While many folks in the country were flipping through the latest LL Bean catalog, putting pumpkins on their porches, and sipping on a pumpkin spice latte, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway simmered in broiling sunshine. On Sunday at the Cup race, fans attending endured temperatures near 100 degrees, and the drivers strapped into racecars hotter than that. Then the likes of Chase Briscoe, Kyle Larson, Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick blistered the track culminating in an exciting finish. Fans watching at home got to watch all of that, as well as some commercials. For anyone wondering 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 South Point 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 5:21 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:24 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 183
Minutes of race broadcast: 162
Minutes of traditional commercials: 21
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 22
Total number of commercials: 93
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 43
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 37
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 50
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 37
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 9
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: USA (6 times); Toyota (4 times); Xfinity (4 times); NASCAR (4 times); Golden Corral (4 times)
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