For those of you 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 12:50 PM, and finished recording times at the end of the last block of the race broadcast, at 5:37 PM (the race was called later, at 6:05 PM). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. FS1 was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 57
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Number of times FS1 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): 30
Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 23
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:50 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 1:24 PM
Restarted recording: 3:25 PM
Stopped for rain delay: 3:41 PM
Restarted recording: 4:28 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:37 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 119
Minutes of race broadcast: 91
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 28
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of “mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 91 Total comm. brdcst time 28
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