For those NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:00 pm, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:26 pm (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 91
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 65
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30
Total race brdcst time 154 Total comm. brdcst time 52
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:26 pm
Total minutes: 206
Minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of commercials: 52
Number of missed restarts: 0 ESPN cut a commercial short to get back to one of them
Number of ‘Âmystery cautions (debris not shown): 0
Number of broadcast images of Tony Stewart holding a baby, for the second time this season: 1
See full rundown and other races at the 2010 TV Commercials page.(11-3-2010)
