice touch!
    Number of Speedway Chairpersons to give the call to start the engines: 1 Mari Hulman George
    Number of extra pace laps, due to debris from opening ceremonies: 1
    Number of male enhancement ads: 1 many fans find these ads very offensive
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Terry Labonte ñ 1
    Kyle Busch ñ 20
    Jeff Burton ñ 21
    Dave Gilliland ñ 29
    Kevin Harvick ñ 34
    Joey Logano ñ 41
    Jeff Gordon ñ 42
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 47
    Greg Biffle ñ 49
    Brian Vickers ñ 85
    Tony Stewart ñ 90
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 101
    Mark Martin ñ 111
    Juan Pablo Montoya ñ 138
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(7-27-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown for Chicagoland:
    Total number of commercials: 125
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 8:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:17 PM
    Total minutes: 197
    Minutes of race broadcast: 136
    Minutes of commercials: 61
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 3
    Total race brdcst time 136 Total comm. brdcst time 61
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Matt Kenseth ñ 15
    Joey Logano ñ 20
    Jeff Burton ñ 21
    Brad Keselowski ñ 34
    Kurt Busch ñ 41
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 42
    Tony Stewart ñ 57
    Kasey Kahne ñ 59
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 68
    Brian Vickers ñ 68
    Denny Hamlin ñ 71
    Jeff Gordon ñ 75
    Kyle Busch ñ 77
    Mark Martin (race winner) ñ 148
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(7-12-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown for Daytona:
    TNT was the broadcast team for this event. This particular broadcast was TNTís ëWide Open Coverageí, consisting of fewer commercials, as well as commercials shown in a small box during the race broadcast. Lots of racing stats were provided on-screen during the broadcast as well.
    Total number of commercials: 32
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 24
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 8:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:09 PM
    Total minutes: 189
    Minutes of race broadcast: 172
    Minutes of commercials: 17
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 1
    Total race brdcst time 172 Total comm. brdcst time 17
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 22
    Jeff Gordon ñ 39
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 56
    Kasey Kahne ñ 59
    Juan Montoya ñ 60
    Elliott Sadler ñ 63
    Carl Edwards ñ 102
    Jeff Burton ñ 117
    Matt Kenseth ñ 129
    Kurt Busch ñ 159
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 160
    Kyle Busch ñ 177
    Denny Hamlin ñ 178
    Tony Stewart (race winner) ñ 200
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(7-6-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301:
    Total number of commercials: 115
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:41 PM
    Total minutes: 221
    Minutes of race broadcast: 163
    Minutes of commercials: 58
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Number of male enhancement ads: 2
    Number of race moments endorsed by Viagra: 1
    Total race brdcst time 163 Total comm. brdcst time 58
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 38
    Jeff Burton ñ 40
    David Reutimann ñ 52
    Joey Logano (race winner) ñ 57
    Ryan Newman ñ 66
    Greg Biffle ñ 80
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 83
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 108
    Kyle Busch ñ 134
    Tony Stewart ñ 145
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 187
    Kurt Busch ñ 215
    Jeff Gordon ñ 232
    See full report and more at CawsnJaws.com.(6-29-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown, driver focus for Infineon:
    Total number of commercials: 109
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 65
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 5:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:32 PM
    Total minutes: 212
    Minutes of race broadcast: 158
    Minutes of commercials: 54
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 0
    Number of pitches for the Toyota Camry Hybrid during opening ceremonies: 1
    Number of drivers featured in ëFoot Camsí: 3
    Total race brdcst time 158 Total comm. brdcst time 54
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    P.J. Jones ñ 2
    Brandon Ash ñ 10
    Jeff Burton ñ 15
    Ron Fellows ñ 24
    Robby Gordon ñ 25
    Patrick Carpentier ñ 28
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 32
    Boris Said ñ 50
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 90
    Juan Montoya ñ 101B Marcos Ambrose ñ 127
    Kasey Kahne (race winner) ñ 152
    Tony Stewart ñ 174
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(6-22-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the LifeLock 400 Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:54pm
    Total number of commercials: 108
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26
    Total minutes: 174
    Minutes of race broadcast: 125
    Minutes of commercials: 49
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 2
    Total race brdcst time 125 Total comm. brdcst time 49
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Jeff Burton ñ 3
    Paul Menard ñ 12
    Kevin Harvick ñ 16
    Brian Vickers ñ 31
    Jeff Gordon ñ 43
    Tony Stewart ñ 50
    Denny Hamlin ñ 51
    Carl Edwards ñ 61
    Kurt Busch ñ 70
    Mark Martin (race winner) ñ 70
    Kasey Kahne ñ 71
    Kyle Busch ñ 76
    Greg Biffle ñ 93
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 130
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(6-15-2009)
  • Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the Pocono 500 Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:57pm
    Total number of commercials: 141
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 73
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 20
    Total minutes: 237
    Minutes of race broadcast: 170
    Minutes of commercials: 67
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (no debris shown): 2
    Total race brdcst time 170 Total comm. brdcst time 67
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Dexter Bean ñ 10
    Reed Sorenson ñ 17
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 28
    Clint Bowyer ñ 29
    Kasey Kahne ñ 33
    Kyle Busch ñ 43
    Jeff Burton ñ 46
    Kurt Busch ñ 49
    Ryan Newman ñ 63
    Matt Kenseth ñ 73
    Tony Stewart (race winner) ñ 83
    Jeff Gordon ñ 85
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 122
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(6-8-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Autism Speaks 400
    Total number of commercials: 126
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 44
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:46 PM
    Total minutes: 226
    Minutes of race broadcast: 160
    Minutes of commercials: 66
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 2
    Digger sightings:
    Animated Digger shots: 9
    Still Digger shots: 32
    Digger shots not identified as such: 6
    Text Digger to 7555 mentions: 2
    Total: 49
    Total race brdcst time 160 Total comm. brdcst time 66
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Tony Raines ñ 4
    Jeff Burton ñ 20
    Clint Bowyer ñ 32
    Bobby Labonte ñ 26
    Kasey Kahne ñ 42
    Jeff Gordon ñ 52
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 56
    David Reutimann ñ 56
    Carl Edwards ñ 64
    Tony Stewart ñ 75
    Kurt Busch ñ 78
    Kyle Busch ñ 89
    Greg Biffle ñ 120
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 191
    See full report and more info at CawsnJaws.com.
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Sprint All Star Race: Total number of commercials: 87
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 49
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 18
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:15 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:05 PM
    Total minutes: 230
    Minutes of race broadcast: 178
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0
    Number of replays of D.W.ís burnout from the All Star Burnout Challenge: 1
    Number of respected team owners to give the Invocation: 1 Joe Gibbs
    Number of Digger mentions by D.W.: 1
    Number of Digger still shots: 1
    Number of times the ëDigger camí camera shots were used, but not identified as ëDigger camí: 15
    Total race brdcst time 178 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    David Starr ñ 5
    Jeff Burton ñ 18
    Bobby Labonte ñ 20
    Kasey Kahne ñ 28
    Denny Hamlin ñ 33
    Ryan Newman ñ 42
    David Stremme ñ 43
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 50
    Tony Stewart (All Star Race winner) ñ 57
    Jamie McMurray ñ 72
    Kurt Busch ñ 75
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 77
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 81
    Kyle Busch ñ 115
    Matt Kenseth ñ 116
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(5-19-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Southern 500
    Total number of commercials: 148
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 73
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 66
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:20 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:48 PM
    Total minutes: 268
    Minutes of race broadcast: 202
    Minutes of commercials: 66
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0
    Digger sightings:
    Animated Digger shots: 8
    Still Digger shots: 15
    Text ëDiggerí to 7555 mentions: 2
    Get Digger theme at itunes.com mentions: 2
    Digger.Ask.com mentions ñ 2
    Total: 29
    Total race brdcst time 202 Total comm. brdcst time 66
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Michael Waltrip ñ 21
    Elliott Sadler ñ 23
    Brad Keselowski ñ 29
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 32
    Kevin Harvick ñ 36
    Jamie McMurray ñ 46
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 46
    Kyle Busch ñ 56
    Jeff Burton ñ 63
    Tony Stewart ñ 66
    Jeff Gordon ñ 74
    Ryan Newman ñ 93
    Mark Martin (race winner) ñ 105
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 133
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(5-11-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond:
    Total race brdcst time 170 Total comm. brdcst time 53
    Total number of commercials: 116
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 63
    Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 6 min. 35 sec.
    Total minutes: 223
    Minutes of race broadcast: 170
    Minutes of commercials: 53
    Number of missed restarts: 1 and 3 close calls
    Number of mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0
    Number of hushed silences to honor David Poole: 1
    Number of sets of military dog tags affixed to Tony Stewartís dashboard: 1
    Number of times Kasey Kahne hit his helmet and the inside of his car in frustration following some bad luck: 6
    Total Digger sightings: 26
    Animated Digger shots: 9
    Still Digger shots: 12
    Text ëDiggerí to 7555 mentions: 1
    Text ëMarblesí to 7555 mentions: 1
    Get Digger theme at itunes.com mentions: 2
    Digger.Ask.com mentions ñ 1
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 17
    David Ragan ñ 17
    David Stremme ñ 27
    David Reutimann ñ 46
    Clint Bowyer ñ 47
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 49
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 52
    Brian Vickers ñ 60
    Jeff Burton ñ 77
    Jamie McMurray ñ 79
    Ryan Newman ñ 106
    Jeff Gordon ñ 109
    Kurt Busch ñ 129
    Kyle Busch (race winner) ñ 137
    Denny Hamlin ñ 154
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(5-3-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Aaronís 499
    Total race brdcst time 168 Total comm. brdcst time 57
    Total number of commercials: 131
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 71
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 91
    Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 34
    Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 10 min. 50 sec.
    Total minutes: 225
    Minutes of race broadcast: 168
    Minutes of commercials: 57
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí: 1
    Number of clips of the pre-race ëKentucky Grilled Chicken Danceí: 1
    Number of times Chad Knaus was shown squirting water at camera: 1
    Number of caution light pieces that caused a caution: 1
    Total Digger sightings: 42
    Animated Digger shots: 13
    Still Digger shots: 25
    Text Digger to 7555 mentions: 2
    Get Digger theme at itunes.com mentions: 2
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Jeremy Mayfield ñ 11
    Regan Smith ñ 18
    Ryan Newman ñ 34
    Brad Keselowski (race winner) ñ 37
    Brian Vickers ñ 50
    Jeff Gordon ñ 50
    Joey Logano ñ 67
    David Ragan ñ 77
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 87
    Jeff Burton ñ 90
    Denny Hamlin ñ 105
    Kyle Busch ñ 105
    Kurt Busch ñ 108
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 168
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(5-3-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Subway Fresh Fit 500
    Total race brdcst time 137 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Total number of commercials: 110
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 62
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 62
    Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 8 min. 50 sec.
    Total minutes: 189
    Minutes of race broadcast: 137
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 1
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí: 1
    Total Digger sightings: 31
    Animated Digger shots: 9
    ëDigger Visioní shots: 2
    Still Digger shots: 16
    Text Digger to 7555 mentions: 2
    Get Digger theme at itunes.com mentions: 2
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Reed Sorenson ñ 6
    Brian Vickers ñ 16
    Ryan Newman ñ 23
    David Reutimann ñ 25
    Jeff Burton ñ 30
    Denny Hamlin ñ 43
    Kyle Busch ñ 43
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 49
    Jeff Gordon ñ 51
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 56
    Kurt Busch ñ 76
    Tony Stewart ñ 82
    Mark Martin (race winner) ñ 111
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(4-21-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Samsung 500:
    Total race brdcst time 165 Total comm. brdcst time 58
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:43 PM
    Total number of commercials: 133
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 89
    Total minutes: 223
    Minutes of race broadcast: 165
    Minutes of commercials: 58
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ëmystery cautionsí: 1 debris was mentioned, but not shown
    Animated Digger shots: 10
    Still Digger shots: 17
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Jamie McMurray ñ 10
    Max Papis ñ 11
    Regan Smith ñ 13
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 23
    Jeff Burton ñ 30
    Kyle Busch ñ 55
    Mark Martin ñ 57
    Kurt Busch ñ 57
    David Reutimann ñ 65
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 79
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 83
    Greg Biffle ñ 92
    Tony Stewart ñ 93
    Matt Kenseth ñ 108
    Jeff Gordon (race winner) ñ 145
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(4-6-2009)
  • Race & Commercial Breakdown of the Goodyís Fast Pain Relief 500
    Total number of commercials: 127
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 68
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 99
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:43 PM
    Total minutes: 223
    Minutes of race broadcast: 166
    Minutes of commercials: 57
    Number of missed restarts: 1 and two close calls
    Number of beer cans that brought out a caution: 1
    Total race brdcst time 166 Total comm. brdcst time 57
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Ryan Newman ñ 20
    Marcos Ambrose ñ 27
    Jeff Burton ñ 29
    Jeremy Mayfield ñ 37
    Paul Menard ñ 38
    Kevin Harvick ñ 47
    Matt Kenseth ñ 49
    Mark Martin ñ 62
    Kurt Busch ñ 88
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 95
    Jimmie Johnson (race winner) ñ 171
    Jeff Gordon ñ 251
    Denny Hamlin ñ 253
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(3-30-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Food City 500
    Total number of commercials: 127
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 67
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 82
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:10 PM
    Total minutes: 190
    Minutes of race broadcast: 137
    Minutes of commercials: 53
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Animated Digger sightings: 7
    Digger still shots: 28
    Total race brdcst time 137 Total comm. brdcst time 53
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Aric Almirola ñ 18
    Bobby Labonte ñ 19
    Kurt Busch ñ 19
    Clint Bowyer ñ 19
    Robby Gordon ñ 19
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 30
    Joey Logano ñ 31
    Kevin Harvick ñ 36
    Juan Montoya ñ 37
    Ryan Newman ñ 38
    Kasey Kahne ñ 40
    Mark Martin ñ 58
    Jeff Gordon ñ 68
    Denny Hamlin ñ 72
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 109
    Kyle Busch ñ 153
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(3-23-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Kobalt Tools 500:
    Total number of commercials: 131
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 73
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 92
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:18 PM
    Total minutes: 258
    Minutes of race broadcast: 202
    Minutes of commercials: 56
    Number of missed restarts: 1
    Total race brdcst time 202 Total comm. brdcst time 56
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Elliott Sadler ñ 18
    Scott Speed ñ 19
    Jeff Burton ñ 37
    Kevin Harvick ñ 39
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 41
    Kyle Busch ñ 45
    Tony Stewart ñ 46
    Kasey Kahne ñ 56
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 63
    Brian Vickers ñ 82
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 85
    Jeff Gordon ñ 86
    Kurt Busch (race winner) ñ 210
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(3-9-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Shelby 427:
    Total number of commercials: 117
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 66
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 94
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 4:30pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:21pm
    Total minutes: 231
    Minutes of race broadcast: 179
    Minutes of commercials: 52
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of Viagra commercials last race: 1
    Number of Viagra commercials this race: 2
    Number of animated Digger sightings: 16 last week: 18
    Number of non-animated Digger sightings: 22 last week: 28
    Number of Total Digger sightings: 38 last week: 46
    Total race brdcst time 179 Total comm. brdcst time 52
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Max Papis ñ 4
    Matt Kenseth ñ 16
    David Stremme ñ 20
    Sam Hornish Jr. ñ 29
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 29
    Jamie McMurray ñ 34
    David Reutimann ñ 41
    Clint Bowyer ñ 41
    Kurt Busch ñ 42
    Bobby Labonte ñ 83
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 100
    Kyle Busch (race winner) ñ 102
    Jeff Burton ñ 104
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(3-2-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Auto Club 500
    Total number of commercials: 138
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 69
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 87
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:00pm/et
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:02pm/et
    Total minutes: 242
    Minutes of race broadcast: 182
    Minutes of commercials: 60
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of animated Digger sightings: 18
    Number of non-animated Digger sightings: 28
    Number of Total Digger sightings: 46
    Number of times we got to see Jeff Hammond whack a windshield with a bat: 1
    Number of famed Hudson Hornet sightings, with mentions of Dan Gurney and Johnny ëMadmaní Mantz: 1
    Total race brdcst time 182 Total comm. brdcst time 60 Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Scott Riggs ñ 6
    Jeff Burton ñ 14
    Juan Montoya ñ 30
    Carl Edwards ñ 39
    Kevin Harvick ñ 41
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 42
    Jamie McMurray ñ 64
    Kyle Busch ñ 90
    Kurt Busch ñ 100
    Matt Kenseth (race winner) ñ 109
    Greg Biffle ñ 115
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 129
    Jeff Gordon ñ 199
    See full report at CawsnJaws.com.(2-25-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Daytona 500:
    Total number of commercials: 126
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64
    Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 42
    Total number of ëDiggerí appearances: 19
    Total number of three-minute movie previews during broadcast (for ‘Watchmen’): 1
    Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 8 min. 45 sec.
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:20 pm
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:48 pm
    Total minutes: 208
    Minutes of race broadcast: 150
    Minutes of commercials: 58
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of stars in sunglasses: 1 (Tom Cruise)
    Number of legends waving the green flag: 1 (Bobby Allison)
    Total race brdcst time 150 Total comm. brdcst time 58
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Scott Riggs ñ 9
    Elliott Sadler ñ 43
    Brian Vickers ñ 46
    Jeff Burton ñ 48
    A.J. Allmendinger ñ 51
    Tony Stewart ñ 52
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 54
    Mark Martin ñ 56
    Matt Kenseth (race winner) ñ 80
    Carl Edwards ñ 84
    Jeff Gordon ñ 96
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 100
    Kyle Busch ñ 136
    See full report at CawsnJaws.(2-17-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Gatorade Duels
    Total number of commercials: 96 Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47 Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 17 Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:11 PM Total minutes: 191 Minutes of race broadcast: 141 Minutes of commercials: 50 Number of missed restarts: 1 Total race brdcst time 141 Total comm. brdcst time 50 Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Norm Benning ñ 6
    Jeremy Mayfield ñ 13
    Jeff Burton ñ 14
    Brian Vickers ñ 15
    Kevin Harvick ñ 30
    Joe Nemechek ñ 32
    Bill Elliott ñ 33
    Kyle Busch (Race 2 Winner) ñ 44
    Joey Logano ñ 45
    Mark Martin ñ 49
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 54
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 72
    Martin Truex Jr. ñ 74
    Jeff Gordon (Race 1 Winner) ñ 90
    (CawsnJaws)(2-14-2009)
  • Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Bud Shoot Out: Fox was the broadcaster for this event
    Total number of commercials: 66
    Total number of companies or entities advertised: 38
    Start time to record race/commercial periods: 8:10 PM
    End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:21 PM
    Total minutes: 133
    Minutes of race broadcast: 100
    Minutes of commercials: 31
    Number of missed restarts: 0
    Number of ‘Digger the Gopher Cam’ appearances: 5
    Total race brdcst time 100 Total comm. brdcst time 31
    Number of times selected drivers were focused on:
    Jeff Burton ñ 13
    Paul Menard ñ 20
    Kevin Harvick (race winner) ñ 24
    Bobby Labonte ñ 29
    Carl Edwards ñ 39
    Tony Stewart ñ 41
    Brian Vickers ñ 45
    Jamie McMurray ñ 58
    Jimmie Johnson ñ 58
    Denny Hamlin ñ 60
    Kyle Busch ñ 62
    Jeff Gordon ñ 68
    Dale Earnhardt Jr. ñ 68
    (CawsnJaws)(2-9-2009)