For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturdays race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:32 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 10:53 PM (all times are EST). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 112 Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54 Number of times ABC utilized ‘Side-by-Side commercials during this broadcast: 0 Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 18 Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 45 sec. Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:32 PM End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:53 PM Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 201 Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 51 Number of missed restarts: 2 Number of ‘mystery cautions (cause not shown): 3 Total race brdcst time 201 Total comm. brdcst time 51 See past races, links, more info on the 2013 TV Commercials page .
