For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:50 PM, stopped for a rain delay at 9:45 PM; resumed at 10:37 PM and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:50 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

SPEED (and the Fox team on SPEED) was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 All Star Race

Total number of commercials: 61
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 42

Number of times SPEED/Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 0

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 14

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 9 (companies: Subway; NOS; Sprint.com/speed; Baseball on Fox; FoxSports1 ; ‘NASCAR Victory Lane’ on SPEED; Next week’s Charlotte race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 2 min.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Sprint Unlimited ‘Cam’
Sprint ’2 Sprint Showdown Wins’
NASCAR on Fox ‘In-Car Audio’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
Sprint ‘Showdown Race Format’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Description’
Chevy ‘In-Car’
Dodge Ram ‘Guts & Glory’
Nationwide Insurance ‘Sprint Showdown Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crew Members’
FoxSports1 ‘Grid Walk’
NASCAR on Fox ‘All Star Call’
NASCAR on Fox ‘All Star Format – 5 Segments’
Subway ‘New Fresh Take’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
Sprint ‘Most Career All Star Starts’
Sunoco ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on SPEED ‘Event Alert’
Miller Lite ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘In-Car’
Chevy ‘In-Car’
Subway Ford ‘In-Car’
FoxSports1 ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on SPEED ‘Segment 3 – Results’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Entry Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Comparison’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:50 PM
Stopped recording for rain delay: 9:45 PM
Resumed time to record race/commercial periods: 10:37 PM
Stopped time upon completion of race: 11:50 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 188
Minutes of race broadcast: 154
Minutes of traditional commercials: 34

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 2 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for 2011’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 All Star Race ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 6:45 PM PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 10:35 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Bojangles Southern 500

Total number of commercials: 132

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 123
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 70
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 9
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 8
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 33

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 22 (companies: Subway; KFC; NOS; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; WintheNewSilverado.com ; Ram Trucks/gutsglory ; Ford F150; STP; Geico; SunocoRewards.com ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Sweepstakes – Text **FAST to **3278; Lowes; FedEx; Quicken Loans; “Quicken Loans ‘Bring it Home Sweepstakes’; Lowes Valspar Paint ‘Pantone Color of the Year’; Fox Fantasy RacingFoxSports1 ; NASCAR on Fox; upcoming Charlotte race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 3 min. 50 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘In-Car Audio’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
KFC ‘In-Car’
Quicken Loans ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Behind Leader’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Green Flag Pit Times’
Ford Ecoboost ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘JGR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘HMS Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘PR Running Order’
Sprint ‘Top Speed’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Driver Telemetry’
STP ‘Race Summary’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
FoxSports1 ‘Crank it Up’
American Ethanol ‘In-Car’
FoxSports1 ‘Cam’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Darlington Stripe Count’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Kurt Busch – Position’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 5 – Last Pit Stop’
NASCAR on Fox ‘MWR Running Order’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Jeff Gordon Historical Struggle’
FoxSports1 ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Stop Comparison’
Sprint ’20 to Go’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:45 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 10:35PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 230
Minutes of race broadcast: 177
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 53
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 5

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 2 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive
Number of sweet daughter’s trying to keep her Daddy’s eyes open during the Invocation: 1 Jimmie Johnson’s

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Bojangles Southern 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 12:47 PM, stopped at the rain delay at 3:10 PM, restarted at 7:04 PM, then stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 8:12 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage, or during the rain delay.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Aaron’s 499

Total number of commercials: 123

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 115
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 71
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 8
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 7
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 40

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 21 (companies: KFC; McDonald’s; Subway; Coke Zero; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; WintheNewSilverado.com ; Ford F150; Toyota #LetsGoPLaces; GoodYear; Sunoco; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text **FAST to **3278; Lowes; Aaron’s; Aaron’s ‘Nobody Goes Hungry’; FeedingAmerica.org/foxsports ; ‘Animation Domination’ on Fox; FoxSports ‘Shake and Bake’ ; NASCAR on Fox; upcoming Darlington race on Fox; ESPN/deportes)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 10 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Gyro Cam’
Sprint ‘Top Speed’
Sprint ‘Driver Telemetry’
Aaron’s ‘Biggest Mover’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Roof Cam’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Hamlin & Vickers Switch’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
Geico ‘In-Car’
GoDaddy.com ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
American Ethanol ‘In-Car’
Peak Motor Oil ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Royal Purple ‘Race Summary’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Ford Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Touch Screen’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
FeedingAmerica.org ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘MWR Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Position’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Temperatures’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
Pepsi Max ‘Presents the Max Move’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Comparison’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:47 PM
Time to stop for rain delay: 3:10 PM
Restart Time to record race/commercial periods: 7:04 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 8:12 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 211
Minutes of race broadcast: 143
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 68
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 5

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 2 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive
Number of career starts for Bobby Labonte: 700 Congratulations, Bobby!

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Aaron's 499 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:05 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Toyota Owners 400

Total number of commercials: 116

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 67

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 106
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 10
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 8
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 40

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 24 (companies: OneFundBoston.org ; Subway; KFC; Pepsi Max; Budweiser; WintheNewSilverado.com ; Dodge Dart; Ford; Toyota #LetsGoPlaces; Sunoco; STP; Sprint.com/speed; Verizon; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text **FAST to **3278; FedEx; Fox Fantasy Sports ; ‘The Following’ on Fox; Baseball on Fox; Fox Sports ‘Shake and Bake’ ; NASCAR.com/green; NASCAR on Fox; upcoming Talladega race, upcoming Darlington race, upcoming Charlotte race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 50 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on Fox ‘Countdown to Command’
Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weathe’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Tonight’s Pace Car’
ToyotaCare ‘In-Car’
FedEx ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘In-Car’
NAPA ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Toyota ‘Biggest Movers’
McDonald’s ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Stop Comparison’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Ambrose Behind the Wall’
Toyota ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
Sprint ‘Biggest Mover’
Sprint ‘Live Radio Broadcast’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Looking Ahead’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘In the Pits’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
Toyota 400 ‘Lap Leaders’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Brad Keselowski – Position’
Toyota 400 ‘Race Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘NASCAR Headlines’
Sprint ‘Fastest Lap’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 3 – Interval’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Winless Streaks – Winless Streaks’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:05 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 215
Minutes of race broadcast: 170
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 45
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 6

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 3 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive
Number of times pesky sprinklers were seen during the broadcast: 2

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Toyota Owners 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:19 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 STP 400

Total number of commercials: 122

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 60

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 112
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 10
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 8
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 43

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 25 (companies: OneFundBoston.org ; 5 Hour Energy; NOS; Subway; Pepsi Max; Dr. Pepper 10; KFC; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; WintheNewSilverado.com ; Dodge Ram; Ford; Toyota #LetsGoPLaces; STP; Geico; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge’ – text **FAST to **3278 ; ‘Brain Games’ on NatGeo; ‘Shake and Bake’ – Fox Sports ; NASCAR.com/green; NASCAR on Fox; Fox Fantasy Sports ; upcoming Richmond Cup race on Fox; Talladega Super Speedway; ESPN deportes)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 35 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hendrick Motor Sports Running Order’
GoDaddy.com ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
Ford Racing ‘Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
STP ‘In-Car’
5 Hour Energy ‘In-Car’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
Aaron’s ‘In-Car’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Denny Hamlin Interview’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
STP ‘Race Summary’
Geico ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Mid-Race Report’
Sprint ‘Biggest Mover’
Sprint ‘Live Radio Broadcast’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Green Flag Pit Times’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Roush-Fenway Racing Running Order’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 5 – Last Pit Stop’
Sprint ‘Top Speed’
Sprint ‘Cup Fact’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joe Gibbs Racing Running Order’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:19 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 199
Minutes of race broadcast: 149
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 50
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 6

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 3 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 STP 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 7:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:17 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 NRA 500

Total number of commercials: 106

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 61

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 98
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 8
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 5
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 2

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 39

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 24 (companies: Subway; Pepsi Max; Dr. Pepper 10; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; WintheNewSilverado.com ; Ford Fusion; Dodge Ram Guts/Glory; Toyota; Geico; Sprint.com/speed; GoDaddy.com; ‘42’ ; MarchForBabies.org ; FeedingAmerica.org and FoxSports.com ; FoxSports.com ‘Shake and Bake’ ; Baseball on Fox; UFC on Fox; NASCAR on Fox; Fox Fantasy Sports ; NASCAR Race to Green ; upcoming Kansas Speedway race on Fox; Talladega Superspeedway)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 6 min.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
FedEx ‘In-Car’
GoDaddy.com ‘In-Car’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
Ford Ecoboost ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
CAT Excavator Hybrid ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Comparison’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Break’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘In-Car’
March of Dimes ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Biggest Mover’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Hot, Hot, Hot in Texas’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
Ford ‘Cutaway Car’
Ford ‘Racing Tech’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
Dr. Pepper 10 ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Mid-Race Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Behind Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Commentators’
NASCAR on Fox ‘In the Pits’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Radio Remix’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martin Truex Jr. – Lap Times Since Restart’
Sprint ‘Top Speed’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cars on Lead Lap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cautions’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Winners at 300th Start’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Stop Comparison’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:17 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 227
Minutes of race broadcast: 180
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 47
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 4

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 3
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 NRA 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:03 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

Total number of commercials: 111

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 102
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 9
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 7
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 3

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 43

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 31 (companies: ‘The Bible’ tv series on DVD and Blu-Ray; Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma ; Club 47 – Martinsville Speedway ; Diet Mountain Dew Pit Stop Tour ; Coca-Cola; Dr. Pepper 10; Subway; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; Win the New Silverado ; Dodge Ram/GutsGlory; Ford ‘Go Further’; Toyota #LetsGoPlaces; GoodYear; Geico; Aaron’s; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text **FAST to **3278’; ‘42’ ; NovoLog Flex Pen; Wendell Scott Historical Marker in Danville, VA; Visit Martinsville Ridgeway Clocks ; NASCAR Race to Green ; Baseball on Fox; Johns Hopkins Medicine and Fox Sports ; Fox Sports – Shake and Bake ; FoxSports.com/fantasy ; NASCAR on Fox; upcoming Texas race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 6 min. 30 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
Toyota ‘In-Car’
Diet Mountain Dew ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Fastest Lap’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
American Ethanol ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Cars on Lead Lap’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hendrick Motorsports Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 5 Points’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Hamlin and Martin Working Together’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Roush-Fenway Racing Running Order’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
Geico ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Involved in Wreck’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
Quicken Loans ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Behind the Leader’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Gyro Cam’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joe Gibbs Racing Running Order’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Stewart-Haas Racing Running Order’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Driver Telemetry’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Martinsville Fact’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Danica Patrick – Position’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Most Martinsville Wins’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:03 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 243
Minutes of race broadcast: 195
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 48
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 4

Number of famous angels to give the call to start the engines: 1 Roma Downey
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 2 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:17 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Auto Club 400

Total number of commercials: 109

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 55

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 102
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 7 And one was cut short to return to racing action
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 6
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 2 And one was cut short to return to racing action

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 44

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 22 (companies: Subway; McDonald’s; KFC; Coca-Cola; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; ‘Win the New Chevy Silverado.com ; Ford F150; Toyota #LetsGoPlaces; Dodge Dart; Geico; GoodYear; AAA; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge’ – text **FAST to **3278; ‘The Following’ on Fox; StompOutBullying.org and FoxSports.com ; NASCAR on Fox; NASCAR Fantasy Sports on Fox ; upcoming Martinsville race on Fox; Fox deportes)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 15 sec

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

NASCAR on Fox ‘Countdown to Command’
Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
GoodYear ‘Aerial Coverage’
Subway ‘In-Car’
NAPA ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Biggest Movers’
Auto Club 400 ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
5 Hour Energy ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Biggest Mover’
Jimmy John’s ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
Auto Club ‘Race Summary’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Joe Gibbs Racing Running Order’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
Coca-Cola ‘Racing Summary’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
Coca-Cola ‘In-Caar’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Bowyer Rebounds’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Time Comparison’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Predictor’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Radio Remix’
Sprint ‘Lead Changes Today’
NASCAR on Fox ‘XMO – Extreme Slo Mo’
Sprint ’20 to Go’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:17 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 197
Minutes of race broadcast: 146
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 51
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 4

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Auto Club 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 12:56 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:07 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Food City 500

Total number of commercials: 107

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 101
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 55
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 6
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 7
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 2

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 32

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 19 (companies: McDonald’s; KFC; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; ‘Win the New Chevy Silverado.com ; Ford F150; Ford Super Duty; Toyota; Geico; Sprint/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text to 34763; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text FAST to **3278 ; ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ ; Aaron’s; ‘The Simpsons’ on Fox; FeedingAmerica.org and Fox Sports ; NASCAR on Fox; NASCAR Fantasy Sports on Fox ; Fox Sports/ShakeandBake ; Fox deportes; next week’s Auto Club 400 Cup race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 45 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Geico ‘Starting Grid’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Track Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
NASCAR on Fox ‘To the Rear’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
Toyota ‘In-Car’
NAPA ‘In-Car’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Interval Behind Leader’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Speed Zones’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Gyro Cam’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hendrick Motor Sports Running Order’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
5 Hour Energy ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
American Ethanol ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘Biggest Mover’
Sprint ‘Live Race Radio Broadcast’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
Ford Ecoboost ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Recap’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Sequences – Green Flag & Under Caution’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Report’
Sprint ‘Top Speed’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Driver Telemetry’
Sprint ‘Most Laps Led’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Front Stretch Pits’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Battle for Lead’
Sprint ’20 to Go’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:56 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:07 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 191
Minutes of race broadcast: 138
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 53
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 4

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Food City 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:03 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

Fox was the broadcast team for this event.

Please note that in addition to the commercials and promos listed below there is always a sponsor’s logo that changes throughout the race near the race ticker.

Throughout the breakdown, you can find links to sponsors, or special items-of-interest such as links to contests and movie sites.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2013 Kobalt Tools 400

Total number of commercials: 111

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51

Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 103
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 8
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 6
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 2

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 38

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 23 (companies: McDonald’s; Subway; Coca-Cola; #CocaColaRacing; Budweiser; Chevy Silverado; WintheNewChevySilverado.com Dodge Dart; Ford F150; Toyota; Geico; Lowes; Kobalt Tools; #KobaltTools; KobaltHotPass.com ; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T/rethinkpossible; AT&T ‘Fastest Driver Challenge – text to 34763’; ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ ; ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ ; HopkinsMedicine.org/fox ; Fox Fantasy NASCAR racing ; next week’s Bristol race on Fox)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 5 sec.

Also, there are the following race statistics during the broadcast, sponsored by companies:

Lowes ‘Social Garage’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Las Vegas Odds’
Geico ‘Starting Grid’
Kobalt ‘Tools to the Race’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Pit Road Report’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Weather’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Analysis’
5 Hour Energy ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Gyro Cam’
Kobalt Tools ‘Biggest Movers’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
Sprint ‘In-Car’
Kobalt ‘Social Media Command Center’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hendrick Motor Sports Running Order’
Aaron’s ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘On Pit Road’
NASCAR ‘Race Control’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Green Flag Pit Times’
Ford Racing ‘Tech Cutaway Car’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Leader Interval’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog’
Ford Ecoboost ‘Track Facts’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Crank it Up’
AT&T ‘Race Break’
AT&T ‘Mid-Race Break’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Fox Sports Hot Trax’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Team Communications’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Hollywood Hotel’
Kobalt Tools ‘In-Car’
KFC ‘Fresh Off the Wire’
KFC ‘Pit Problems for Keselowski’
Toyota ‘Top Performers’
Sprint ‘Real-Time Leader Board’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Driver Sound Bytes’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Race Recap’
Sprint ’20 to Go’
Sprint ‘Lead Changes’
NASCAR on Fox ‘Top 3 – Interval’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 183
Minutes of race broadcast: 136
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 47
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 4

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

Click here for last year’s commercial breakdown of this race.

Read more Commercial breakdown and links related to the 2013 Kobalt Tools 400 ...

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