For the first time since Fox was the broadcast team for the NASCAR Cup races, weather did not interrupt, and cause hours of delays. Fans who attended the race were able to get home in a normal post-race amount of time; and fans who watched from home got to eat dinner and relax without having one eye on the TV all evening. The commercials were still a part of things, of course. For those folks who like to know precisely how many there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2024 2024 The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VisitPA.com
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:26 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 217
Minutes of race broadcast: 179
Minutes of traditional commercials: 38
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 6
Total number of commercials: 114
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 93
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 53
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 21
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 20
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 3
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Xfinity (7 times); Bank of America (7 times); Applebee’s (5 times); Toyota (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
Peacock peacocktv.com – 3
Olympics on NBC & Peacock nbcolympics.com – 3
‘Race to Survive New Zealand usanetwork.com/race-to-survive-new-zealand – 2
Upcoming Cup race on NBC/NBC Sports Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, Geico NASCAR.com/tickets – 1
‘American Ninja Warrior’ nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior – 1
‘Monday Night Raw’ usanetwork.com/wwe-raw – 1
‘Naked & Afraid: Last One Standing’ – 1
The Open Golf on NBC, USA, Peacock – 1
Total: 13
Movies
‘Twisters’ twisters-movie.com – 1
Total: 1
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
Flynn’s Tire flynnstire.com – 2
BathFitters.com bathfitters.com – 1
Cochran Ford cochranford.com – 1
Total: 4
Restaurants/Food
Applebees applebees.com – 4
Pizza Hut pizzahut.com/ – 4
Cracker Barrel crackerbarrel.com – 3
IHOP ihop.com – 3
Jack Link’s jacklinks.com – 3
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 3
Arby’s arbys.com – 1
Perdue perdue.com – 1
Wendy’s wendys.com – 1
Total: 23
Beer/Alcohol
Keystone Light keystonelight.com – 1
Traveller Whiskey buffalotracedistillery.com – 1
Total: 2
Car/Truck/Bike
ebay motors ebay.com – 4
Chevy chevy.com – 2
LightsOnEnergy.com American Petroleum Institute – 1
Michelin Tires michelinman.com – 1
Toyota toyota.com – 1
Toyota.com/Racing – 1
Total: 10
Insurance/Health
MakeaPDPlan.com – 2
Experian Insurance Experian.com/car – 1
Progressive progressive.com – 1
Total: 4
Wireless Phone
Xfinity Mobile xfinitymobile.com – 3
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Verizon/Frontline Verizon.com/frontline – 1
Comcast Business Mobile business.comcast.com/mobile – 1
Total: 6
Financial
Bank of America/CustomizedCash bankofamerica.com/CustomizedCash – 6
Ally Bank allybank.com – 2
Experian.com experian.com – 1
Total: 9
Technology
Meta meta.com – 3
Amazon Web Service signin.aws.amazon.com – 1
Snap Chat snapchat.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Just For Men justformen.com – 3
Breztri breztri.com – 2
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 2
Bass Pro Shops Thunder Ridge Nature Arena basspro.com/shop/en/thunder-ridge-nature-arena – 1
Dude Wipes dudewipes.com – 1
PODS pods.com – 1
ro.co/sparks – 1
ro.co/20 – 1
X-Chair xchair.com – 1
Total: 13
Travel
VisitPA.com – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff – 1
MilwaukeeMileRacing.com – 1
Total: 2
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:26 PM – 2:30 PM – 4 // 2:30 PM – 2:32 PM – 2
2:32 PM – 2:36 PM – 4 // 2:36 PM – 2:38 PM – 2
2:38 PM – 2:56 PM – 18 // 2:56 PM – 2:59 PM – 3
2:59 PM – 3:05 PM – 6 // 3:05 PM – 3:08 PM – 3
3:08 PM – 3:13 PM – 5 // 3:13 PM – 3:16 PM – 3
3:16 PM – 3:22 PM – 6 // 3:22 PM – 3:24 PM – 2
3:24 PM – 3:26 PM – 2 // 3:26 PM – 3:28 PM – 2
3:28 PM – 3:39 PM – 11 // 3:39 PM – 3:42 PM – 3
3:42 PM – 3:53 PM – 11 // 3:53 PM – 3:56 PM – 3
3:56 PM – 4:05 PM – 9 // 4:05 PM – 4:07 PM – 2
4:07 PM – 4:33 PM – 26 // 4:33 PM – 4:36 PM – 3
4:36 PM – 4:37 PM – 1 // 4:37 PM – 4:40 PM – 3
4:40 PM – 4:49 PM – 9 // 4:49 PM – 4:51 PM – 2
4:51 PM – 5:02 PM – 11 // 5:02 PM – 5:05 PM – 3
5:05 PM – 5:25 PM – 20 // 5:25 PM – 5:27 PM – 2
5:27 PM – 6:03 PM – 36 // 6:03 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 179 // Total comm. brdcst time: 38
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 27
(VisitPA.com ; AMR amr.net ; Sonic; Hunt Bros. Pizza; Get Go; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Beer, Busch Light, @BuschBeer #BreakforBusch #Sweepstakes ; Toyota; GoodYear; Geico; Progressive; Liberty Mutual; BuildSubmarines.com ; ShadyRays.com ; Homes.com ; Ashley Furniture; PODS; Breztri.com ; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; Verizon; Straight Talk; Draft Kings; The Open Golf; ‘America’s Got Talent’ on NBC; NBC Sports on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio channel 90; NASCAR.com/Mobile ; NASCAR.com/Drive ; NASCAR.com/FanRewards ; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
4:18 PM – 4:20 PM
Xfinity Mobile; Dude Wipes; Netflix; Applebee’s; Bank of America/CustomizedCash ; Toyota Racing; RichmondRaceway.com ; ‘Monday Night Raw’ on USA
4:26 PM – 4:28 PM
Xfinity Mobile; PODS; Toyota; Progressive; Sonic; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Geico, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Olympics on NBC & Peacock
4:56 PM – 4:58 PM
WIX Filters; Homes.com ; Toyota Racing; Cracker Barrel; Liberty Mutual; MISpeedway.com