WWE Hall-of-Famer, Rey Mysterio, was an honorary starter for Sunday’s Cup race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His legendary status derives from his fantastic abilities in the ring, including flips, kicks and extraordinary moves. That also describes the action for this exciting race, with flipping cars, and impressive and daring moves that sometimes worked, and sometimes didn’t. Viewers watching from home might have needed the commercial breaks to take a breath or two. For those fans 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 2024 South Point 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:44 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 194
Minutes of race broadcast: 162
Minutes of traditional commercials: 32
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 10
Total number of commercials: 95
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 70
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 25
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 22
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 4
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Toyota (7 times); Xfinity (6 times); Wendy’s (6 times)
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