Many a day ago, Doris Day sung a song about a bluebird on your window sill, observing that anything you may wish for may occur with the appearance of this lucky bird. A bluebird wouldn’t have stood a chance of perching on Carson Hocevar’s car during the wild Cup race on Sunday, but apparently one had flown over Talladega and thrown some avian luck his way. Perhaps this is why Carson chose to perch on his window ledge for his victory lap following the race? We may never know any of that, but those watching at home can verify there was a lot of sponsor love in the form of 155 commercials during the race (lucky for the sponsors, and those fans needing to run to the kitchen for a bag of Jack Link’s jerky). 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 Jack Link’s 500
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:59 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 239
Minutes of race broadcast: 211
Minutes of traditional commercials: 28
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 36
Total number of commercials: 155
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 78
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 63
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 92
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 14
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