For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Monday's race.
Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:40 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:11 PM (all times are EDT). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.
NBCSN was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 119
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 86
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Number of 'Side-by-Side' commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 33
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 23
Number of times NBCSN utilized 'Side-by-Side' commercials during this broadcast:5
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:40 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:11 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 211
Minutes of race broadcast: 172
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 39
Minutes of 'Side-by-Side' commercials (split-screen): 14
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of 'mystery cautions' (debris not shown): 0
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