For those 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 5:22 PM, stopped for a rain delay at 5:47 PM; restarted recording times at 9:00 PM, and stopped when the race was called at 11:41 PM (all times are EST). NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 104
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
Number of times NBCSN utilized “Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 0
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 57
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 50 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 5:47 PM
Restart time to record race/commercial periods: 9:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:41 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 186
Minutes of race broadcast: 139
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 47
Minutes of “Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 0
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of “mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 139 Total comm. brdcst time 47
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