The mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, Glenn Jacobs, gave the call to start the engines at Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Cup race. Before becoming a mayor, many people know that he used to be a professional wrestler known as ‘Kane’. One of Kane’s favorite moves was the Chokeslam. Fittingly, this move could also describe some of the racing action on the track, part of the reason Bristol is one of NASCAR fans favorite destinations. For the fans that watched from home, they got to see all of the racing moves of the exciting race, as well as the commercials that brought the broadcast to their living rooms. 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 2026 Food City 500
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:55 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:14 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 199
Minutes of race broadcast: 179
Minutes of traditional commercials: 20
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 21
Total number of commercials: 113
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 49
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 33
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 64
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 12
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: NASCAR (9 times); Busch Light (7 times); Xfinity (7 times); Wendy’s (5 times)
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