In racing, there is not a lot that a driver can count on. Radio equipment can be faulty; tires can unexpectedly fail; and, as Ryan Blaney can attest, engines can inexplicably blow up. The Blaney fans watching from home were surely crestfallen on Sunday as the No. 12 Ford left the track. However, the commercials that are always to be counted on as a part of the racing action were opportunities to wail in disappointment or get a fresh beverage. For those fans who would 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 2025 Straight Talk Wireless 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:55 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:17 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 202
Minutes of race broadcast: 160
Minutes of traditional commercials: 42
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 8
Total number of commercials: 125
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 60
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 106
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 54
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 19
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 18
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 3
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Xfinity (10 times); Busch Beer (10 times); Wendy’s (8 times); NASCAR (7 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
Fox/FS1
Fox Nation nation.fox.com – 2
Baseball on Fox Sports foxsports.com/mlb – 2
Upcoming Cup race on Fox/FS1 foxsports.com/nascar ; Coca-Cola, Xfinity, Busch Beer NASCAR.com/Tickets – 2
Upcoming Craftsman Truck race on Fox/FS1 foxsports.com/nascar NASCAR.com/Tickets – 1
UFL theUFL.com – 1
LIV Golf on Fox – 1
‘Extracted’ fox.com/extracted – 1
‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ fox.com/farmer-wants-a-wife – 1
Total: 11
Movies
‘A Working Man’ aworkingmanmovie.net – 1
Total: 1
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
Monster Energy AMA Supercross supercrosslive.com at Acrisure Stadium acrisurestadium.com – 2
BathFitters.com bathfitters.com – 1
BetRivers.com – 1
Bet365.com – 1
Total: 5
Restaurants/Food
Wendy’s wendys.com – 8
Oreos oreo.com – 2
Papa Johns papajohns.com – 2
Arby’s arbys.com – 1
McDonald’s mcdonalds.com – 1
Sargento cheese sargento.com – 1
Total: 15
Beer/Alcohol
Busch Light busch.com – 6
Total: 6
Car/Truck/Bike
Jeep jeep.com – 4
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 4
Ford ford.com – 3
GoodYear goodyear.com – 2
Lexus lexus.com – 2
Valvoline valvoline.com – 2
CarGurus.com – 1
Chevy chevy.com – 1
Ram Trucks ram.com – 1
ebay motors ebay.com – 1
Weather Tech WT.com – 1
Total: 22
Insurance/Health
GoGetSomebody.com – 2
Progressive progressive.com – 2
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 1
Total: 5
Wireless Phone
Xfinity Mobile xfinitymobile.com – 2
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 2
T-Mobile t-mobile.com/ – 2
Verizon/Frontline Verizon.com/frontline – 1
Total: 7
Home Improvement
ACE Hardware ACEHardware.com – 3
Total: 3
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 3
Total: 3
Education
Ohio University ohio.edu – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 4
Total: 4
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
PODS pods.com – 4
Just For Men justformen.com – 3
Grainger grainger.com – 2
Skechers skechers.com – 2
Chewy.com – 1
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 1
Sensodyne Toothpaste sensodyne.com – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Wegovy Wegovy.com – 1
Total: 16
Travel
MSC Cruises www.msccruisesusa.com – 2
Celebrity Cruise Lines celebrity.com – 1
Total: 3
Racing Related
NASCAR.com/FanRewards – 1
NASCAR.com/Regional – 1
Bristol Motor Speedway bristolmotorspeedway.com/ – 1
KansasSpeedway.com kansasspeedway.com – 1
Total: 4
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:55 PM – 2:58 PM – 3 // 2:58 PM – 3:00 PM – 2
3:00 PM – 3:04 PM – 4 // 3:04 PM – 3:06 PM – 2
3:06 PM – 3:20 PM – 14 // 3:20 PM – 3:23 PM – 3
3:23 PM – 3:29 PM – 6 // 3:29 PM – 3:32 PM – 3
3:32 PM – 3:40 PM – 8 // 3:40 PM – 3:43 PM – 3
3:43 PM – 3:48 PM – 5 // 3:48 PM – 3:50 PM – 2
3:50 PM – 3:59 PM – 9 // 3:59 PM – 4:02 PM – 3
4:02 PM – 4:07 PM – 5 // 4:07 PM – 4:09 PM – 2
4:09 PM – 4:14 PM – 5 // 4:14 PM – 4:16 PM – 2
4:16 PM – 4:23 PM – 7 // 4:23 PM – 4:26 PM – 3
4:26 PM – 4:31 PM – 5 // 4:31 PM – 4:33 PM – 2
4:33 PM – 4:42 PM – 9 // 4:42 PM – 4:44 PM – 2
4:44 PM – 4:49 PM – 5 // 4:49 PM – 4:52 PM – 3
4:52 PM – 5:03 PM – 11 // 5:03 PM – 5:06 PM – 3
5:06 PM – 5:09 PM – 3 // 5:09 PM – 5:12 PM – 3
5:12 PM – 5:23 PM – 11 // 5:23 PM – 5:25 PM – 2
5:25 PM – 5:33 PM – 8 // 5:33 PM – 5:35 PM – 2
5:35 PM – 6:17 PM – 42 // 6:17 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 160 // Total comm. brdcst time: 42
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 19
(Straight Talk straighttalk.com ; Coca-Cola; Busch Beer; Ford; Toyota; GoodYear; Valvoline; BuildSubmarines.com; ebay ebay.com ; Nexlizet nexlizethcp.com ; Xfinity; Verizon; LIV Golf on Fox & FS1; UFL theUFL.com ; MLB on Fox; NHRA; IndyCar; Kevin Harvick ‘Happy Hour’ podcast; Upcoming CTS race; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:54 PM – 3:57 PM
GoodYear; Universal Epic Universe ; Subway; Bounty; TalladegaSuperSpeedway.com ; College Basketball Crown on Fox & FS1
4:56 PM – 4:58 PM
Bounty; Ford; Papa John’s; Dayquil; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; UFL theUFL.com on Fox
5:38 PM – 5:41 PM
Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Straight Talk; Progressive; Subway; Charmin; MLB on Fox; Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR.com/Trucks