For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 10:35 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBC was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Total number of commercials: 100

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 70
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 43
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 30
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 15
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 148

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 25 (companies: Monster Energy; Smithfield Foods, WintheKing.com ; Kroger Click List; Subway; McDonald’s; Coca-Cola; Busch Beer; Chevy; Ford Performance; Toyota; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; Lilly Diabetes; NFL Kick-Off Week, Sunday Night Football on NBC; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; NBCSports.com/Live; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Mobile; NASCAR.com/Shop; NASCAR.com/Throwback; ‘NASCAR America’ on NBCSN; upcoming Darlington Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 10 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBC
NASCAR on NBC ‘Chase Elliott – 13 Top 10 Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – 5 Career BMS Wins’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s/Top 10s’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Erik Jones – Starting on Pole’
NBCEEit
Monster Energy ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio Communication’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Helmet Cam’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBC ‘BMS Race Analysis’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on NBC ‘ __ Laps Led’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Manufacturer’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Battle for’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Toyota ‘On Board Camera’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Started/Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Pit Reporter’
Busch Beer ‘On Board Camera’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Running Order’
Chevy ‘On the Move’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – BMS Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Last 3 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Reporting’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Fast Lap Times’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Ford Performance ‘Stage 1 Results’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Team Communication’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage Winner S1’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Leader’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Flashback’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Erik Jones – 2 Top 5s 8 Top 10 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Laps Led this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Free Pass’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Penalty Issued’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 5 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘BMS Pit Road Speed’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Erik Jones – Laps Led this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Final Stage’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage Winners S1 S2’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Restarted’
NASCAR on NBC ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – BMS Finishes this Weekend’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Current Green Flag Run’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Playoff Bubble’
NASCAR on NBC ‘1st Career Win at BMS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Matt Kenseth – Started 3rd Position’
Wendy’s Frosty’s ’50 to Go’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Closing the Gap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – Looking for Career Triple Sweep’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 2’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:35 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 185
Minutes of race broadcast: 151
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 34
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 14

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:05 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Pure Michigan 400

Total number of commercials: 96

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 69
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 27
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 17
Number of times NBCSN utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 152

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 25 (companies: Monster Energy; Subway; McDonald’s; Smithfield Foods; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola; Busch Light; Chevy; Ford Performance; Toyota; STP; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; NFL Kick-Off Week on NBC; IndyCar on NBCSN; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; ‘NASCAR America’ on NBCSN; ‘Post-Race Show’, ‘Victory Lap’, ‘Racin’ Roots: Kyle Larson’ on NBCSN; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/tickets; NBCSports.com/Live; NBC Sports on Sirius XM; upcoming Cup race on NBC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 20 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBCSN
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Matt Kenseth – 3 Career Wins at MIS’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s/Top 10s’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Joey Logano – 2 time Winner’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘On the Bubble’
Monster Energy ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio Communication’
Chevy ‘On Board’
Toyota ‘On Board’
Ford Performance ‘On Board’
Coca-Cola ‘On Board’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Helmet Cam’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Breakdown’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Larson – 3 Straight Top 3 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Brad Keselowski – 11 Top 5 Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Bubble’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Team Communication’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Road Penalty’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Brad Keselowski – 4th Stage Win this Season’
Ford Performance ‘Stage 1 Results’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘__ Laps Led Today’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Daniel Suarez – Last 3 Finishes’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Wind Tunnel’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Erik Jones – Last 3 Finishes’
5 Hour Energy ‘On the Move’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Intermission’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Erik Jones – 2 Straight Top 10 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Crew All-Stars’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Last Pit Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘MPH Comparison’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Standings’
Polaris RZR ‘Lap Leaders’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Involved in Crash’
Carl’s Jr. ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Free Pass’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Overtime’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:05 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 185
Minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 31
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 12

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Pure Michigan 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:29 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at the Glen

Total number of commercials: 95

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 61
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 34
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 23
Number of times NBCSN utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 97

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Monster Energy; Smithfield Foods; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola; Busch Beer; Coors Light; Chevy; Ford Performance; Toyota; Polaris RZR; Sunoco Fuel; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; Soccer on NBCSN; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Shop; NASCAR.com/Newsletter; NBCSports on Sirius XM; ‘NASCAR America’ on NBCSN; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 10 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBCSN
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Clint Bowyer – 8 Career Wins’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kevin Harvick – 17th WG Race Winner’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘The Esses’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘The Inner Loop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘The Carousel Exit’
Monster Energy ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio Communication’
Kroger Click List ‘On-Board Camera’
Busch ‘On-Board Camera’
Toyota ‘On-Board Camera’
Ford Performance ‘On-Board Camera’
Credit One Bank ‘On-Board Camera’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Turn 1 Passing Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Turns 2-4 The Esses’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Inner Loop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Turn 5 The Carousel’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘The Chute’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Turn 6 Passing Zone 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Turn 7 Final Turn’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Flashback’
Monster Energy ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘On the Bubble’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Erik Jones – Best Finish 3rd’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Bubble’
Tire Rack ‘On the Move’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 – 5 to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘ __ Laps Led’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Winner’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Team Communication’
Ford Performance ‘Stage 1 Results’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Closing the Gap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pedal Cam’
Toyota Camry ‘On Track Car’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Laps Led this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Intermission’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Daniel Suarez – 1st Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Last Pit Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Final Stage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Strategy’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Leader’
Hardee’s ‘Through the Field’
5 Hour Energy ‘Lap Leaders’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Window’
Sunoco ‘Fuel’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Penalty Issued’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:29 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 149
Minutes of race broadcast: 124
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 25
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 13

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 I LOVE NEW YORK 355 at the Glen ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:11 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Overton’s 400

Total number of commercials: 105

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 49

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 73
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 32
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 23
Number of times NBCSN utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 107

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 27 (companies: Monster Energy; Overton’s; Smithfield Foods; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola; Coors Light; Chevy; Ford Performance; Toyota; STP; Sunoco Fuel; GoodYear Tires; TireRack.com; Geico; Nationwide; Credit One Bank; ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’; IRL on NBCSN; NBCSports.com/Live; NBC Sports on Sirius XM; NASCAR Heat 2; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Mobile; NASCAR.com/Tickets; ‘NASCAR America’ and ‘NASCAR America from the NASCAR Hall of Fame’; ‘Post Race Show’ on NBCSN; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 25 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBCSN
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Avg. Finish 15.1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – 1 of 2 Winless Tracks’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pocono On the Bubble’
Monster Energy ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio Communication’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stock Car Smarts Booth’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Jamie McMurray – 11 Top 10 Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Denny Hamlin – 4 Career Pocono Wins’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Joey Logano – 1 Top 5 Finish in Last 4 Races’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Helmet Cam’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Involved in Wreck’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Standings’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Involved in Crash’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘__ Laps Led Today’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Closing the Gap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Driver Telemetry’
GoodYear ‘Tires’
Sunoco ‘fuel’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Green Flag Pit Stop Delta’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Penalty Issued’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘MPH Last 10 Laps’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently’
Toyota Camry ‘On Track’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Led __ of __ Laps’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Last Pit Lap & Tires’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – Finished 34th at IMS’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
Toyota ‘On Board Camera’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – 8th Stage Win this Season’
Ford Performance ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Matt Kenseth – Last 40 Laps’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Jimmie Johnson – Crashed on Lap 58’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘MPH Comparison’
NBCEEit’
Kroger Clilck List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Started/Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘SHR Position’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
Nationwide ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Intermission’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Clint Bowyer – 1st Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Final Stage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Crew All Stars’
Wendy’s Frosty ’50 to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Series Champion’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Started’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Winless at Pocono’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – Longest Winless Streaks’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Most Laps Led in a Season by a Winless Driver’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:11 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 191
Minutes of race broadcast: 159
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 32
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 13

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Overton's 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:25 PM, stopped for a Red Flag rain delay at 3:06 PM; began again at 4:43 PM; then stopped at the waving of the caution flag at 8:55 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage, or during the red flag.

NBC was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Brickyard 400

Total number of commercials: 106

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 74
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 32
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 24
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 153

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 28 (companies: Monster Energy; Golden Corral; Subway; Jimmy John’s; Smithfield Foods; Kroger Click List; Sunny D; Coors Light; Busch Beer; Chevy, Chevy Silverado, Chevy.com; Ford Performance; Toyota; STP; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; PA Lottery ; ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’ on NBC: NBC Nightly News; ‘Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge’ on NBC; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Mobile; NASCAR.com/Tickets; ‘Post-Race Show’ followed by ‘Victory Lap’ on NBCSN; Upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 30 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBC
Golden Corral ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio Communication’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Size of Venues That Can Fit in IMS’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on NBC ‘IMS Race Breakdown’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Avg. Finish 15.7’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Led __ Laps Today’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Jimmie Johnson – To the Rear – Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBC ’7 to Go to the Chase – 7 Different Tracks’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on NBC ‘TP at IMS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Helmet Cam’
Kroger Click List ‘On Board Camera’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: Competition Caution Now on Lap 30’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Started/Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘MPH Comparison’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 2’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: This is the Competition Caution’
Nationwide ‘On Board Camera’
Ford Performance ‘On Board Camera’
Sunny D ‘On Board Camera’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NBCEEit’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Closing the Gap’
Chevy ‘On the Move’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Chase Elliott – Blown Engine on Lap 44’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – 6th Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – Led Last 400 Consecutive Miles at IMS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Pit Crew All Stars’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Driver Telemetry’
Sunny D ’360 Camera’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Last Pit Stop’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
NASCAR on NBC ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – Won Last 2 Races at IMS’
Carl’s Jr. ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Intermission’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – Crashed on Lap 111’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Crashed on Lap 111’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Tough Year for Kyle Busch’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Started’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Involved in Crash’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kasey Kahne – Wins Stats’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Overtime’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Most Cautions Today: 13 Ties Track Record ‘04’
Monster Energy ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kasey Kahne – 102 Races Since His Last Win’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: Coming to the Green Flag’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Restart’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:25 PM
Stopped for Red Flag Rain Delay: 3:06 PM
Restarted recording times: 4:43 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:55 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 293
Minutes of race broadcast: 257
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 36
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 15

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Brickyard 400 (Rain Delayed) ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:23 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Overton’s 301

Total number of commercials: 103

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 74
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 29
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 18
Number of times NBCSN utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 109

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 25 (companies: Monster Energy; Smithfield Foods; Subway; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola; Busch Beer; Chevrolet; Ford Performance; Toyota; Sunoco; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; Liberty Tax Service; Lilly Diabetes; ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’ on NBC; ‘The Open’ on the Golf Channel; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Newsletter; NASCAR.com/RaceView; NBCSports.com/Live; NBC Sports on Sirius XM Radio Channel 90’; ‘NASCAR America’, ‘NASCAR America Post-Race Show’, ‘NASCAR America Live from the Hall of Fame’; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 10 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBCSN
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Jimmie Johnson – Avg. Finish 10.5’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Larson – Best Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Matt Kenseth – 3 NHMS Wins in Last 7 Races’
Monster Energy ‘Starting Grid’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Breakdown’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Penalty Issued’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Competition Caution Lap 35’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Helmet Cam’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotters Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Fast Lap Speed’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Brad Keselowski – Avg. Finish 10.3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Started/Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Laps Led at NHMS’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Competition Caution’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NBCEEit
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Chris Buescher – 1 Career Win’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led __ Laps Today’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Erik Jones – Crashed on Lap 41’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Driver Telemetry’
GoodYear ‘Tires’
Sunoco ‘Fuel’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Pits Are Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Flashback’
Ford ‘Stage Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Most Stage Wins this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 14th Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Crew All Stars’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Strategy’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Restart’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – __ Laps Led Today’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘SHR Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Started/Stage 1/Currently’
Nationwide ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 5 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Bubble – Pts Ahead of 17th’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage Intermission’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – Longest Winless Streaks Monster Energy Cup Career’
Geico ‘Restart’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
Toyota ‘Race Fact’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Ryan Blaney – 1 Career Cup Win’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Bubble – Pts Behind 16th’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage Winners – S1 S2’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Cautions Come Late at NHMS’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘MPH Comparison’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Last Pit Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘MPH at the Line’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Matt Kenseth – 35 Races Since Last Win’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Coming to the Green Flag’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Denny Hamlin – __ Laps Led Today’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Closing the Gap’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:23 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 203
Minutes of race broadcast: 171
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 32
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 11

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Overton's 301 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 10:47 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts

Total number of commercials: 111

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 84
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 27
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 20
Number of times NBCSN utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 4

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 121

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 27 (companies: Quaker State; Advance Auto Parts; Monster Energy drink; Smithfield Foods; Subway; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing; Busch Light; Ford Performance; Toyota, #ToyotaNation; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; ‘Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly’ on NBC; IndyCar Race on NBCSN; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Mobile; NASCAR.com/Tickets; NBCSN.com/Live; NBCSports on Sirius XM channel 90; ‘NASCAR America’ on NBCSN, ‘NASCAR America Live from Hall of Fame’; ‘Post-Race Show’ followed by ‘Victory Lap’ on NBCSN; upcoming Xfinity race; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 5 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBCSN
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s/Top 10s’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2 Top 10 Finishes in Last 3 Races’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Joey Logano – Avg. Finish this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Unlucky in Kentucky’
Toyota ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Radio Communication’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Busch – stats’
Toyota ‘In-Car Camera’
Busch Light ‘In-Car Camera’
Ford Performance ‘In-Car Camera’
Nationwide ‘In-Car Camera’
Coca-Cola ‘In-Car Camera’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kentucky Speedway Race Breakdown’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Last 3 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Start/Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Intervals’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Laps Led’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Competition Caution Lap 30’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Top 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Caution’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Competition Caution’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Free Pass’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Toyota Camry ‘On Track Car’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
Carl’s Jr. ‘Through the Field’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Closing the Gap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Started’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Pit Road Closed with 2 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Leads All Drivers with Stage Wins’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 12th Stage Win’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Involved in Crash’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Last Pit Lap & Tires’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Team Communications’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Penalty Issued’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Kyle Larson – Avg. Finish 10.2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Matt Kenseth – 18th Full Season 5 with JGR’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 – 5 Laps to Go’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Stage 2 Intermission’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Pit Crew All-Stars’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Flashback’
Toyota ‘Fast Lane’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘NASCAR Non Stop’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led 69 of 188 Laps’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Won Both Stages Tonight’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Chase Elliott – 5 Top 5s and 10 Top 10s this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Secs. Ahead of 2nd’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Darrell Wallace Jr. – 4 Cup Starts’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Laps Led this Season 1,094’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Black Flag’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Most Stage Wins by a Team this Season’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Overtime’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Wins Stage 1 & 2’
NASCAR on NBCSN ‘Race Control: Coming to the Green Flag’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:47 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 197
Minutes of race broadcast: 160
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 37
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 11

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:24 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

NBC was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola

Total number of commercials: 118

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 87
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 31
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 22
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 5

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 147

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 27 (companies: Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing; Coke Zero; Monster Energy; Shriners.org ; Pizza Hut; Jimmy John’s; Subway; Wendy’s; Smithfield Foods; Ford Performance; Toyota; STP; Sunoco; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; WPXI; ‘Despicable Me 3’ movie; ‘Midnight Texas’ on NBC; NASCAR Heat 2; ‘NASCAR America’ on NBCSN; NASCAR.com/Drive; NASCAR.com/Mobile; NASCAR.com/Shop; NASCAR.com/RaceView; NBCSports/InsidetheGarage ; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 40 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on NBC
NASCAR on NBC ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Career at DIS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kyle Busch – Finished 1th at Dover’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Joey Logano – 5 Straight Top 5 Finishes in Last 5 Races’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Matt Kenseth – 1 Career Win at DIS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Best Finish at DIS 2nd’
Coca-Cola ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio Communication’
Smithfield Foods ‘Aerial Coverage’
Kroger Click List ‘On Board Camera’
Credit One Bank ‘On Board Camera’
Subway ‘On Board Camera’
Ford Performance ‘On Board Camera’
Coca-Cola ‘On Board Camera’
Jimmy John’s ‘On Board Camera’
Nationwide ‘On Board Camera’
NASCAR on NBC ‘DIS Race Breakdown’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Helmet Cam’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kevin Harvick – Finished 14th at MIS’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s/Top 10s’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Erik Jones – 3 Top 10 Finishes’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2 Wins 3 Top 5 Finishes in Last 8 Restrictor Plate Races’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
Monster Energy ‘Running Order’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 3’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Intervals’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Radio’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Pit Reporter’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Team Communications’
Kroger Click List ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Toyota Camry ‘On Track’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Penalty Issued’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Restart’
NASCAR on NBC ’88 Team’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Started/Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently/Started/High/Low’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Leader’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 – Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 – Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 1 – Winner’
Ford Performance ‘Points Earned’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR Heat 2 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Brad Keselowski – 3rd Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2’
Toyota ‘Driver Update’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Virtual Wind Tunnel’
Nationwide ‘Through the Field’
Subway ‘Fresh Take’
NASCAR on NBC ‘NBCEEIt’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Top 2’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage 2 Winner’
Sunoco ‘Fuel’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Matt Kenseth – 2nd Stage Win this Season’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Stage Winners’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Currently’
NASCAR on NBC ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Series Champion’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Bat Cam’
NASCAR on NBC ’48 Team’
Wendy’s Frosty ’50 to Go’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Involved in Crash’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Darrell Wallace Jr. – 2 Career Cup Starts’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Free Pass’
NASCAR on NBC ‘DIS Most Cautions’
Monster Energy ‘Playoff Standings’
NASCAR on NBC ‘New Leader’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Kasey Kahne – 99 Races Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Clint Bowyer – 165 Races Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Flash Back’
NASCAR on NBC ‘David Ragan – 150 Races Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Race Control: Coming to the Green’
NASCAR on NBC ‘Overtime’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:24 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 234
Minutes of race broadcast: 193
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 41
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 15

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the end of the race at 6:09 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

FS1 was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Total number of commercials: 93

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 77
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 43
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 16
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 14
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 132

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 29 (companies: Monster Energy; Toyota, #ToyotaNation; USO and NASCAR.com/Salutes #NASCARSalutes; KFC; Smithfield Foods; Pizza Hut; Outback Steak House, Bloomin’ Mondays; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola @Coca-ColaRacing ShareACoke/ShareaRide; 5 Hour Energy drink, 5 Hour Energy Xtra Strength; Busch Beer; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford Performance, Ford F Series; GoodYear; Sunoco; WeatherTech.com; ebay motors; Geico; Liberty Mutual; AARP: Credit One Bank; Degree Deodorant; ebay; All Star Game on Fox Sports; NHRA at Norwalk; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 25 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Take Your Pick’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Road Course Specialists’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘First Career Start’
Toyota ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jamie McMurray – Best Sonoma Finish 7th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Clint Bowyer – ’02 Sonoma Winner’
Toyota Camry XSE ‘Pace Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Denny Hamlin – ’16 Road Course Finishes’
Fox Sports ‘Vision Cam’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
AARP ‘Keys to the Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Layout’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Longest Streak of Season’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Danica Patrick – Best Sonoma Finish 18th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Stop Penalty’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chris Buescher – 1 Career Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Boris Said – Best Finish 3rd at Watkins Glen’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JTDR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FRR Team’
Ford Performance ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – 1 of 2 Tracks w/o Top 5 Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Reporting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 11th Straight Win in the Season – Leads All Drivers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 11 Sonoma Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Alon Day – Best Finish 13th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Involved in Wreck’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Position’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Replay’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JTDR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 2nd DNF in Last 4 Races’
Sunoco ‘Race Off Pit Road’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
Toyota ‘Today’s Pace Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Billy Johnson – Best Finish 8th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 15 Sonoma Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 1st Stage Win this Season’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Denny Hamlin – ’16 Road Courses’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Top 5 Last Pit Stop’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 25 Laps Led’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leader Comparison’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – Led 11 of 82 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Interval Behind Leader’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – 16 of 87 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Lead Changes’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led Race High 25 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 12 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – 4 Tracks w/o a Cup Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RCR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 10’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – Led 10 of 96 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RCR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – 17 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Program Alert’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – 20 Races Since Last Cup Win’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:09 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 189
Minutes of race broadcast: 153
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 36
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 7

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:07 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

FS1 was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2017 FireKeepers Casino 400

Total number of commercials: 103

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 52

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 81
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 22
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 15
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 4

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast (including company logos ‘floating’ in corners of the screen): 154

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 27 (companies: Monster Energy; Outback Steak House, Outback Steak House ‘Bloomin’ Onion Monday’; Pizza Hut; KFC, KFC Zinger; Jimmy John’s; Fresh from Florida; Kroger Click List, Big G cereals; Smithfield Foods; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing, ShareACoke/ShareARide; Mountain Dew-S-A; 5 Hour Energy drink; Busch Beer; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford Performance; Toyota, #ToyotaNation; Sunoco; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; Geico; Liberty Mutual; AARP; ebay motors; Credit One Bank; NHRA at BMS; ‘NASCAR Heat Mobile’; upcoming Sonoma Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 15 sec.  

Also, there are the following race statistics/graphics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Booth’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Take Your Pick’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
Outback Steak House ‘Race Analysis’
Outback Steak House ‘To the Rear’
Outback Steak House ‘Track Weather’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finishes’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 3 of last 4 Wins from the Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – 10th Year in Cup’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Cars that Pitted’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led All 16 Laps Today’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Best MIS Finish 4th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Reporting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – Best MIS Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Competition Caution’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘CGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Cars that Started in Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Top 10s/Best Finish’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Most Laps Led this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Matt Kenseth – 3 time MIS Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Darrell Wallace Jr. – Age 23’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Position’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 14 Years in Cup’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Performance’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led 52 of 80 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘TP Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RFR Running Order’
Sunoco ‘Fuel’
GoodYear ‘Tires’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crew Chief’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Laps Led’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Lead’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Before Pit/Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 4 Years in Cup’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Finished Top 3 in Both MIS Races Last Season’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Only Driver to Sweep All Stages of Race this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crank it Up’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch – Correct Picks this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie Point Standings’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Stop Penalty’
Chevy ‘In-Car Camera’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Replay’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Led 17 of 162 Laps’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Michigan-Born Drivers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 62 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 30 Races Since Last Win’
Jimmy John’s ‘In-Car Camera’
Coca-Cola ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘WBR Team’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:07 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 187
Minutes of race broadcast: 149
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 38
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 9

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1

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