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 call to start the engines at 11:01 AM, and stopped completely at the calling of the race at 2:21 PM (all times are EST). TNT was the broadcast team for this event.
Plans were announced that the last portion of the race would be ‘Wide Open Coverage’ (split-screen commercials), but this did not occur as the race was called due to weather.
Total number of commercials: 86
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 46
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: 16
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 11:01AM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 2:21 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 176
Minutes of race broadcast: 132
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 44
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Total race brdcst time 132 Total comm. brdcst time 44
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