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 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:04 PM (all times are EDT). FS1 was the broadcast team for this event. This was the last Fox Sports produced Cup race for this season.
Total number of commercials: 102
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 52
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 82
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 20
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 12
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 4
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 103
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 50 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:04 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 184
Minutes of race broadcast: 153
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 31
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 10
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 153 Total comm. brdcst time 31
Total race brdcst time 159 Total comm. brdcst time 38
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