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 2:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:50 PM (all times are EDT). USA was the broadcast team for this event, due to Olympic coverage byNBC/NBCSN.
Total number of commercials: 105
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 46
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 76
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 29
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 26
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 40 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:50 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 180
Minutes of race broadcast: 166
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 34
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 166 Total comm. brdcst time 34
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