For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:20 PM, stopped at a rain delay at 8:48 PM; began recording times again at 11:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 1:07 AM (all times are EDT). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage; or rain delay coverage. FOX was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 104
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61
Number of times Fox utilized “Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 0
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos “floating’ in corners of the screen): 68
Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 25
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 25 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:20 PM
Stopped for rain delay: 8:48 PM
Started recording times again: * 11:00 PM*
End time to record race/commercial periods: 1:07 AM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 215
Minutes of race broadcast: 167
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 48
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of “mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 167 Total comm. brdcst time 48
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