For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is CawsnJaws breakdown for Sunday’s 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 4:13 PM (all times are EST). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 108
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 74
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 31
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 35 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:13 PM
Total minutes: 193
Minutes of race broadcast: 142
Minutes of commercials: 51
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of extremely carefully placed traffic cones during the race: 1
Number of NASCAR legends respectfully honored on David Ragan’s car: 1 Ned ‘Gentleman Ned’ Jarrett
Number of beautiful soccer players to drive the pace car: 1 Hope Solo
Total race brdcst time 142 Total comm. brdcst time 51
See more on the 2011 TV Commercials page.(8-1-2011)
