On Sunday, it only took 19 minutes following the call to start the engines for the race to be called for rain. On Monday, the race had to be called some 70 laps short for rain. Another way to look at it is it took two days for Bubba Wallace to win his first Cup race. It’s all in how you look at it. Commercials, for instance, can be looked at as annoying interruptions; or, a way to see a race on your TV without having to drive to a race track to see it. For those who like to know precisely how many ads there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2021 YellaWood 500
Sunday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:37 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:56 PM
Monday Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:57 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 196
Minutes of race broadcast: 158
Minutes of traditional commercials: 38
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 6
Total number of commercials: 96
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 44
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 83
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 43
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 13
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 14
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 2
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