On Thursday evening, the NASCAR Cup Series came one step closer to the Great American Race on Sunday, with the running of the Bluegreen Vacations Duel Races. The races were neither caution-filled crash fests, nor trains of cars running in a single line. There were pretty sure bets, and lucky surprises. Of course, there were also commercials. For those who like to know precisely how many there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona Duel Races
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:01 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 9:46 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 165
Minutes of race broadcast: 128
Minutes of traditional commercials: 37
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 5
Total number of commercials: 100
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 88
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 12
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 14
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 2
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Coca-Cola (9 times); Xfinity (7 times); Daytona 500 on Fox (5 times); Busch Beer (5 times); Geico (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
Fox/FS1
College Basketball on FS1 foxsports.com/college-basketball – 3
‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ fox.com/farmer-wants-a-wife – 3
Daytona 500 on Fox foxsports.com/nascar/daytona-500 #DaytonaDay , Coca-Cola, Geico, Xfinity, Busch Beer NASCAR.com/Tickets – 2
Upcoming Craftsman Truck race on Fox/FS1 foxsports.com/nascar – 1
Upcoming Craftsman Truck race and Daytona 500 on Fox/FS1 foxsports.com/nascar – 1
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ fox.com/wwe-friday-night-smackdown – 1
‘Impractical Jokers’ on TruTV trutv.com/shows/impractical-jokers – 1
Total: 12
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
C Harper Chevy East CHarperChevyEast.com – 1
Mark Arbuckle Nissan markarbucklenissan.com – 1
Total: 2
Restaurants/Food
Coke Zero Sugar us.coca-cola.com/zero-sugar – 4
Door Dash doordash.com – 2
Panera Bread/DayEndDoughnation panerabread.com/dayenddoughnation – 2
Subway Subway.com – 2
Atkins atkins.com – 1
Kit Kat kitkat.com – 1
M&Ms mms.com – 1
Marcos Pizza marcos.com – 1
Tovala.com – 1
Total: 15
Beer/Alcohol
Heineken heineken.com – 1
Total: 1
Car/Truck/Bike
Chevy chevy.com – 3
Ram Trucks ram.com – 2
Toyota toyota.com – 2
ebay motors ebay.com – 1
Flynn’s Tires flynnstires.com – 1
Buyatoyota.com buyatoyota.com – 1
Volvo volvocars.com – 1
Discount Tire – America’s Tire discounttire.com (Austin Cindric) – 1
Total: 12
Insurance/Health
CheckYourHeartRisks.com – 3
FindAHandSpecialist.com – 2
Progressive progressive.com – 2
Allstate allstate.com – 1
CVS cvs.com – 1
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 1
Total: 10
Wireless Phone
T-Mobile t-mobile.com/ – 2
Total: 2
Financial
QuickBooks.com quickbooks.com – 2
Huntington Bank huntington.com – 1
Rocket Mortgage rocketmortgage.com – 1
Total: 4
Education
Kent State kent.edu – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Upwork upwork.com – 2
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 2
Playstation playstation.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Skyrizi skyrizi.com – 4
Mattress Firm mattressfirm.com – 2
Breztri breztri.com – 2
e.l.f. elfcosmetics.com – 1
Farxiga.com farxiga.com – 1
Purina Beneful purina.com – 1
Remax.com – 1
Total: 12
Travel
Best Western.com bestwestern.com – 3
Ark Encounter arkencounter.com – 1
DisneyWorld.com/save – 1
Virgin Voyages virginvoyages.com – 1
Total: 6
Racing Related
Lernerville Speedway lernerville.com – 2
NASCAR.com nascar.com – 1
NASCAR.com/Rewards – 1
NASCAR.com/kidstix nascar.com/kidstix – 1
Auto Club Speedway autoclubspeedway.com/ – 1
Total: 6
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
7:01 PM – 7:04 PM – 3 // 7:04 PM – 7:07 PM – 3
7:07 PM – 7:10 PM – 3 // 7:10 PM – 7:12 PM – 2
7:12 PM – 7:27 PM – 15 // 7:27 PM – 7:30 PM – 3
7:30 PM – 7:47 PM – 17 // 7:47 PM – 7:49 PM – 2
7:49 PM – 7:56 PM – 7 // 7:56 PM – 7:58 PM – 2
7:58 PM – 8:12 PM – 14 // 8:12 PM – 8:14 PM – 2
8:14 PM – 8:18 PM – 4 // 8:18 PM – 8:21 PM – 3
8:21 PM – 8:22 PM – 1 // 8:22 PM – 8:25 PM – 3
8:25 PM – 8:30 PM – 5 // 8:30 PM – 8:33 PM – 3
8:33 PM – 8:35 PM – 2 // 8:35 PM – 8:38 PM – 3
8:38 PM – 8:51 PM – 13 // 8:51 PM – 8:54 PM – 3
8:54 PM – 9:04 PM – 10 // 9:04 PM – 9:07 PM – 3
9:07 PM – 9:23 PM – 16 // 9:23 PM – 9:26 PM – 3
9:26 PM – 9:29 PM – 3 // 9:29 PM – 9:31 PM – 2
9:31 PM – 9:46 PM – 15 // 9:46 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 128 // Total comm. brdcst time: 37
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 20
(Bluegreen Vacations bluegreenvacations.com ; Wendy’s; Coca-Cola, Coke Zero Sugar; Monster Energy; Busch Beer, Busch Light; Ford Performance; Toyota; Discount Tire; Mahindra Tractors; Geico; Advent Health; Bass Pro Shops; Guns n Roses gunsnroses.com ; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; College Basketball on Fox; ‘Race Hub’ on FS1; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming Xfinity Series race; Upcoming Daytona 500 race on Fox)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
7:34 PM – 7:37 6PM
Toyota; Pizza Hut; Liberty Mutual; Daytona 500 on Fox, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Geico, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Fox Nation; Daytona 500 on Fox, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Geico, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets
9:13 PM – 9:15 PM
USFL on Fox; Ram Trucks; T-Mobile; Daytona 500 on Fox, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Geico, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; ‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on Fox; PhoenixRaceway.com