For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:02 pm, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:19pm/et. Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Total number of commercials: 106 Total number of companies or entities advertised: 52 Number of times ESPN utilized ‘Side-by-Side commercials during this broadcast: 0 Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 35 Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 55 sec. Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:02 PM End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:19 PM Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 197 Minutes of race broadcast: 149 Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 48 Number of missed restarts: 0 (but two very close calls) Number of ‘mystery cautions (debris not shown): 0 Total race brdcst time 148 Total comm. brdcst time 48 See more races, links to more detailed reports on the 2013 TV Commercials page .
