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

I began recording the times at the waving of the green flag at 3:35 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:54 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC was the broadcaster for this event.

Below the commercial breakdown, be sure to check out how often drivers were focused on during the race. 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 Checker Auto Parts 500 11-11-2007

Total number of commercials: 117 (in 2006: 149)

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 67 (in 2006: 78)

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 25 (in 2006: 32)

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 21 (companies: Chevy, Toyota, Gillette Fusion, GoodYear, www.mycokerewards.com, Pennzoil, AFLAC, Coca-Cola, ‘American Music Awards’, ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’, ‘Extreme Makeover’, ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Brothers and Sisters’, Homestead-Miami Busch and Cup races, ABC in HD on DLB HDTV, NFC Football on ESPN, espn.com/knowhow, espn.com/deportes, espn.com/techcenter, espn.com/communications, espn.com/autotech)

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

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

AT&T ‘Crew Chief Challenge’
ESPN/Dish ‘Tech Center’
Chevy ‘Cutaway Car’
Pepsi ‘Race Rundown’
Allstate ‘Good Hands Move of the Race’
Ford ‘Lap Leaders’

Start time to record race/commercial periods 11/11/07: 3:35 PM (in 2006: 3:20 PM)
End time to record race/commercial periods 11/11/07: 6:54 PM (in 2006: 7:01 PM)

Total minutes: 199 (in 2006: 221)

Minutes of race broadcast: 148 (in 2006: 150)
Minutes of commercials: 51 (in 2006: 71)

Number of debris cautions where no debris is shown: 1

Number of missed restarts: 0

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

Breakdown of what the commercials were for, by category:

_ ABC/TV Previews/Promos_

Dancing With the Stars – 3
Samantha Who? – 3
ESPN Sportscenter powered by Vizio – 2
American Music Awards – 2
Desperate Housewives – 2
Dirty Sexy Money – 2
Extreme Makeover – 1
Brothers & Sisters – 1
Monday Night Football on ESPN – 1
Grey’s Anatomy – 1
NightLine special edition: ‘The Other War’ – 1
Pushing Daisies- 1
Chase for the Cup on ABC – 1
October Road – 1

Total: 22

Movies

‘The Mist’ – 1
‘Beowulf’ – 1

Total: 2

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

ABC local news – 8
GotItBanks.com – 1

Total: 9

Restaurants/Food

Subway (Tony Stewart) – 2
McDonald’s – 2
Mycokerewards.com (various claymation drivers) – 1
Diet Mountain Dew – 1
Coke Zero – 1
Progresso – 1

Total: 8

Beer

Budweiser – 1

Total: 1

Car/Truck/Bike

Ford – 5
Toyota – 3
Enterprise Rent-a-Car (Martin Truex Jr.) – 2
Toyota – 2
Sunoco (Tony Stewart) – 2
Pennzoil – 2
Chevrolet – 2
NAPA (Michael Waltrip & Dale Jarrett) – 2
Chevrolet and Chevy Great American Race – 1
Mobil 1 – 1
CarFax – 1
Pep Boys – 1

Total: 24

Insurance/Health

Allstate (Kasey Kahne) – 3
1-800-SafeAuto – 3
AFLAC – 1

Total: 7

Wireless Phone

AT&T – 4

Total: 4

Home Improvement

Home Depot Decorating – 1
Craftsman Tools – 1
Glidden Paint at Home Depot (Tony Stewart) – 1
Kobalt Tools at Lowes – 1

Total: 4

Technology

DLP – 3
Sirius – 2
Verizon – 2
Dish Network (Carl Edwards) – 2
Nextel – 2
DirecTV – 1
Nextel (Jeff Gordon) – 1
Comcast (Jeff Green) – 1

Total: 14

Financial/Employment

Bank of America – 2

Total: 2

Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use

Wrangler jeans – 3
Hanes – 2
Gillette Fusion – 1
Aleve – 1
Stop Team Tylenol – 1

Total: 8

Shipping

UPS (Dale Jarrett & Ned Jarrett) – 1

Total: 1

Business Resources

Office Depot (Carl Edwards) – 1

Total: 1

Racing Related

nascar.com Superstore – 5
Daytona 500 – 2
nascar.com – 1
NASCAR Foundation – 1
nascar.com Champions’ Week – 1

Total: 10

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:

3:35 PM – 3:40 PM – 5 // 3:40 PM – 3:42 PM – 2

3:42 PM – 3:47 PM – 5 // 3:47 PM – 3:50 PM – 3

3:50 PM – 3:58 PM – 8 // 3:58 PM – 4:01 PM – 3

4:01 PM – 4:11 PM – 10 // 4:11 PM – 4:13 PM – 2

4:13 PM – 4:19 PM – 6 // 4:19 PM – 4:21 PM – 2

4:21 PM – 4:28 PM – 7 // 4:28 PM – 4:31 PM – 3

4:31 PM – 4:38 PM – 7 // 4:38 PM – 4:40 PM – 2

4:40 PM – 4:45 PM – 5 // 4:45 PM – 4:47 PM – 2

4:47 PM – 4:53 PM – 6 // 4:53 PM – 4:55 PM – 2

4:55 PM – 5:02 PM – 7 // 5:02 PM – 5:04 PM – 2

5:04 PM – 5:10 PM – 6 // 5:10 PM – 5:12 PM – 2

5:12 PM – 5:14 PM – 2 // 5:14 PM – 5:16 PM – 2

5:16 PM – 5:22 PM – 6 // 5:22 PM – 5:24 PM – 2

5:24 PM – 5:31 PM – 7 // 5:31 PM – 5:34 PM – 3

5:34 PM – 5:39 PM – 5 // 5:39 PM – 5:41 PM – 2

5:41 PM – 5:50 PM – 9 // 5:50 PM – 5:52 PM – 2

5:52 PM – 6:02 PM – 10 // 6:02 PM – 6:04 PM – 2

6:04 PM – 6:06 PM – 2 // 6:06 PM – 6:07 PM – 1

6:07 PM – 6:10 PM – 3 // 6:10 PM – 6:11 PM – 1

6:11 PM – 6:16 PM – 5 // 6:16 PM – 6:18 PM – 2

6:18 PM – 6:23 PM – 5 // 6:23 PM – 6:26 PM – 3

6:26 PM – 6:31 PM – 5 // 6:31 PM – 6:35 PM – 4

6:35 PM – 6:40 PM – 5 // 6:40 PM – 6:42 PM – 2

6:42 PM – 6:54 PM – 12 // 6:54 PM – checkered flag flies

Total race brdcst time: 148 Total comm. brdcst time: 51

How often were different drivers focused on during the Checker Auto Parts 500?

3:35 PM – 3:40 PM
Featured driver: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson

3:42 PM – 3:47 PM
Featured drivers: Jimmie Johnson; Clint Bowyer (audio with Rusty Wallace); Gil Martin (No. 07 crew chief/audio with Andy Petree)

3:50 PM – 3:58 PM
Featured drivers: Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon; Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Kyle Petty, Tony Raines (in-car cameras); Carl Edwards; Jeff Gordon; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Burton, Kasey Kahne; Jeff Burton, Kasey Kahne, Juan Montoya, Ryan Newman; Jimmie Johnson, J.J. Yeley; Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson; Clint Bowyer; Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer; Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne; Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart; Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart; Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer; Carl Edwards; Jimmie Johnson

4:01 PM – 4:11 PM
Featured drivers: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; Kyle Busch; Jeff Gordon, J.J. Yeley; Jacques Villeneuve, Carl Edwards; Dave Gilliland (spins); Dave Gilliland; Dave Gilliland, Jeremy Mayfield (replay of spin); Jeff Gordon, Steve Letarte (No. 24 crew chief), Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus (No. 48 crew chief), Casey Mears (pit stops); Robby Gordon (pit road penalty); Tony Stewart; Kurt Busch; Clint Bowyer; Denny Hamlin; Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer; Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman; Carl Edwards; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman; Larry Hartle (No. 31 gas man, injured); Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson; Carl Edwards; Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer

4:13 PM – 4:19 PM
Featured drivers: Jimmie Johnson; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon (with Steve Letarte on radio); Jimmie Johnson (with Chad Knaus on radio); Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson; Casey Mears, Kevin Harvick; Kevin Harvick; Juan Montoya; Dale Earnhardt Jr., Juan Montoya; Dale Earnhardt Jr., Casey Mears; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Dave Blaney; Bill Davis (team owner/video of his thoughts on the importance of being in the top 35); Dave Blaney; Kevin Harvick, Juan Montoya, Jamie McMurray; Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards

4:21 PM – 4:28 PM
Featured drivers: Bill Elliott, Carl Edwards; Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Patrick Carpentier; Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson (with Chad Knaus on radio); Jimmie Johnson, Bill Elliott; Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers, Rick Hendrick (team owner); Jimmie Johnson, Rick Hendrick; Clint Bowyer, Jacques Villeneuve; Clint Bowyer; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards

4:31 PM – 4:38 PM
Featured drivers: Carl Edwards, Aric Almirola; Kyle Petty, Carl Edwards; Carl Edwards; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr.; Martin Truex Jr.; Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Petty; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon; Ryan Newman; Clint Bowyer; Clint Bowyer, Dave Gilliland; Matt Kenseth; Kurt Busch; J.J. Yeley; Jeff Burton; Tony Stewart, Jeff Burton; Tony Stewart; Denny Hamlin; Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers; Johnny Sauter; Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers, Johnny Sauter; Greg Biffle; Carl Edwards; Martin Truex Jr.; Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Petty; Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards

4:40 PM – 4:45 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson; Robby Gordon, Aric Almirola; Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; Robby Gordon, Aric Almirola; Carl Edwards, Aric Almirola, Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman; Jeff Gordon; Joe Nemechek; Tony Stewart, Joe Nemechek (replay); Joe Nemechek (pit stop); Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards

4:47 PM – 4:53 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr., Robby Gordon, Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish Jr.; David Ragan (replay); Greg Biffle, David Ragan (replay); Martin Truex Jr.; Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr.; Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Robby Gordon; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch; Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch; Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton; Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth (replay); Carl Edwards (reporting engine troubles); Carl Edwards (to garage); Robby Gordon; Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon

4:55 PM – 5:02 PM
Featured drivers: Carl Edwards (in garage); Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson; Carl Edwards (in-garage interview); Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer; Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch; Jeff Burton; Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer; Dale Earnhardt Jr. (wreck); Dale Earnhardt Jr. (replay); Dale Earnhardt Jr. (climbing from wrecked car); Jeff Gordon (pit stop)

5:04 PM – 5:10 PM
Featured drivers: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (replay); Steve Letarte; Jeff Gordon, Joe Nemechek, Greg Biffle; Dale Earnhardt Jr. (post-wreck interview); Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne; Jeff Gordon, David Stremme, Aric Almirola, Juan Montoya; Jeremy Mayfield, Joe Nemechek, Jeff Gordon, Juan Montoya, Jeff Burton, Casey Mears (replay); Jeff Gordon, Aric Almirola, Johnny Sauter, Greg Biffle; Kyle Busch, Dave Gilliland; Kyle Busch; Martin Truex Jr.

5:12 PM – 5:14 PM
Featured drivers: Jacques Villeneuve (wreck); Jacque Villeneuve, Kasey Kahne (replay); Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch (pit stops)

5:16 PM – 5:22 PM
Featured drivers: Jeff Gordon; Jeff Burton; Jacques Villeneuve, Kasey Kahne (replay); Juan Montoya; Dave Gilliland, Matt Kenseth; Carl Edwards; Jacques Villeneuve (post-wreck interview); Martin Truex Jr., Joe Nemechek, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Montoya; Kasey Kahne (wreck); Jeff Gordon; Kasey Kahne (replay); Kasey Kahne (another replay); Kasey Kahne (to garage)

5:24 PM – 5:31 PM
Featured drivers: Kasey Kane (post-wreck interview); Robbie Reiser (No. 17 crew chief); Matt Kenseth; Kyle Petty; Matt Kenseth, David Stremme, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle; David Stremme, David Ragan, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton; David Stremme; David Stremme, Jeff Gordon; Kyle Busch, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart; Jeff Gordon, David Stremme; Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle; Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, David Stremme; Matt Kenseth

5:34 PM – 5:39 PM
Featured drivers: Matt Kenseth; Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; video of Steve Letarte comparing Jimmie Johnson to Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson; Matt Kenseth

5:41 PM – 5:50 PM
Featured drivers: Jeff Gordon; Matt Kenseth; Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman; Tony Stewart; Martin Truex Jr., Jeff Gordon; Matt Kenseth (pit stop); Matt Kenseth (replay of pit stop); Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Burton, David Stremme; Clint Bowyer; Jeff Burton, Clint Bowyer; Jeff Gordon; Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, David Stremme (pit stops)

5:52 PM – 6:02 PM
Featured drivers: Brian Vickers, Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler; Jamie McMurray (pit stop); Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick; Sam Hornish Jr. (pit stop); Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle; Chad Knaus; Paul Menard, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch; Kyle Busch (replay of pit stop); Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin; Reed Sorenson; Reed Sorenson (pit stop); Matt Kenseth

6:04 PM – 6:06 PM
Featured drivers: Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon; Matt Kenseth; Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon

6:07 PM – 6:10 PM
Featured drivers: Dave Blaney (wreck); Dave Blaney, Clint Bowyer (replay); Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch (pit stops)

6:11 PM – 6:16 PM
Featured drivers: Juan Montoya (pit stop); Jeff Gordon; Steve Letarte; Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman; Jimmie Johnson, David Ragan, Greg Biffle; Jimmie Johnson, Dave Gilliland, David Ragan; Robby Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle; Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman; Joe Nemechek (wreck); Joe Nemechek (replay)

6:18 PM – 6:23 PM
Featured drivers: Matt Kenseth, Aric Almirola, Tony Stewart; Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart; J.J. Yeley, Kyle Busch, David Ragan, Elliott Sadler, Kyle Petty; Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler, Kevin Harvick; Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Dave Gilliland, Elliott Sadler; Martin Truex Jr., Aric Almirola; Martin Truex Jr.; Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon; Brian Vickers, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick; Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch

6:26 PM – 6:31 PM
Featured drivers: Matt Kenseth; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch (replay of contact); Jeff Gordon (tire rubbing); Steve Letarte, Jeff Gordon; Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon (replay of tire smoking); Jeff Gordon, Brian Vickers; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Gordon; Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart

6:35 PM – 6:40 PM
Featured drivers: Martin Truex Jr., Elliott Sadler, Johnny Sauter, Aric Almirola; Jeff Gordon, David Ragan, Kurt Busch, Dave Blaney, Bill Elliott; Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Aric Almirola

6:42 PM – 6:54 PM
Featured drivers: Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart; Greg Biffle; Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr.; Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart; Kevin Harvick; Jimmie Johnson; Jeff Gordon; Greg Biffle, Martin Truex Jr.; Greg Biffle; Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr.; Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman; Jimmie Johnson; Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick; Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton; Jeff Gordon; Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick; Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr.; Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle; Jimmie Johnson; Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus; Jimmie Johnson

Number of times selected drivers were focused on:

Bobby Labonte – 0
Patrick Carpentier – 1
Sam Hornish Jr. – 2
Johnny Sauter – 4
Jacques Villeneuve – 5
Chad Knaus – 5
Steve Letarte – 6
Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 9
Kyle Busch – 16
Kevin Harvick – 17
Kurt Busch – 17
Greg Biffle – 18
Ryan Newman – 20
Clint Bowyer – 21
Tony Stewart – 21
Matt Kenseth – 30
Martin Truex Jr. – 36
Jeff Gordon – 66
Jimmie Johnson (race winner) – 69