For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race (the last race of the 2011 season).

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:02 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 8:08 PM (all times are EST). There was one rain delay lengthy enough (45 minutes) that I stopped recording information until the drivers were called back to their cars. I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

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

At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during each race. I apologize to the CawsnJaws readers who have missed my doing this immediately following each race, but I have had a very ill family member since the spring of this year, taking up much of my time and mental energy. My Father is not so critical now, and I am deeply appreciative of the prayers offered by my many friends in the world of NASCAR.

Once I have caught up those individual races, I will do my Annual Summary of everything you ever wanted to know about the commercials shown this racing season (such as how many each network showed); and which drivers were focused on the most.

Thanks to all the CawsnJaws readers, racing radio hosts, NASCAR bloggers, and racing journalists who have used my stats, and given me credit for them. It is my pleasure to continue providing these statistics, and I plan on doing so for the foreseeable future.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Ford 400

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 65
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 23
Total number of commercials: 88
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 52

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 24

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 18 (companies: The Mission Continues ; WhiteHouse.gov ; AmeriPrise Financial ; Ford; Ford F150; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Sylvania SilverStar headlights; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Papa John’s; Golden Corral; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘BSC Countdown’ on ESPN; College Basketball on ESPN; Renegade/ESPN Music ; NASCAR ‘After the Lap Celebration’ ; NASCAR.com/RaceBuddy)

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

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

Ford ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
Budweiser ‘On-Board’
Miller Lite ‘On-Board’
Florida Gulf Safe ‘On-Board’
GoodYear ‘On-Board’
Shell-PennZoil ‘On-Board’
Rheem ‘On-Board’
Sprint ‘On-Board’
NG/AMP ‘On-Board’
Ford ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chad Knaus – Races with Jimmie Johnson’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Coverage presented by Nationwide Insurance’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Pit Time Comparison’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Carl vs. Tony stats’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Tony Stewart Points +/- Carl Edwards’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points Currently’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:02 PM
Stopped recording race/commercial periods, due to rain delay: 5:05 PM
Resumed recording race/commercial periods: 5:50 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:08 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 261
Total minutes of race broadcast: 228
Minutes of traditional commercials: 23
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 10
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 4
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (caution not shown/explained): 0
Number of governmental VIPS present, that gave the call to start the engines: 2 Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Ford 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:02 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:03 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Kobalt Tools 500

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 60
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 49
Total number of commercials: 109
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 29

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 19 (companies: Lowes; Ford; Ford F150; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Sylvania SilverStar headlights; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Papa John’s; Bush’s Baked Beans; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘BCS Countdown’ on ESPN; NHRA ; NASCAR.com/RaceBuddy; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Nationwide race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 55 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
Kobalt Tools ‘Starting Line Up’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbox Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
GoDaddy.com ‘On-Board’
Dodge ‘On-Board’
Florida Gulf Safe ‘On-Board’
GoodYear ‘On-Board’
Rheem ‘On-Board’
Kobalt ‘On-Board’
Diet Mt. Dew ‘On-Board’
Sprint ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
Kobalt ‘Tools for Today’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
Longhorn Steakhouse ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Lowes ‘Never Stop Improving Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘4-Tire Pit Stops’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Kevin Harvick – Chase Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Jimmie Johnson – Chase Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop presented by Kobalt Tools’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Hendrick Motorsports – Currently’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Winless Streaks Broken’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 181
Total minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of traditional commercials: 27
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 21
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 9
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (caution not explained): 1

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Kobalt Tools 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:02 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:37 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 AAA Texas 500

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 69
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 54
Total number of commercials: 123
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 67

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: 21 (companies: GiveUSO.org ; Ford F150; Toyota; GoodYear; Sylvania SilverStar headlights; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Papa John’s; Gillette Fusion ProGlide; Lowes; ‘Jack and Jill’ movie; NHRA ; ‘SportsCenter’ on ESPN; Monday Night Football on ESPN; WatchESPN.com; ‘Roll Tide/War Eagle’ – ESPN Films; NASCAR.com/RaceBuddy; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Nationwide race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

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

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Weather – Fort Worth, TX’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
Dodge ‘On-Board’
Office Depot ‘On-Board’
American Ethanol ‘On-Board’
M&M’s ‘On-Board’
Rheem ‘On-Board’
My Lowes ‘On-Board’
National Guard ‘On-Board’
Sprint ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Joe Gibbs Racing – Currently’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Texas Motor Speedway – Air Temp/Track Temp’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop presented by Nationwide Insurance’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Jeff Gordon – Last Ten NSCS Starts’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:37 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 215
Total minutes of race broadcast: 182
Minutes of traditional commercials: 33
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 24
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 9
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 AAA Texas 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:45 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:52 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 75
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 58
Total number of commercials: 133
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 74

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 35

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Tums; Ford; Toyota; GoodYear; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; CarFax; Bush’s Baked Beans; Century Link; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Papa John’s; Gillette Fusion ProGlide; NHRA ; ‘SportsCenter’ on ESPN; Monday Night Football on ESPN; NASCAR.com/RaceBuddy; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Nationwide race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

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

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Career Wins at Martinsville’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Crew Chief Concerns’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop presented by AT&T’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Involved in Crash’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Kurt Busch – Rank Amongst Chasers’
Diet Mt. Dew ‘On-Board’
AFLAC ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
Coca-Cola ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points’
American Ethanol ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
Ford ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Foot Cam’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Jimmie Johnson – Chase Results Last 5 Years’
M&M’s ‘On-Board’
Office Depot ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Pit Road Performance’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Jimmie Johnson – 2007 Chase Races’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:45 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:52 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 247
Total minutes of race broadcast: 186
Minutes of traditional commercials: 35
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 26
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 12
Number of times ESPN cut short commercial breaks to return to important race action: 2
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive However, for the last few race telecasts, there have been none of these ads. I will discontinue keeping this stat if this is the case.

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:02 and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:53 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Good Sam Club 500

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 75
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 49
Total number of commercials: 124
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 35

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Papa John’s; Golden Corral; Sylvania Silverstar headlights; Gillette Fusion ProGlide; Ford; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Uloric.com; NASCAR.com; NASCAR.com/RaceBuddy; NASCAR.com/tickets; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ESPN ‘SportsCenter – Right Now’; NHRA ; NASCARAftertheLap.com ; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 20 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Weekly Points Tracker’
NASCAR on ESPN Expected Draft Pairings’
NASCAR on ESPN In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
GoDaddy.com ‘On-Board’
El Monterey ‘On-Board’
M&M’s ‘On-Board’
Jimmy John’s ‘On-Board’
Lowes ‘On-Board’
NAPA ‘On-Board’
AMP/NG ‘On-Board’
Ford ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Non-Stop Coverage presented by Gillette’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
NASCAR on ESPN Race Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Talladega – 1st and Only Cup Win’
NASCAR.com ‘Ticket to the Race’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:53 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 231
Total minutes of race broadcast: 195
Minutes of traditional commercials: 36
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 23
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 11
Number of commercials ESPN cut short to return to important race action: 2
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive However, for the last few race telecasts, there have been none of these ads. I will discontinue keeping this stat if this is the case.

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Good Sam Club 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:31 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:17 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. (However, it is of note that this week there were still three traditional commercial breaks following the announcement that ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ had begun.) Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Bank of America 500

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 97
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 46
Total number of commercials: 143
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 36

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 24 (companies: Bank of America; Golden Corral; Craftsman; Gillette Fusion ProGlide; Lowes; Nationwide Insurance; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; NASCAR.com; ‘Monday Night Countdown served by Applebee’s’ on ESPN; ‘Last Man Standing’ on ABC; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘Primetime Pulse’ on ESPN; NHRA ; IRL ; ESPN.com/deportes; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

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

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

NASCAR on ESPN – May Race Finish Positions
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NSCS – Crashes at Charlotte Motor Speedway’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
Bank of America ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
Miller Lite ‘On-Board’
GoDaddy.com ‘On-Board’
AMP/NG ‘On-Board’
Lowes ‘On-Board’
Jimmy Johns ‘On-Board’
Ford ‘On-Board’
Bank of America ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Biggest Movers’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Nationwide Insurance ‘Up-to-Speed’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Roush-Fenway Racing Rank’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Two-Tire Pit Stop’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop presented by Bank of America’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Tony Stewart – First Four Cup Races’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Pit Crew Comparison’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Restart Reset’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Kyle Busch – Wins by Month’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Miles Per Hour at the Line’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:31 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:17 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 226
Total minutes of race broadcast: 187
Minutes of traditional commercials: 39
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 24
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 8
Number of times ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ stopped for traditional commercial breaks: 3
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive
Number of NASCAR drivers to give the invocation for this race: 1 Trevor Bayne
Number of long, dramatic renditions of the National Anthem: 1 Sara Evans
Number of long, dramatic calls to start the engines: 1 Dr. Cindy Moss

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Bank of America 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:02 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:18 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. Also of note is that there was a short cable-outage in my home, from 4:24 PM to 4:29 PM.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Hollywood Casino 400

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 69
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 40
Total number of commercials: 109

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 31

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 18 (companies: Papa John’s; Craftsman; Dodge; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; GoodYear; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; NASCAR.com; NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup; NASCAR.com/racebuddy; BCS Countdown presented by Allstate on ESPN; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘NASCAR Now’; next week’s Nationwide Series race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

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

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Average Finish at KS’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Cautions/Last Green Flag Stretch’
Dodge ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
Dodge ‘On-Board’
Crown Royal ‘On-Board’
Dupont ‘On-Board’
Menard’s ‘On-Board’
Budweiser ‘On-Board’
Bush’s Baked Beans ‘On-Board’
AMP/NG ‘On-Board’
American Ethanol ‘On-Board’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Report’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘NASCAR Non-Stop presented by Dodge’
Longhorn ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN “Hendrick Motor Sports Rank’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase for the Sprint Cup – Points’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:18 PM

Total minutes of complete broadcast: 196
Total minutes of race broadcast: 166
Minutes of traditional commercials: 30
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 19
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 8

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2011 Hollywood Casino 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:02 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.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 AAA 400

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 65
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 55
Total number of commercials: 120

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 28

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 21 (companies: Craftsman; Ford; GoDaddy.com; Kobalt; Longhorn Steakhouse; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; NASCAR.com; NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup; NASCAR.com/racebuddy; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘Monday Night Football Countdown’ presented by Applebee’s; ‘NASCAR Now’; NHRA; next week’s Nationwide Series race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 10 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘… at Dover: Chase for the Sprint Cup’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Mailbag Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
GoDaddy.com ‘On-Board’
McDonald’s ‘On-Board’
Dodge ‘On-Board’
Florida Gulf Safe ‘On-Board’
American Ethanol ‘On-Board’
Shell-Pennzoil ‘On-Board’
GoodYear ‘On-Board’
Lowes ‘On-Board’
AMP/NG ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Non-Stop NASCAR Coverage presented by Aaron’s’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Biggest Movers’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
Longhorn Steakhouse ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘MPH @ the Line’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:40 PM

Total minutes of complete broadcast: 218
Total minutes of race broadcast: 186
Minutes of traditional commercials: 32
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 27
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 10

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

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

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For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:02 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:02 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in this broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race in the corner of the screen beside 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. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Sylvania 300

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 66
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 49
Total number of commercials: 115

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 63

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 23

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 18 (companies: Sylvania Silver Star headlights; ‘Fast Five’ ; AutoZone; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; Sprint.com/speed; Sprint.com/alltogethernow; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Sprint.com/speed; NASCAR.com; NASCAR.com/racebuddy; ‘Catching Hell’ – ESPN Films”:http://www.espn.go.com/espnfilms ; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘NASCAR Now’; NHRA; next week’s Nationwide Series race; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

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

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

Sylvania ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
Lowes ‘On-Board’
American Ethanol ‘On-Board’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Sprint ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Motorsports Schedule’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Report’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase Performance at New Hampshire’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Non-Stop Coverage’
GoDaddy.com ‘On-Board’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘No Tire Pit Stop’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Rundown’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Pit Crew Comparison’
Ford ‘On-Board’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:02 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:02 PM

Total minutes of complete broadcast: 180
Total minutes of race broadcast: 130
Minutes of traditional commercials: 30
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 20
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 9

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 2 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2011 Sylvania 300 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Monday’s race.

I began recording the times at the call to start the engines at 12:03 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 3:02 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ESPN was the broadcast team for this event. Included in the last half of the broadcast was ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, commercials shown split-screen with the race broadcast. Below the regular commercials’ breakdown, you can see a breakdown of the participating sponsors and the times their ads were shown. Big thanks go out to ESPN for offering ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’, and the sponsors who permitted their products to be advertised this way.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race in the corner of the screen beside 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. At a later date you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race (this part of my report has been delayed due to the illness of a family member, and the care they require).

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2011 Geico 400

Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 46
Total number of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop commercials’ (split-screen): 54
Total number of commercials: 100

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 50

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 23

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 14 (companies: Geico; Bush’s Baked Beans; GoodYear; GoodYear.com/SupportOurTroops ; Nationwide Insurance; Nationwide Insurance Code Spotter Sweepstakes ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Rethink Possible’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award – text to 234567’; Sprint.com/speed; NASCAR.com; NASCAR.com/racebuddy; Monday Night Football on ESPN; next week’s Sprint Cup race)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
Geico ‘Starting Grid’
Gillette Fusion ProGlide ‘Profile’
ESPN.com ‘Mailbag Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Car Cameras’
Coca-Cola ‘On-Board’
Shell-Pennzoil ‘On-Board’
GoodYear ‘On-Board’
Lowes ‘On-Board’
NAPA ‘On-Board’
AMP/NG ‘On-Board’
Geico ‘On-Board’
Sprint “NASCAR Non-Stop Coverage presented by Sprint’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Restart Reset’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Two Tire Tracker’
American Ethanol ‘Green Flag Restart’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Biggest Movers Since Restart’
NASCAR.com ‘Race Buddy’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘First Time Together in the Chase’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Up-to-Speed’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Report’
Dodge ‘Race Rundown’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Jimmie Johnson Career Breakdown’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Most Consecutive Years (without a NASCAR win)’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:03 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 3:02 PM

Total minutes of race broadcast: 179

Minutes of race broadcast: 157
Minutes of traditional commercials: 22
Minutes of ‘NASCAR Non-Stop Commercials’: 21
Number of times ESPN utilized ‘NASCAR Non-Stop’ to show split-screen commercials: 9

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of male enhancement commercials: 0 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive
Number of hairy but likeable cavemen to give the call to start the engines: 1
Number of wise race advice sound bytes from the race winner: 1 (”Stay away from the idiots”) – Tony Stewart

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

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