For NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:14 PM (all times are EST). TNT was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 122
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
Number of times TNT utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 0
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 5 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:14 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 194
Minutes of race broadcast: 136
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 58
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 136 Total comm. brdcst time 58
See past races, links to reports and more at 2014 TV Commercials page.
