For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown from the race on Sunday afternoon.

Here is my breakdown, thoroughly unprofessional, and, hopefully, easy-to-understand.

I started recording the times as the Invocation for the race was given at 2:04 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:40 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Please note that in addition to all of the following, there is always a company logo visible in the upper right hand corner by the race ticker scrolling across the screen.

Banquet 400 Race and Commercial Breakdown of 10-01-06

Total number of commercials: 141

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 68

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 20

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos: 13 (companies: Team Chevy, Bank of America, Nextel, Budweiser, Allstate, AFLAC, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Banquet, Garnier, Advance Auto, UPS, Federal Express, NFL, NBC Sports, Home Depot, Ford & Ford ‘Race to the Dream’, DLP, Notre Dame vs. Stanford game, Wrangler)

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

Also, there is the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Allstate ‘Good Hands Driver Award’
Team Chevy ‘Driver to Watch’
Cingular ‘Race Talk Question of the Day’
Auto Zone ‘In the Zone Drivers’
Wrangler ‘5 Star Finish’
NAPA ‘Field Summary’
AFLAC ‘Trivia Question’

Restarts missed due to being away at commercial: 0

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:04 P.M.
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:40 P.M.

Total minutes: 216

Minutes of race broadcast: 150
Minutes of commercials: 66

Breakdown of what the commercials were for, by category:

NBC Previews/Promos

‘Friday Night Lights’ – 5
‘My Name is Earl’ – 2
‘The Office’ – 2
‘Deal or No Deal’ – 2
‘Law & Order C.I. and S.V.U.’ – 2
NFL Sunday Night Football – 4
Stanford vs. Notre Dame – 2
Total: 19

Movie Previews

‘The Marine’ – 2
‘Flags of our Fathers’ – 1
‘The Departed’ – 1
‘Jackass #2’ – 1
Total: 5

Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.

Local news – 3
Local sports – 2
Register to Vote (sponsored by Penna. Dept. of State) – 1
WPXI – 1
WPXI Community Board – 1
Total: 8

Restaurants/Food

Banquet pot pies – 7
Pizza Hut – 3
Subway – 3
Dominos – 2
Ruby Tuesday – 2
Uncle Charlie’s Sausage – 1
Little Debbies – 1
Reese’s – 1
Papa John’s – 1
Total: 21

Beer

Budweiser – 5
Miller Lite – 2
Total: 7

Car/Truck/Bike

Harley Davidson – 3
Auto Zone – 3
Chevrolet – 2
Chevy/GM 100,000 mi. warranty – 2
Ford – 2
Dodge – 2
Advance Auto Parts – 2
NAPA – 2
Land Rover – 1
Suzuki – 1
Prestone – 1
Enterprise Rent-a-Car – 1
Total: 22

Credit Cards/Financial

Bank of America – 3
Principal Financial – 3
AmeriQuest – 2
Total: 8

Insurance

Allstate – 3
State Farm – 2
AFLAC – 2
Safe Auto – 1
Total: 8

Wireless Phone

Nextel – 5
Cingular – 1
Total: 6

Home Improvement

Home Depot – 2
Lowes – 2
Total: 4

Technology

Sony SXRD HDTV – 3
DLP – 3
Total: 6

Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use

Garnier Fructis- 3
Old Navy – 3
Wrangler Jeans – 3
Gillette Fusion – 1
ADT Security – 1
Total: 11

Shipping

UPS – 2
Fed Ex – 2
Total: 4

Racing Related

Nascar.com – 4
‘Race to the Chase’ – 2
Nascar.com Trackpass – 1
NASCAR Foundation – 1
Coca Cola Racing Family – 1
NASCAR Auto Zone Elite Division – 1
Daytona International Speedway – 1
Talladega – 1
Total: 12

Breakdown of specific times, broken into two categories (race broadcast times, and commercial broadcast times):

Race brdcast times:Total min:Comm. brdcast times: Total min:

2:04 PM – 2:07 PM -3//2:07 PM – 2:10 PM – 3

2:10 PM – 2:13 PM – 3//2:13 PM – 2:16 PM – 3

2:16 PM – 2:28 PM – 12 //2:28 PM – 2:29 PM – 1

2:29 PM – 2:30 PM – 1 //2:30 PM – 2:32 PM – 2

2:32 PM – 2:36 PM – 4 //2:36 PM – 2:37 PM – 1

2:37 PM – 2:39 PM – 2 //2:39 PM – 2:42 PM – 3

2:42 PM – 2:43 PM – 1 //2:43 PM – 2:44 PM – 1

2:44 PM – 2:54 PM – 10 //2:54 PM – 2:57 PM – 3

2:57 PM – 3:03 PM – 6 //3:03 PM – 3:06 PM – 3

3:06 PM – 3:08 PM – 2 //3:08 PM – 3:11 PM – 3

3:11 PM – 3:15 PM – 4 //3:15 PM – 3:18 PM – 3

3:18 PM – 3:26 PM – 8 //3:26 PM – 3:29 PM – 3

3:29 PM – 3:34 PM – 5 //3:34 PM – 3:37 PM – 3

3:37 PM – 3:43 PM – 6 //3:43 PM – 3:46 PM – 3

3:46 PM – 3:54 PM – 8 //3:54 PM – 3:57 PM – 3

3:57 PM – 3:58 PM – 1 //3:58 PM – 4:01 PM – 3

4:01 PM – 4:12 PM – 11 //4:12 PM – 4:14 PM – 2

4:14 PM – 4:19 PM – 5 //4:19 PM – 4:22 PM – 3

4:22 PM – 4:30 PM – 8 //4:30 PM – 4:33 PM – 3

4:33 PM – 4:35 PM – 2 //4:35 PM – 4:38 PM – 3

4:38 PM – 4:44 PM – 6 //4:44 PM – 4:46 PM – 2

4:46 PM – 4:56 PM – 10 //4:56 PM – 4:59 PM – 3

4:59 PM – 5:05 PM – 6 //5:05 PM – 5:08 PM – 3

5:08 PM – 5:13 PM – 5 //5:13 PM – 5:15 PM – 2

5:15 PM – 5:18 PM – 3 //5:18 PM – 5:20 PM – 2

5:20 PM – 5:22 PM – 2 //5:22 PM – 5:24 PM – 2

5:24 PM – 5:40 PM – 16//5:40 PM – checkered flag waves

Total race brdcst time: 150 min Total comm. brdcst time: 66 min