For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown from the race on Monday afternoon. This breakdown is thoroughly unprofessional, and, hopefully, easy-to-understand.

I began recording the times at the Invocation at 12:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 3:38 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.

Please be sure to check out how often drivers were focused on during the race. Also, if there are any links to any sponsors, websites, or contests, look for them throughout the breakdown.

There are plans in the future for more stats from the race. Once we reach September, when we began doing these breakdowns last year, we will be able to make side-by-side comparisons.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Autismspeaks 400 06-04-2007

Total number of commercials: 141

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 32

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 28 (companies: Auto Zone, Toyota, Nextel, Subway, Baseball on Fox, Dewalt Tools, AT&T, Burger King, DirecTV, Ford, Salesgenie.com, State Farm, Wendy’s, DLP, NAPA, Comcast, Pizza Hut, Allstate, KFC, Diet Mt. Dew, TGIFridays, Dodge, Autismspeaks.org, The Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, Tom Jensen ‘the answer man’ at Fox Sports, UPS, UPS sponsors fantasy racing at foxsports.com)

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

How much time was spent in the Hollywood Hotel this week: There was no time spent in the Hollywood Hotel for this race broadcast.

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

Dodge ‘In-Car’
Dodge ‘Chargers of the Race’
Budweiser ‘Bud Pole Award’
AT&T ‘Virtual Crew Chief Question’
Toyota ‘Top Performers of the Race’
Ford ‘Cut-Away Car’ http://www.foxsports.com/cutaway
Ford ‘Bold Moves’
Ford ‘In-Car’
State Farm Safety Report
DLP ‘Ultimate Picture Cam’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
DLP ‘Amazing Moment’
NAPA ‘In-Car’
FedEx ‘In-Car’
Nextel ‘Getting it Done Call of the Race’
Chevrolet ‘In-Car’
Chevrolet ‘Winning Moment’
Allstate ‘Good Hands Driver Award’

Start time to record race/commercial periods 05/05/07: 12:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods 05/05/07: 3:38 PM

Total minutes: 218

Minutes of race broadcast: 152
Minutes of commercials: 66

Breakdown of what the commercials were for, by category:

Fox Previews/Promos

‘So You Think You Can Dance?’ – 3
‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’ – 2
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ – 2
Baseball on Fox – 2
‘The Simpsons’ – 1
‘Seinfeld’ – 1
‘On the Lot’ – 1
‘The Shield’ – 1
‘New Amsterdam’ – 1
Fox Sports in HD/DirecTV – 1

Total: 15

Movies

‘Ratatoiulle’- 1
‘Ghost Rider’ – 1
‘Transformers’ – 1

Total: 3

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

Pennsylvania Lottery – 1
WPXI – 1

Total: 2

Restaurants/Food

AppleBee’s – 4
Pizza Hut – 4
mycokerewards.com – 4
TGIFridays – 4
Wendy’s – 3
KFC- 3
Burger King – 2
Subway (Tony Stewart) – 2
Famous Dave’s and Jeff Gordon sweepstakes – 2
Diet Mt. Dew- 1
Dominos – 1

Total: 30

Beer

Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) – 1
Budweiser – 2

Total: 3

Car/Truck/Bike

Toyota – 5
Auto Zone- 4
Ford – 4
znet at Auto Zone –
Toyota (Todd Bodine) – 3
Enterprise (Martin Truex Jr.) – 3
Dodge – 3
Dodge and Fantastic Four movie – 2
NAPA (Dale Jarrett & Michael Waltrip) – 2
Armor All- 2
Ford (various drivers) – 2
Q Torque Motor Oil (Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson) – 1
Midas- 1
Suzuki – 1
Sunoco (Kasey Kahne) – 1
Ford – 1

Total: 35

Insurance

Allstate – 3
State Farm – 2
State Farm – 1
Highmark- 1

Total: 7

Wireless Phone

Nextel – 3
AT&T – 2

Total: 5

Home Improvement

Stanley Fat Max – 1
Home Depot (Tony Stewart) – 1

Total: 2

Technology

Best Buy – 4
Comcast Cable – 4
DLP (Tony Raines) – 2
DirecTV – 2
Sirius radio – 1
Sprint Mobile Broadband – 1

Total: 15

Financial

Etrade.com – 3

Total: 3

Business Resources

Salesgenie.com – 2

Total: 2

Education

Triangle Tech – 1

Total: 1

Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use

The Men’s Wearhouse – 3
Gillette Fusion Phantom – 1
Prilosec OTC (Jeff Burton) – 1

Total: 5

Shipping

UPS (Dale Jarrett) – 2
UPS (Dale Jarrett & Ned Jarrett) – 1
UPS (Dale Jarrett & Michael Waltrip) – 1

Total: 4

Racing Related

nascar.com Track Pass Race View – 4
nascar.com – 1
nascar.com/performance- 1
All American Soap Box Derby – 1
CTS – 1
Nashville Superspeedway- 1

Total: 9

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:

12:00 PM – 12:08 PM – 8 // 12:08 PM – 12:11 PM – 3

12:11 PM – 12:21 PM – 10 // 12:21 PM – 12:24 PM – 3

12:24 PM – 12:29 PM – 5 // 12:29 PM – 12:32 PM – 3

12:32 PM – 12:40 PM – 8 // 12:40 PM – 12:43 PM – 3

12:43 PM – 12:50 PM – 7 // 12:50 PM – 12:53 PM – 3

12:53 PM – 12:59 PM – 6 // 12:59 PM – 1:02 PM – 3

1:02 PM – 1:04 PM – 2 // 1:04 PM – 1:07 PM – 3

1:07 PM – 1:15 PM – 8 // 1:15 PM – 1:18 PM – 3

1:18 PM – 1:24 PM – 6 // 1:24 PM – 1:27 PM – 3

1:27 PM – 1:35 PM – 8 // 1:35 PM – 1:38 PM – 3

1:38 PM – 1:43 PM – 5 // 1:43 PM – 1:46 PM – 3

1:46 PM – 1:50 PM – 4 // 1:50 PM – 1:53 PM – 3

1:53 PM – 2:03 PM – 10 // 2:03 PM – 2:06 PM – 3

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

2:11 PM – 2:15 PM – 4 // 2:15 PM – 2:18 PM – 3

2:18 PM – 2:20 PM – 2 // 2:20 PM – 2:23 PM – 3

2:23 PM – 2:26 PM – 3 // 2:26 PM – 2:29 PM – 3

2:29 PM – 2:31 PM – 2 // 2:31 PM – 2:33 PM – 2

2:33 PM – 2:39 PM – 6 // 2:39 PM – 2:42 PM – 3

2:42 PM – 2:43 PM – 1 // 2:43 PM – 2:46 PM – 3

2:46 PM – 2:58 PM – 12 // 2:58 PM – 3:00 PM – 2

3:00 PM – 3:14 PM – 14 // 3:14 PM – 3:17 PM – 3

3:17 PM – 3:19 PM – 2 // 3:19 PM – 3:21 PM – 2

3:21 PM – 3:38 PM – 17 // 3:38 PM – checkered flag flies

Total race brdcst time: 152 Total comm. brdcst time: 66

How often were different drivers focused on during the Autismspeaks 400?

12:00 PM – 12:08 PM
Featured driver: Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Casey Mears; Michael Waltrip; Dale Jarrett; Jeff Gordon; Kasey Kahne

12:11 PM – 12:21 PM
Featured drivers: Bobby Labonte (audio with DW); Ryan Newman; Kasey Kahne; Carl Edwards & Bobby Labonte; Carl Edwards; Carl Edwards, Bobby Labonte & Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Jeff Gordon; Carl Edwards, Elliott Sadler; Johnny Sauter; Ryan Newman & Carl Edwards; Matt Kenseth & Greg Biffle

12:24 PM – 12:29 PM
Featured drivers: Ryan Newman; Carl Edwards; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Kasey Kahne & Jeff Gordon; Martin Truex Jr.; Jamie McMurray & Kurt Busch; Ryan Newman; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman

12:32 PM – 12:40 PM
Featured drivers: Johnny Sauter; Jamie McMurray; Clint Bowyer; Brian Vickers & Elliott Sadler; Kyle Busch; Jeff Burton; Kyle Busch; Tony Stewart & Kurt Busch; Kyle Busch & Elliott Sadler; Brian Vickers; Brian Vickers & Elliott Sadler; Jimmie Johnson & Kevin Harvick; Kevin Harvick (electrical problems); Kasey Kahne; Ryan Newman & Scott Riggs; Jeff Gordon & Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Jeff Gordon & Carl Edwards; Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Scott Riggs; Kasey Kahne; Carl Edwards & Scott Riggs; Kyle Busch; Jeff Gordon & Brian Vickers; Brian Vickers; Kasey Kahne

12:43 PM – 12:50 PM
Featured drivers: Kasey Kahne & Ryan Newman; Kasey Kahne & Ricky Rudd; Kyle Busch; Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Kasey Kahne; Carl Edwards & Kasey Kahne; Jeff Gordon & Brian Vickers; Jeff Gordon; Brian Vickers; Ryan Newman; Michael Waltrip & Ryan Newman; Matt Kenseth (reporting strange vibration); Jeff Burton; Bobby Labonte; Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne & Ryan Newman (pit stops); Kevin Harvick (steaming)

12:53 PM – 12:59 PM
Featured drivers: Johnny Sauter; Michael Waltrip; Kyle Busch (penalty); Kevin Harvick (plug wire); Dale Jarrett; Ryan Newman; Tony Raines; Ryan Newman & Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Kyle Busch; Kyle Busch; Kyle Busch & Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Carl Edwards & Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Matt Kenseth; Martin Truex Jr. & Jeff Gordon; Martin Truex Jr.; Ryan Newman

1:02 PM – 1:04 PM
Featured drivers: Matt Kenseth; Jeff Gordon & Kurt Busch; Ryan Newman

1:07 PM – 1:15 PM
Featured drivers: Ricky Rudd, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, & Kasey Kahne; Carl Edwards; Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Carl Edwards; Jeremy Mayfield (tire); Bill Elliott; Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Bill Elliott; Matt Kenseth; Carl Edwards & Ryan Newman; Martin Truex Jr.; Dale Earnhardt Jr. (tire); Michael Waltrip; Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr. & Michael Waltrip; Carl Edwards & AJ Allmendinger; AJ Allmendinger, Carl Edwards & Ryan Newman; Martin Truex Jr.; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Ryan Newman; Carl Edwards

1:18 PM – 1:24 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr. & Carl Edwards; Clint Bowyer; Carl Edwards; AJ Allmendinger; Matt Kenseth & Denny Hamlin; Denny Hamlin; Kyle Busch; Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman & Jeff Gordon (pit stops)

1:27 PM – 1:35 PM
Featured drivers: Brian Vickers, Ryan Newman & Martin Truex Jr.; J.J. Yeley; Matt Kenseth; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Jimmie Johnson; Martin Truex Jr. & Ryan Newman; Dale Jarrett; Kasey Kahne; Michael Waltrip; Casey Mears & Michael Waltrip; Casey Mears; Clint Bowyer & Kasey Kahne; Jeff Burton & Tony Raines; Martin Truex Jr. & Ryan Newman

1:38 PM – 1:43 PM
Featured drivers: Brian Vickers & Martin Truex Jr.; Brian Vickers; Jeff Gordon; Steve Letarte (crew chief); Mark Martin

1:46 PM – 1:50 PM
Featured drivers: Tony Raines; Martin Truex Jr.; Jeff Burton; Bobby Labonte; J.J. Yeley; Martin Truex Jr.; Tony Stewart; Robby Gordon; Martin Truex Jr.

1:53 PM – 2:03 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr.; Ryan Newman; Dale Earnhardt Jr. (tire); Martin Truex Jr. & Jeff Burton; Jeff Burton; Matt Kenseth & Denny Hamlin; Martin Truex Jr. & Juan Montoya; Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards; Clint Bowyer; Ryan Newman; Tony Stewart; Martin Truex Jr. & Robby Gordon; Casey Mears (pit stop); Sterling Marlin, Robby Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Kasey Kahne, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch & Kyle Busch (pit stops); Martin Truex Jr.; Jeff Gordon

2:06 PM – 2:08 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr. & Casey Mears; Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards

2:11 PM – 2:15 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr.; David Stremme (reporting ill); Bobby Labonte, Kyle Busch & David Stremme; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Martin Truex Jr.; Dale Jarrett (overheating)

2:18 PM – 2:20 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr.; Martin Truex Jr. & Carl Edwards; Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr. & Bobby Labonte

2:23 PM – 2:26 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman & Jeff Gordon

2:29 PM – 2:31 PM
Featured drivers: Kurt Busch & Tony Stewart (incident on pit road)

2:33 PM – 2:39 PM
Featured drivers: Ryan Newman

2:46 PM – 2:58 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr. & Ryan Newman; Martin Truex Jr.; Regan Smith (in No. 40 to replace David Stremme); Carl Edwards; Jimmie Johnson; Ryan Newman; Martin Truex Jr.; Ryan Newman & Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr. & Elliott Sadler; Ryan Newman & Carl Edwards; Denny Hamlin & Greg Biffle; Jimmie Johnson; Michael Waltrip (with head leaning to side); Ryan Newman; Ward Burton (pit stop); Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman & Clint Bowyer; Matt Kenseth

3:00 PM – 3:14 PM
Featured drivers: Ryan Newman & Martin Truex Jr.; Jimmie Johnson & Clint Bowyer; Michael Waltrip; Kasey Kahne & Jeff Burton; Ryan Newman; Robby Gordon; Tony Stewart; Jamie McMurray; Ryan Newman & Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards & Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson; Clint Bowyer & Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson & Ryan Newman; Carl Edwards & Jimmie Johnson

3:17 PM – 3:19 PM
Featured drivers: Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth & Jeff Burton (pit stops); Ricky Rudd & Dave Gilliland (caution)

3:21 PM – 3:38 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr.; Ryan Newman & Jimmie Johnson; Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth & Jeff Gordon; Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon & Denny Hamlin; Matt Kenseth & Jeff Gordon; Martin Truex Jr.; Jimmie Johnson & Ryan Newman; Kevin Manion (crew chief); Martin Truex Jr.; Clint Bowyer & Greg Biffle; Jeff Gordon & Denny Hamlin; Jimmie Johnson (tire); Ryan Newman; Martin Truex Jr.; Jeff Gordon & Greg Biffle; Matt Kenseth; Kevin Manion (cc) & Martin Truex Jr.; Jeff Gordon & Greg Biffle; Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle & Clint Bowyer; Clint Bowyer & Mark Martin; Kasey Kahne; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Ryan Newman; Greg Biffle & Clint Bowyer; Martin Truex Jr.; Kasey Kahne & Robby Gordon; Martin Truex Jr.; Johnny Sauter & Martin Truex Jr.; Martin Truex Jr.

Number of times selected drivers were focused on during the Autismspeaks.org 400:

Jamie McMurray – 3
Johnny Sauter – 4
Kurt Busch – 5
Mark Martin – 5
Kyle Busch – 12
Clint Bowyer – 14
Jimmie Johnson – 15
Matt Kenseth – 17
Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 21
Jeff Gordon – 24
Kasey Kahne – 18
Ryan Newman – 41
Martin Truex Jr. (race winner) – 46