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 7:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:15 PM (all times are EST). FS1 was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 130
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61
Number of times FS1 utilized “Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 0
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 25 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:15 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 255
Minutes of race broadcast: 193
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 62
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of “mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 193 Total comm. brdcst time 62
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