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

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 FireKeepers Casino 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 6:34 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 Pocono 400

Total number of commercials: 105

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 85
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 47
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 20
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 17
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): 117

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 28 (companies: Monster Energy; KFC; Pizza Hut; Smithfield Foods; Fresh from Florida; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing; 5 Hour Energy drink; Busch Beer; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford Performance; Toyota, #ToyotaNation; Allstate; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Sunoco; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; Duluth Trading Co.; AARP; Credit One Bank; AstraZeneca; ‘Cars 3’ movie; All-Star Game on FS1; Soccer on FS1; US Open Golf on FoxSports; upcoming Xfinity race; 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 FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2 time Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – ’15 Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Joey Logano – ’12 Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – ’11 Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Matt Kenseth – ’15 Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Booth’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Take Your Pick’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pocono Turns’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pocono Frontstretch Comparison’
Fresh from FLA ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 83 Career Wins’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Darrell Wallace Jr. – 1st Career Cup race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RPMS Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RFR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Will Move to Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Will Move to Rear’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
Chevy ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Lead’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Michael McDowell – Age 32’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Reporting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Position’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Led All 14 Laps Today’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Stop Penalty’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Timing Lines’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Darrell Wallace Jr. – 1 Lap Down’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 17 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – Led 10 of 27 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – Finishes Last 3 Races’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Led 19 of 36 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – Best Pocono Finish 2nd twice’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kurt Busch – 3 time Pocono Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Best Pocono Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chase Elliott – Best Pocono Finish 4th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jamie McMurray – Best Pocono Finish 7th twice’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Joey Logano – 1 Lap Down’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 24 Pocono Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pocono Radio Remix’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 10s’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2’
Chevy ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Temperature Comparison’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 4th DNF this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 2 Tracks w/o a Cup Win CMS & Pocono’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – 20 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Led 60 of 83 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Top 5 – Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Denny Hamlin – Age 36’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Denny Hamlin – Starts/Wins/Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘CGR Team’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jamie McMurray – Hit Wall Lap 96’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 2nd DNF this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pocono Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – 2 Wins AMS & MVille’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 4 Years in Cup’
Busch Beer ‘In-Car Camera’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Odds to Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Program Alert’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kasey Kahne – 17 Career Wins’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Winless in 1st 13 Races of Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 29 Races Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crew Chief’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Austin Dillon – 1st Career Cup Win this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Wood Bros. – 122 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: 6:34 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 214
Minutes of race broadcast: 173
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 41
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 10

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 Pocono 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 1:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the conclusion of the race at 5:12 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 AAA 400 Drive for Autism

Total number of commercials: 121

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 50

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 101
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 20
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 14
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): 212

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 30 (companies: Monster Energy; AAA.com ; Drive for Autism Autism Delaware ‘Drive Alive’ Campaign in Delaware; KFC; Pizza Hut; Jimmy John’s; Smithfield Foods WintheKing.com ; Kroger Click List; Mountain Dew DEW-S-A; Coca-Cola @CocaColaRacing; 5 Hour Energy drink, 5 Hour Energy Xtra Strength; Busch Beer; Chevy Chevy.com; Ford Performance; Toyota #ToyotaNation; Sunoco; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; ebay motors; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; AARP; Credit One Bank; Baseball on Fox/FS1; NHRA New England Nationals; upcoming Xfinity race, Fox ‘Driver Only Edition’ race; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 50 sec.

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

NASCAR on FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 10 time Dover Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Grandstand Roof’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘1st Career Cup Start’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘PR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘To the Rear’
Toyota Camry XSE ‘Pace Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Best Career Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Reporting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led 13 of 34 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 3 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Points/Wins/Top 5s’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
Nationwide ’88 Performance Report’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Austin Dillon – ’17 CC600 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Stop Penalty’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Position’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – ’13 Cup Rookie of the Year’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘David Ragan – 2 Career Wins’
5 Hour Energy Xtra Strength ‘In-Car Camera’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Finished 39th Today’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Won Xfinity Race Yesterday’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 31 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘CGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Cars Involved in Wrecks’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Last Week’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – Last 2 Finishes 39th & 38th’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Timmy Hill – Best Career Finish 22nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Clint Bowyer – 1 DNF in 1st 12 Races this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kurt Busch – Involved in Two Wrecks Tonight’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Last Lap Speed/Leader’s Speed’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 22 Dover Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 7th Stage Winner this Season – Leads All Drivers’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookies Running Order’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Top 5 – Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Danica Patrick – Best Career Finish 6th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Michael McDowell – Best Career Finish 7th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Weather’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Finishes Last 3 Races’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Denny Hamlin – ’16 Dover Finishes’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Ford Performance ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Previous 6 Dover Races – Today’
AAA ‘Full Throttle’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 115 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Playoff Points’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Landon Cassill – Best Career Finish 4th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 5s/Best Finishes’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 & 2 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 2 of His Last 3 Wins from the Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 30 Driver Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led 139 of 267 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Regan Smith – 1 Career Win’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 162 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ross Chastain – Best Career Finish 9th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Most Wins All Time’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chase Elliott – ’16 Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crew Chief’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ty Dillon – 30 Career Cup Races’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘RCR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Start/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Performance’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Austin Dillon – 1st Cup Series Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Wins this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Paul Menard – 1 Career Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chris Buescher – 1 Career Win’
Nationwide ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Dover Radio Remix’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Program Alert’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 102 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ty Dillon – 1st 30 Career Cup Races – Today’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 19 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led 205 of 367 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ty Dillon – 27 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led 225 of 387’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘NASCAR Overtime’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FRR Team’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
NASCAR on FS1 ’2017 Dover Spring Winner’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:12 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 252
Minutes of race broadcast: 211
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 41
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 8

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

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism ...

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 6:00 PM, then stopped for a rain delay at 7:53 PM. I resumed recording times at 9:24 PM, then stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 12:24 AM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage, or for the rain delay coverage.

Fox 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 Coca-Cola 600

Total number of commercials: 187

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 77

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 157
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 30
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 21
Number of times Fox 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): 206

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 40 (companies: Monster Energy; Coca-Cola @CocaColaRacing #ShareACoke ShareACoke/ShareARide; Outback, Outback Bloomin’ Monday; Pizza Hut; Smithfield Foods; Oscar Meyer; KFC, KFC Zinger sandwich; 5 Hour Energy drink; 5 Hour Energy Xtra Strength; Budweiser, FoldsofHonor.org Busch Beer; Chevy; Ford, Ford Performance; Toyota; Dodge Ram Trucks; MBVans.com; ebay motors; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Allstate Motorcycle; Sunoco; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; Menard’s; State Water Heaters; AARP; Credit One Bank; HepCHope.com; Cialis; ‘Cars 3’ movie; FoxSportsSupports and Homes for Our Troops FoxSportsGo #11carchannel, #3carchannel; U.S. Open on FS1; Baseball on FS1; SonomaRaceway.com; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming Sonoma race; upcoming Dover Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 25 sec.

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

NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Grand Stand Roof’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie’
Toyota Camry XSE ‘Pace Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on Fox ‘The Beginning’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Board Cameras’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Auto Racing’s Greatest Weekend – Today’s Winners’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Champion’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
Coca-Cola ‘Race Breakdown’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 3rd Finish Outside Top 25’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Chase Elliott – 4th Straight Finish Outside Top 20’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Position’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – Won Xfinity Race Yesterday’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Races/Wins/Top 10s’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – Led 27 of 49 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Restart/Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Michael McDowell – Best Career Finish 7th’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Danica Patrick – Best Career Finish 6th’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – ’16 Coca-Cola 600 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Green Flag Times – Last Sequence’
Nationwide ’88 Performance Report’
Coca-Cola 600 ‘Race Breakdown’
Menard’s ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Results’
Sunoco ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – 15 Years in Cup’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage Breakdown’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reporting:’
NASCAR on Fox ‘CGR – Today’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Running Order’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Lead’
Ford ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – 37 Laps Led’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on Fox ‘David Ragan – 2 Career Wins’
Coca-Cola ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Booth’
Coca-Cola 600 ‘After 143 of 400 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Gray Gaulding – 12 Career Cup Starts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led 78 of 168 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘FRR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 14 Years in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 6th Stage Win this Season’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 3’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 3 Breakdown’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – 45 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘CGR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Replay’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Derrike Cope – 2 Career Wins’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led Race High 146 Laps Tonight’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
Coca-Cola ‘In-Car Camera’
Ford Performance ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Team’
5 Hour Energy Xtra Strength ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘A Memorial Day Tribute’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Champion’
NASCAR on Fox ‘1st Career Coca-Cola 600’
5 Hour Xtra Strength ‘Move of the Race’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led 177 of 273 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Last Lap Speed/Leader’s Speed’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Performance’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Denny Hamlin – Best CC600 Finish 2nd Twice’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 3 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 3 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Denny Hamlin – 13 Years in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 3 Winner’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Odds to Win’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Winless for 1st 11 Races Since ‘08’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Top 5s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Hit Wall Lap 293’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Stage 3/Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 198 Laps Led’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RCR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RCR Running Order’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 12:24 AM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 293
Minutes of race broadcast: 228
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 65
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 Coca-Cola 600 (Rain Delayed) ...

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 times for the Monster Energy Open Race at 6:06 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag following the All-Star Race at 9:36 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 All Star Race

Total number of commercials: 119

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 99
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 49
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 20
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 11
Number of times FS1 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): 75

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Monster Energy; WeekendWiththe88s.com ; McDonald’s; Sonic; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing ShareaCoke/ShareaRide ; Busch Beer, BuschBucks.com ; Chevy; Ford, Ford F150, Ford Performance; Toyota, #ToyotaNation; Geico; Liberty Mutual; AARP; Credit One Bank; AstraZeneca; FoxSportsGo; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; ‘NASCAR Heat 2’ video game; upcoming Xfinity race; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 5 sec.

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

NASCAR on FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Races/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Clint Bowyer – 8 Career Wins’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘A.J. Allmendinger – ’08 Open Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chase Elliott – Best Open Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Finished 3rd in Only Open race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Analysis’
Monster Energy ‘Open’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Austin Dillon – Best Open Finish 6th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Clint Bowyer – Led All 16 Laps Tonight’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Clint Bowyer – Led All 20 Laps in Stage 1’
Monster Energy Open ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Performance’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Led All 10 Laps in Stage 2’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Fox Trax’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Led All 20 Laps in Stage 2’
Monster Energy Open ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Chris Buescher – Best Career Finish 4th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘All-Star Race Next’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – 1st Career Monster Energy Open Start’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Danica Patrick – Best Open Finish 9th 3 times’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Champion’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
Monster Energy Open ‘Final Lap’
Monster Energy Open ‘Winner’
Monster Energy ‘Fan Vote Winner Advances to All-Star Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Transferred into the All-Star Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Daniel Suarez – Advances to All-Star Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Austin Dillon – 1st Career Top 5 Finish in Open’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Danica Patrick – 1st Career Top 5 Finish in Open’
Monster Energy Open ‘Final Stage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Daniel Suarez and Chase Elliott Battle for Spot’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – 30 Years Since Pass in the Grass’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ’2017 All-Star Race Format’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FS1 Race Day’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Day Live’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – ’07 All-Star Race Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Breaking News’
NASCAR on FS1 ’3 Stage Wins 6 Top 10 Finishes’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 4 time All-Star Race Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 2 Wins/4 Top 10 Finishes’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Matt Kenseth – ’04 All-Star Race Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Matt Kenseth – 17th Consecutive All-Star Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Leads All Teams with 8 Starts’
Monster Energy ‘Smoke Show’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Winner of the Open Has Never Won the All-Star Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Prime Tire Test’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting on Option Tires’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Grid Walk’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kevin Harvick – 2007 All-Star Race Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hote’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Booth’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Odds to Win’
Monster Energy ‘Trophy Truck’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Monster Energy Series Points Leader’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Best All-Star Finish 2nd’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Races/Top 10/Best Finish’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Option Tires – Stage 2’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Races/Wins/Top 10s’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – Led All 30 Laps Tonight’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 & Stage 2’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 3 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 3 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Avg. Finish – Advanced to Final Stage’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Brad Keselowski – Best All-Star Finish 2nd twice’
Ford ‘Cutaway Car’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:06 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 9:36 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 210
Minutes of race broadcast: 164
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 46
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 10

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 All-Star Race ...

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 7:35 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:45 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 GoBowling 400

Total number of commercials: 115

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 55

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 100
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 15
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): 157

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 33 (companies: Monster Energy; GoBowling.com ; KFC; Pizza Hut; McDonald’s; Kroger Click List; Mountain Dew Dew-S-A 1-877-DEW-S-A; Coca-Cola @CocaColaRacing; 5 Hour Energy drink 5 Hour Energy Extra-Strength; Busch Beer; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford, Ford Performance; Toyota; GoodYear; Sunoco; Mobil 1; WeatherTech.com; ebay motors; Nationwide; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Allstate; AARP; Credit One Bank; Duluth Trading; AstraZeneca; ‘Injustice 2’ video game; ‘Alien: Covenant’ movie; ‘Wonder Woman’ movie; Baseball on FS1; NASCAR Heat Mobile; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming All Star Race on FS1)

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 FS1
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starting’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Grand Stand Roof’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Local Drivers Beating the Odds’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘KS Under the Lights’
GoBowling.com ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Team’
Injustice 2 ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Weather’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 1.5 mi Tracks this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Larson – 1.5 mi Tracks this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Program Alert’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Position’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Joey Logano – 1.5 mi Tracks this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Race Off Pit Road’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Reporting:’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 1st Career Cup Series Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Led 33 of 42 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Landon Cassill – Best Career Finish 4th’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ty Dillon – 26 Career Cup Races’
Busch Beer ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage Wins this Season’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 18 KS Starts’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Career Wins at KS’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2’
McDonald’s McCafe ‘Refreshing Picks’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
5 Hour Energy Extra-Strength ‘In-Car Camera’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
Mobil 1 ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘HMS Running Order’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Last Lap Speed/Leader’s Speed’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Lead’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Top 6 Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – Led 43 of 122 Laps’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Corey LaJoie – Best Finish 24th Twice’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Jimmie Johnson – 1 Lap Down’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Pit Performance’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Notable Bowling Teams’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Gray Gaulding – 11 Career Cup Races’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crew Chief’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Recap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Track Temps’
Coca-Cola ‘In-Car Cam’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – 2 Years in Cup’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Led 42 of 177 Laps’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Leaders’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Odds to Win Morning Line’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – 59 Laps Led’
Busch Beer ‘Race Summary’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – Led 55 of 212 Laps’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 82 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Best KS Finish 2nd Spring ‘11’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Kyle Busch – KS Finish Spring/Fall’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Wood Bros. – 119 Races Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Replay’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘WBR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Fox Trax’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘WBR Pole Winners’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 257 Laps Led in Last 2 Spring KS Races’
5 Hour Energy Extra-Strength ‘Move of the Race’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Ryan Blaney – 83 Laps Led’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Germain Racing Team’
NASCAR on FS1 ’14 Cautions Tonight’
NASCAR on FS1 ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 98 Laps Led Tonight’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:35 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:45 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 250
Minutes of race broadcast: 204
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 46
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 GoBowling 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 2:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:17 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox 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 Geico 500

Total number of commercials: 138

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 82

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 109
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 73
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 27
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 20
Number of times Fox 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): 182

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 38 (companies: Monster Energy; Geico; All Star Race on FS1 Charlotte Motor Speedway/tickets ; FoxSportsSupports.com – NAMI ; KFC, KFC Zinger; Pizza Hut; Hooters24.com ; McDonald’s; Jimmy John’s; Kroger Click List; Fresh from Florida; RTICCoolers.com ; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing; Budweiser; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford Performance, Ford F1Series; Toyota; Mercedes Benz Vans; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; Sunoco; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; ebay motors; Allstate Motorcycle Insurance; CarFax.com; Credit One Bank; AARP; Novartis; Cialis; FoxSportsGo #88carchannel #13carchannel; ‘Baywatch’ movie; Baseball on FS1; NHRA on FS1; ‘Lethal Weapon’ on Fox; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming Xfnity race; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 35 sec.

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

NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Grand Stand Roof’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Most Restrictor Plate Wins’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Take Your Pick’
NASCAR on Fox ‘The Big One’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Comparison’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Talladega Banking’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Daniel Suarez – 1st Cup Start at Talladega – Finished 9th in Yesterday’s Xfinity race’
CarFax ‘Driving with Confidence’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RF Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘PR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Tri-Oval Finish Line Comparison’
NASCAR on Fox ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders/Behind’
Geico ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Replay’
Nationwide ‘On Board’
Jimmy John’s ‘On Board’
McDonald’s ‘On Board’
Ford Performance ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reporting:’
Fresh from Florida ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Led All 13 Laps Today’
Geico 500 ‘Race Breakdown’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 2 Career Wins’
AARP ‘Keys to the Race’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Position’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/High/Low’
RTIC ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kurt Busch – ’17 D500 Winner’
Nationwide ’88 Performance Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RFR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 16 Talladega Starts’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 2 Laps Down’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2’
McDonald’s McCafe ‘Refreshing Picks’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Restrictor Plate Career’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reed Sorenson – 13th Year in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Talladega Radio Remix’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ty Dillon – 3 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Trevor Bayne – 7th Year in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Newman – 18th Year in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – 9 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Lead’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage Wins this Season Stages 1 & 2’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Denny Hamlin – 13 Years in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Geico 500 Stage 1 & 2 Winners’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – 1 Lap Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 31 Laps Led’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Odds to Win’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Daniel Suarez – ’16 Xfinity Champion’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jimmie Johnson – 3 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 5 Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Elliott Sadler – 3 Career Wins’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – Led 12 of 154 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Green Flag Times – Last Sequence’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
Ford Performance ‘In-Car Camera’
Nationwide ‘In-Car Camera’
Jimmy John’s ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Austin Dillon – 1st DNF this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joey Logano – Led 10 Laps Today’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Chase Elliott – 1st DNF this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Flashback’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Danica Patrick – 4th DNF this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Trevor Bayne – 14th in Points Entering Race’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – 2nd Straight DNF’
RTIC Coolers ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cars Involved in the Big One at Talladega All-Time’
Budweiser ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Talladega Fuel Comparison’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 1st DNF this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jamie McMurray – 2 Wins at Talladega’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Only Cup Series Win at Talladega’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Newman – 18 Career Wins’
Credit One Bank ‘Overtime’
NASCAR on Fox ‘NASCAR Overtime’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Dibenedetto – Best Finish 6th at BMS’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:17 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 257
Minutes of race broadcast: 208
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 49
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 Geico 500 ...

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 2:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:28 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox 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 Owners 400

Total number of commercials: 119

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 60

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 93
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 26
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 20
Number of times Fox 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): 187

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 28 (companies: Monster Energy; KFC, KFC Zinger Sandwich; Pizza Hut; McDonald’s; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola, @CocaColaRacing; Budweiser; Busch Beer; Busch Light Beer; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford, Ford F Series, Ford Performance; Sunoco; Mobil 1; GoodYear; ebay motors; WeatherTech.com; Toyota, Toyota Owners; CarFax.com; Geico; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Credit One Bank; AARP; Cialis; Menard’s; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; NASCAR Whelon Modified Racing League; upcoming Xfinity race; upcoming Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 1 min. 40 sec.

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

NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pole Sitter’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Grand Stand Roof’
Toyota Camry XSE ‘Pace Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Honorary Driver’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on Fox ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Penske Racing Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Weather’
Mobil 1 ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
Toyota ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Replay’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reporting:’
Chevy ‘On Board’
GoodYear Blimp ‘Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Best Finish’
CarFax ‘Driving with Confidence’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – 4 Career Wins at RIR’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – 1st Career RIR Start’
Busch Light ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kurt Busch – Short Track Finishes this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Telemetry’
Credit One Bank ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1’
Menard’s ‘On Board’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Position’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Winless for 1st 8 Races for 1st Time Since 2008’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Chase Elliott – Short Track Races this Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Top 10s/Best Finish’
Toyota ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Speeding Penalties’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RIR Pit Road Timing Lines’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 2 Top 10 Finishes in Last 5 Races’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – Led All 80 Laps Today’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ty Dillon – 26 Career Cup Races’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – Led Every Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – 34 RIR Starts 2 RIR Wins’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – 1st Stage Win this Season’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Battle for’
Nationwide ’88 Performance Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – Led All 133 Laps Today’
McDonald’s McCafe ‘Refreshing Picks’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jimmie Johnson – Won at TMS and BMS’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – Led All 151 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Best Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – 8 Top 10 Finishes in Last 10 Races’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Fox Trax’
KFC Zinger ‘Race Break
NASCAR on Fox ‘Matt Kenseth – 163 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Top 10/Best Finish’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – Led 26 of 189 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kurt Busch – 1 Lap Down’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 2 to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 15 RIR Starts 1 RIR Win’
ProVision ‘Pit Road Technology’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 41 Laps Led’
Broadcast Sports International ‘In-Car Cam’
AARP ‘Driver Profile’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – Led 44 of 240 Laps’
Ford Performance ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RIR Radio Remix’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Performance’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Denny Hamlin – Pit Stop Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘CGR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Penske Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RFR Running Order’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Speeding Penalties’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – 10 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Denny Hamlin – 56 Laps Led’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Stop Penalty’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Newman – ’03 RIR Fall Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Last Lap Speed/Leader’s Speed’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Lead’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Under Caution’
Busch ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cars that Stayed Out’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – Best Career Finish 2nd DIS’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Wins in 300th Start’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 109 Laps Led’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:28 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 208
Minutes of race broadcast: 171
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 37
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 9

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 Owners 400 ...

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

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:01 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:21 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox 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 Food City 500

Total number of commercials: 99

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 70
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 39
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 29
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 21
Number of times Fox 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): 164

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 31 (companies: Monster Energy drink; Pizza Hut; KFC; KFC Zinger Sandwich; Jimmy John’s; McDonald’s; Kroger Click List; Bush’s Baked Beans; Coca-Cola @CocaColaRacing; Budweiser; Chevy Chevy.com; Ford Performance; Toyota; Dodge Ram Trucks; GoodYear; Sunoco; WeatherTech.com; Geico; CarFax.com; Nationwide; Liberty Mutual; Allstate Motorcycle Insurance; ebay motors; AARP; HepCHope.com; Credit One Bank; Menard’s; UFC on FS1; ‘Rosewood’ on Fox; ‘Monster Energy SuperCross’ on Fox; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming RIR Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min. 20 sec.

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

NASCAR on Fox
SunnyD ‘On Board’
Credit One Bank ‘On Board’
Car Fax ‘Starting with Confidence’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – Sub. Driver for Denny Hamlin in ’15 BMS Spring race’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting Line Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – Car Fan’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
Jimmy John’s ‘On Board’
Ford Performance ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1’
Kroger Click List ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Top 10s/Best Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Replay’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joey Logano – 2 Time BMS Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders/Behind’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Chase Elliott – Spring/Fall BMS Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Led All 21 Laps’
Smithfield Foods ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reporting:’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Position’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
NASCAR on Fox ‘BMS Pit Road Entry Under Caution’
NASCAR on Fox ‘BMS Pit Road Entry Under Green’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Backstretch Pits’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Frontstretch Pits’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Chris Buescher – 2nd DNF of Season’
KFC ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Summary’
Ford ‘Cutaway Car’
Menard’s ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Paul Menard – 14th Year in Cup’
AARP ‘Keys to the Drive’
NASCAR on Fox ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – 2nd Year in Cup’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Led All 105 Laps Today’
NASCAR on Fox ‘WBR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – 1 Lap Down’
Nationwide ’88 Performance Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RFR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – 2 Laps Down’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joey Logano – 2 Time BMS Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 4 Years in Cup’
McDonald’s McCafe ‘Refreshing Picks’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – Won Xfinity race on Saturday’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Flashback’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Erik Jones – ’16 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Lead’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Battle for’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Led All 125 Laps Today’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Hit Wall Lap 218’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 202 Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – 5th Stage Winner this Season – Leads All Drivers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Winner’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Family Update’
NASCAR on Fox ‘RFR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Start/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – Spring/Fall’
NASCAR on Fox ‘A.J. Allmendinger – Rear Suspension Cam’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Landon Cassill – Best Career Finish 4th’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Penske Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘David Ragan – 2 Career Wins’
Smithfield Foods ‘In-Car Camera’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joey Logano – Led 45 of 368 Laps’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 202 Laps Led’
Credit One Bank ‘In-Car Camera’
NASCAR on Fox ‘CGR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Under Caution’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Busch – Hit Wall on Lap 384 2nd DNF this Season’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jimmie Johnson – Short Track Career’
NASCAR on Fox ‘BMS Pit Road Timing Lines’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Pit Stop Penalty – Too Fast Exiting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Restart/Currently’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Pit Stop Penalty – Too Fast Exiting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Trends’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Clint Bowyer – 156 Races Since Last Win’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
Credit One Bank ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:01 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:21 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 200
Minutes of race broadcast: 168
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 32
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 Food City 500 (Rain Postponed) ...

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 1:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:14 PM (all times are EDT). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox 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 O’Reilly Auto Parts 500

Total number of commercials: 138

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 66

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 111
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 27
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 15
Number of times Fox 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): 142

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 29 (companies: Monster Energy; KFC; Pizza Hut; Jimmy John’s; Smithfield Foods; Kroger Click List; Coca-Cola @CocaColaRacing; 5 Hour Energy Extra Strength drink; Budweiser; Chevy, Chevy.com; Ford Performance, Ford F Series; Toyota; Can-Am; Sunoco; GoodYear; WeatherTech.com; ebay motors; Nationwide; Geico; Liberty Mutual; Allstate Motorcycle; CarFax.com; Credit One Bank; AARP; Cialis; Soccer Sunday on FS1; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; upcoming BMS Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 1 min. 40 sec.

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

NASCAR on Fox
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joey Logano – ’14 Spring TX Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Top 5/Best Finish’
Carfax ‘Starting with Confidence’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Rookie’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Did Not Attempt to Qualify’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cars to the Rear’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Reports’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit In/Pit Out’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘CGR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
GoodYear ‘Grip Level’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Austin Dillon – ’13 Xfinity Rookie of the Year’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – ’00 TMS Winner’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Best Finish’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders/Behind’
Ford Performance ‘On Board’
5 Hour Energy Extra-Strength ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starts/Wins/Top 5s’
Ford ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1’
Smithfield ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Aric Almirola – 1 Career Win DIS’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Clint Bowyer – Finish Last 3 Races’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Top 10/Best Finish’
Jimmy John’s ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wrecks’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Premium Motorsports Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – Best Career Finish 2nd DIS’
Kroger Click List ‘On Board’
Credit One Bank ‘On Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Reporting:’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – Points Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/Started’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – 2 Wins AMS & MVille’
Ford Performance ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Competition Caution’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Currently/High/Low’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Points/Wins/Top 10s’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leaders’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘FRR Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage Wins This Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Results’
Coca-Cola Racing Family ‘Update’
Sunoco ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ryan Blaney – 2 Years in Cup Series’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 1 Winner’
Liberty Mutual ‘Worry Less Strategy’
Geico ‘Restart Zone’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Dropping Back Since Restart’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jamie McMurray – Finish Last 3 Races’
ebay motors ‘Pit Box’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Won 3 of Last 9 Races on 1/5 mi Tracks’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Texas Radio Remix’
Credit One Bank ‘Kyle Larson Inside Ride’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Telemetry’
KFC Georgia Gold ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Restart/Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Jimmie Johnson – Stage Troubles’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Final Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stage 2 Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Won 1st 2 Stages’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 2 Career Wins’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kyle Larson – 1 Win 4 Top 5 Finishes’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Replay’
NASCAR on Fox ‘TP Team’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Starting/Stage 1/Stage 2/Currently’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Battle for’
Liberty Mutual ‘Spotter Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘SHR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Trevor Bayne – 115 Races Since Since Last Cup Win’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
Credit One Bank ‘Ones to Watch’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Interval Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Wind Comparison’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Monster Cup This Season’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Notable Drivers Under 30’
ebay motors ‘Race Break’
Top 10 ‘Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Last Lap Speed/Leader’s Speed’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kevin Harvick – 4 Tracks without a Cup Win’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
Credit One Bank ‘One to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Final Lap’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:14 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 224
Minutes of race broadcast: 180
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 44
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 13

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

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 ...