There was not a cloud in the beautiful Alabama sky on Sunday afternoon. Thousands of NASCAR fans got to watch a terrific race at Talladega Super Speedway while basking in strong sunshine. For fans at home, they got to see all of that, and didn‘t need sunscreen to do it. They also got to see commercials. For those folks 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 2022 YellaWood 500

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:44 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 218
Minutes of race broadcast: 173
Minutes of traditional commercials: 45
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 14

Total number of commercials: 127
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 98
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 44
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 29
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 20
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast: 5

Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: PA local news — WPXI (6 times); YellaWood (5 times); Coca-Cola (5 times); Geico (5 times); Toyota (5 times); Door Dash (5 times); Busch Beer (4 times); Xfinity (4 times); Mountain Dew (4 times); Ford (4 times)

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