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^{This was the last race of the 2009 season. It has been a pleasure to keep track of these statistics for all of the NASCAR fans out there, and I look forward to doing the same for 2010. Thanks to all of the fans and media professionals who have contacted me in one form or another to tell me how much they appreciate the work involved.}

^{Please look for my annual report of the season coming soon. Among other items of interest I break down how many times each driver was on-screen during the races, as well as how many commercials were shown.}

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:15 and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:40 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Ford 400

Total number of commercials: 118

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 18

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 15 (companies: Ford; Ford I’mDrivingOne.com; AT&T; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year’ (winner announced); Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; Pepsi; Racing.UPS.com; AFLAC; Coors Light; GoodYear; ESPN.com/deportes; ESPN.com/pick12; Monday Night Football on ESPN (Titans vs. Texans); ‘American Music Awards’ on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 15 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
Lowe’s ‘In-Car’
Carquest/Kellogg’s ‘In-Car’
GoodYear ‘In-Car’
Pepsi ‘Race Off Pit Road’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
Shell-Pennzoil ‘In-Car’
AFLAC ‘Trivia Question’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:40 PM

Total minutes: 205

Minutes of race broadcast: 159
Minutes of commercials: 46

Number of missed restarts: 0 One restart occurred right as broadcast returned from commercial—too close to call
Number of ‘mysterious cautions’ (reason for caution not given): 1
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans find these types of ads very offensive
Number of everyman’s everyman, star of ‘Dirty Jobs’, and narrator for various NASCAR video compilations to give the call to start engines: 1 Mike Rowe
Number of commercial-free moments at the end of the race broadcast: 35 Thanks ESPN

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Ford 400 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:15 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:23 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil

Total number of commercials: 111

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 22

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 14 (companies: GoodYear; AFLAC; AT&T; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’ text to 2258; Racing.UPS.com; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; ESPN.com/deportes; ESPN.com/lockerroomreport; Monday Night Football on ESPN (Ravens vs. Browns); ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; NHRA Finals on ESPN; next week’s Nationwide race; next week’s Cup series race; ‘Modern Family’ on ABC; ‘V’ on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 45 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award Standings’
Ford ‘In-Car’
Toyota ‘In-Car’
U.S. Army ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Phoenix Intern’tl Raceway Track Facts’
Gillette ‘In the Clutch Moment’
Gillette Fusion ‘In the Clutch’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:23 PM

Total minutes: 188

Minutes of race broadcast: 140
Minutes of commercials: 48

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans find these types of ads very offensive
Number of Senators, war heroes, and previous Presidential hopefuls to give the call to start the engines: 1 Senator John McCain
Number of chunks of deep-fried rattlesnake savored by Brad Daughtery during the broadcast: 1

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:15 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 6:59 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Dickies 500

Total number of commercials: 123

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 25

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 22 (companies: Dickies; Dickies ‘American Worker of the Year’; Applebee’s; Chevy; Ford; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year – text to 2258; Verizon Wireless; Sprint.com/nownetwork; AFLAC; Sprint.com/speed; Nationwide Insurance; UPS; Racing.UPS.com; Miller Lite; ESPN.com/deportes; Monday Night Football on ESPN (Steelers vs. Broncos); ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; NHRA finals on ESPN; next week’s CWTS race on SPEED; next week’s Nationwide race on ESPN; next week’s Cup series race on ABC; CMA Awards on ABC; ‘V’ on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 5 min. 20 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
Miller Lite ‘Taste Greatness’
Miller Lite ‘In-Car’
Chevy ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
AFLAC ‘Trivia Question’
Bush’s Baked Beans ‘Race Rundown’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:59 PM

Total minutes: 224

Minutes of race broadcast: 174
Minutes of commercials: 50

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0

Number of times a replay of Johnson’s wreck on lap three was shown: 13
Number of minutes Jimmie Johnson’s car was in the garage under repair: 68
Number of times Jimmie Johnson’s car was shown being worked on during the race broadcast: 17
Number of times Chad Knaus was shown working on Jimmie’s car following the wreck: 5
Number of times a replay was shown of Carl Edwards’ wreck: 5

Number of times the race broadcast was shared with a state lottery drawing: 1 at least in Pennsylvania
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 many NASCAR fans finds these types of ads very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Dickies 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:01 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:48 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AMP Energy 500

Total number of commercials: 113

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 26

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: AMP Energy drink; Subway; Verizon Wireless; GoodYear; UPS; AFLAC; Chevy; Ford; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year – text to 2258; Dickies; ESPN.com/deportes; Monday Night Football on ESPN (Falcons vs. Saints); ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; next week’s CWTS race on SPEED; next week’s Nationwide race on ESPN; next week’s Cup series race on ABC; ‘V’ on ABC)

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:

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
Kellogg’s ‘In-Car’
Subway ‘In-Car’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Bush’s Beans ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
GoodYear ‘In-Car’
Shell-Pennzoil ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
AMP Up ‘Restart’
Miller Lite ‘In-Car’
AMP Energy ‘Race Off Pit Road’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Race Summary’
AMP Energy ‘In-Car’
UPS ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Ticket to the Chase’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:01 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:48 PM

Total minutes: 227

Minutes of race broadcast: 175
Minutes of commercials: 52

Number of missed restarts: 0 one time the restart was occurring right as the broadcast came back from commercial—too close to call
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of times No-Doz was suggested for the fans in an overheard radio conversation: 1 Tony Stewart
Number of male-enhancement ads: 1 many NASCAR fans find these types of commercials very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 AMP Energy 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:30 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:22 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Tums Fast Relief 500

Total number of commercials: 107

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 34

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 21 (companies: GoodYear; AMP Energy; AutoTrader.com; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’ text to 2258; Verizon; Ford; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’ ; UPS ; Coors Light; Nationwide Insurance; Toyota; Monday Night Football on ESPN (Eagles vs. Redskins); ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ESPN.com/deportes; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; next week’s CWTS race on SPEED; next week’s Cup series race on ABC; ESPN on ABC; ‘Desperate Housewives’ on ABC; ‘Modern Family’ on ABC)

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 ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
DuPont ‘In-Car’
Target ‘In-Car’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Old Spice ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
FedEx ‘In-Car’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
Miller Lite ‘In-Car’
AFLAC ‘In-Car’
Prilosec OTC ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Post-Race Show’
Gillette ‘In-the-Clutch Moment’
Gillette Fusion ‘In-the-Clutch’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:30 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:22 PM

Total minutes: 232

Minutes of race broadcast: 182
Minutes of commercials: 50

Number of missed restarts: 0 however two restarts occurred right as the race returned from commercials—too close to call
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 1
Number of debris cautions (debris shown): 1
Number of fans in the stands who got to participate in the call to start the engines, and wave their free-upon-arriving-at-the-track commemorative 12×15 green flags: All of them
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 many NASCAR fans find these types of ads very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Tums Fast Relief 500 ...

Reports are circulating that the driver of the No. 18 Toyota, Kyle Busch, is being wooed by a Formula 1 team. (If you have not heard that, just enter that basic premise in your search bar, and you will see what I mean.) This would be to drive for a brand-new United States-based team, something the world of F1 hasn’t had in decades.

The prospect of a new F1 team representing our country is exciting, as in recent years I have become a fan of the series. This is due in large part to the exuberant fanaticism of my son, Joshua, for this form of open-wheel racing. (Whatever he likes I end up liking, too, and that is really not so bad. It brought me to the world of NASCAR, and I have never once regretted that.) I have the impression that people in the world of Formula 1, as well as the world in general, find the citizens of our country rather violent hayseeds with no morals, wisdom, or class at all. Therefore if having a team of ours as part of their classy open-wheel series helps to mitigate any of those wild perceptions about those ruffians from the U.S., then I am all for it.

That this particular driver, Kyle Busch, is considered one of the least-liked of all of the NASCAR drivers in America may play into his favor when being considered for the position in F1. Perhaps if he is NOT popular in this country, that will automatically earn him respect from those who will either work with him, or watch him race there in the future.

Personality-wise, I expect he would measure up with the other F1 drivers just fine with people from other countries. From what I understand, there is little contact between fans and F1 drivers (as opposed to NASCAR), and public knowledge of drivers is carefully controlled by slick PR people (perhaps more like NASCAR; but still with stricter controls). So knowledge about Busch would be restricted to his stats (quite noteworthy indeed), and that a lot of American fans boo the heck out of him when he is put in front of them. What is not to like, from a F1 fan’s perspective?

Read more Kyle Busch and F1? Dang! If so, there goes some villainous fun! ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Saturday’s race.

I began recording the times at the call to start the engines at 7:34 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 11:28 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America

Total number of commercials: 118

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 63

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 18 (companies: Bank of America; AutoTrader.com; GoodYear; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’ text to 2258; Nationwide Insurance; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; Chevy; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’ ; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ; ESPN.com/transformers ; ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ESPN.com/deportes; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ESPN.com/lockerroomreport; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; next week’s CWTS race on SPEED; next week’s Nationwide race on ESPN2; next week’s Cup race on ABC; ‘Flash Forward’ on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 7 min. 15 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Lowe’s Motor Speedway Track Facts’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Transformers ‘In-Car’
Transformers ‘Race Off Pit Road’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
UPS ‘In-Car’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
Transformers ‘Field Transformers’
Old Spice ‘Race Rundown’
Gillette ‘In-the-Clutch Moment’
Gillette Fusion ‘In the Clutch’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Chase Race at Charlotte Chaser Finishes Worse than 30th’
ESPNews ‘Post-Race Coverage’
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ‘Last 7 NSCS 1-2 Finishes’
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ‘stats’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 7:34 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 11:28 PM

Total minutes: 234

Minutes of race broadcast: 184
Minutes of commercials: 50

Number of missed restarts: 1
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 Many NASCAR fans find these types of ads very offensive
Number of minutes the race broadcast was interrupted for a state lottery drawing: 1 at least in Pennsylvania

Number of NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductees to give the call to start the engines: 2 Junior Johnson, Richard Petty (as well as Teresa Earnhardt, on behalf of the late Dale Earnhardt)
Number of cold spotters for this chilly race in Concord: all of them
Number of ‘mercy killings’ during the race: 1 as per Carl Edwards, describing the engine going after a horrible night

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 3:15 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 7:25 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Pepsi 500

Total number of commercials: 123

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 74

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 41

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 24 (companies: Pepsi; Pepsi RefreshEverything.com ; Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ; ESPN.com/transformers ; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’ text to 2258; Budweiser; Chevy; Toyota; Nationwide Insurance; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’ ; AFLAC; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; GoodYear; Bank of America/racepoints ; Ford ‘I’m Driving One’ ; ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ESPN on ABC; NHRA; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ESPN.com/lockerroomreport; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; next week’s Nationwide race on ESPN; next week’s Cup race on ABC; ‘Modern Family’ on ABC; ‘Desperate Housewives’ on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 6 min. 45 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘Auto Club Speedway Track Facts’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
Chevy ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Standings’
Pepsi ‘Refreshing Pit Road’
Pepsi ‘In-Car’
Gillette ‘In the Clutch’
Budweiser ‘In-Car’
AFLAC ‘In-Car’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Ticket for the Chase’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:15 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 7:25 PM

Total minutes: 250

Minutes of race broadcast: 199
Minutes of commercials: 51

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of debris cautions where the debris WAS shown: 1
Number of drivers to grouse publicly about ‘debris cautions for nothing’: 1 Kasey Kahne, in a post-wreck interview
Number of National Anthem renditions marred by incorrect lyrics: 1 Jesse McCartney
Number of famous comedians/actors to give the call to start the engines: 1 Kelsey Grammer
Number of moments, precisely during the aftermath of the big wreck involving Reed Sorenson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, and others, that the broadcast broke for a state lottery drawing: 1 (at least in Pennsylvania, anyway)
Number of replacement drivers utilized: 1 Dave Gilliland for Kyle Busch, due to illness
Number of male enhancement commercials: 1 many NASCAR fans find these types of ads very offensive

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Pepsi 500 ...

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race.

I began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 2:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 5:13 PM (all times are EST). I did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage.

ABC 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 in the corner of the screen beside 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. At the very bottom you can check how many times selected drivers were focused on during the race.

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods

Total number of commercials: 103

Total number of companies or entities advertised: 56

Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 21

Total number of companies or entities advertised in brief promos or crawlers: 20 (companies: Chevy; Bank of America; Budweiser; KwikSet SmartKey; Craftsman; Coors Light; AT&T; AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’ text to 2258; Sprint.com/nownetwork; Sprint.com/speed; Pepsi; Pepsi Refresh Everything – ‘Together: The Hendrick Motorsports Story’ ; ESPN on ABC; ESPN.com/deportes; NHRA; ‘NASCAR Now’ on ESPN; ESPN.com/pick12challenge ; ESPN.com/lockerroomreport; Monday Night Football on ESPN; ‘Desperate Housewives’ on ABC; ‘Modern Family’ on ABC; next week’s Nationwide race on ESPN; next week’s Cup race on ABC)

Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 4 min. 50 sec.

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

NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘In-Race Reporter Question’
NASCAR on ESPN ‘Over-the-Wall’
McDonald’s ‘In-Car’
Clorox ‘In-Car’
AT&T ‘Fastest Pit Crew of the Year Award’
Aaron’s ‘Lucky Dog Free Pass’
ESPN/Craftsman ‘Tech Garage’
McDonald’s ‘Race Rundown’
Lowes ‘In-Car’
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ‘Chasers’ Winless Streaks’
Gillette ‘In the Clutch Move’
Gillette Fusion ‘In the Clutch’

Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:13 PM

Total minutes: 193

Minutes of race broadcast: 147
Minutes of commercials: 46

Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0 although there was one for ‘fluid on the track’ (not shown)
Number of on-screen boxes showing Brett Favre’s football statistics during the race: 1

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

Read more Commercial breakdown, driver focus, and links related to the 2009 Price Chopper 400 presented by Kraft Foods ...