On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series ran its race on the streets of Chicago. As the Xfinity Series had to fight rain over two days to get its race in, and wasn‘t totally successful at getting in every lap, NASCAR fans were a bit worried for the Cup race. As it turned out, this race, too, was not fully completed; but thankfully it turned into a slam-bang-wow-did-you-see-that spectacle, complete with an unexpected winner (Congratulations to Shane Van Gisbergen!) Besides all of that it wouldn‘t have been a race without commercials, of course. 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 2023 Grant Park 220
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 9:28 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 193
Minutes of race broadcast: 156
Minutes of traditional commercials: 37
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 9
Total number of commercials: 114
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 93
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 21
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 15
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side‘ commercials during the broadcast: 3
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Sonic (6 times); Coca-Cola (6 times); Toyota (6 times); local PA news WPXI (5 times)
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