For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s and Sunday’s race (postpone and delays due to weather). Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:55 PM on Saturday, then stopped at 8:09 PM due to rain. I restarted at 8:55 PM, then stopped at 9:17 PM; restarted again at 10:42 PM, then stopped completely on Saturday at 10:52 PM. On Sunday, I began recording times at 4:30 PM, then stopped at 7:16 PM for more rain; then restarted again at 7:24 PM. Stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 7:38 PM (all times are EDT). NBCSN and CNBC were the broadcast teams for this event.
Total number of commercials: 101
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 80
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 42
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 21
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 18
Number of times NBCSN/CNBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 4
Start time on Saturday to record race/commercial periods: 7:55 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 8:09 PM
Restart time: 8:55 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 9:17 PM
Restart time: 10:42 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 10:52 PM
Start time on Sunday to record race/commercial periods: 4:30 PM
Stop time for rain delay: 7:16 PM
Restart time: 7:24 PM
Race end: 7:38 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 226
Minutes of race broadcast: 188
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 38
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 9
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 188 Total comm. brdcst time 38
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