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 7:31 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 10:39 PM (all times are EST). ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Total number of commercials: 106 Total number of companies or entities advertised: 50 Number of ‘Side-by-Side commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 0 Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21 Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:31 PM End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:39 PM Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 188 Minutes of race broadcast: 141 Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 47 Number of missed restarts: 0 One near-miss, as Kurt Buschs angry radio transmissions were replayed and commented on Number of ‘mystery cautions (debris not shown): 1 Also, one visual of the emergency vehicle, but not what they picked up Total race brdcst time 141 Total comm. brdcst time 47 See past races, links, more info on the 2013 TV Commercials page .
