There is an old saying, “Mothers-in-law are the seeds that come with the tomatoes.” Far be it for anyone at CawsnJaws.com to debate such a disputable adage. What is not open-to-question is that commercials come along with racing broadcasts, and whether or not they are the equivalent of tomato seeds will not be debated here, either. However, for those who like to know precisely how many ads there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week‘s breakdown.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2021 Pennzoil 500 presented by Jiffy Lube

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:41 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 191
Minutes of race broadcast: 150
Minutes of traditional commercials: 41
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 8

Total number of commercials: 121
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 55
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 99
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 22
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 17
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast: 4

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