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 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 7:03 PM (all times are DST). NBC was the broadcast team for this event. This was the last Sprint Cup race of the 2016 season.
Total number of commercials: 132
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 50
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 106
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 26
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 23
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 4
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 7:03 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 243
Minutes of race broadcast: 194
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 49
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 11
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1 Safety Vehicle Shown, But Not Debris
Total race brdcst time 194 Total comm. brdcst time 49
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