Fortunately for the sold-out crowd at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, the rain that threatened to dampen the Cup race held off. Fortunately for Joe Gibbs Racing, three of their teams took the first three positions in the race. And fortunately for the folks unable to attend the race in person, several sponsors brought the race to their TVs in their living rooms. For those fans 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 2026 eero 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 6:08 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 9:37 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 209
Minutes of race broadcast: 193
Minutes of traditional commercials: 16
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 25
Total number of commercials: 104
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 42
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 35
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 62
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 32
Number of times TNT utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 10
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: NASCAR (7 times); Xfinity (6 times); Buffalo Wild Wings (5 times); Sam’s Club (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
TNT / TruTV
‘Expedition Unknown’ on DISCOVERY channel – 1
‘House of the Dragon’ on HBO – 1
WNBA on TNT, TruTV, and HBO Max – 1
NASCAR on TruTV & HBO Max – 1
Total: 4
Restaurants/Food
Buffalo Wild Wings buffalowildwings.com – 3
Kings Hawaiian kingshawaiian.com/ – 3
Heinz heinz.com – 2
Hellman’s hellmanns.com – 2
Wendy’s wendys.com – 2
Coca-Cola cocacola.com – 1
Olive Garden olivegarden.com – 1
Popeyes popeyes.com – 1
Arby’s arbys.com – 1
Total: 16
Beer/Alcohol
Twisted Tea twistedtea.com – 1
Total: 1
Car/Truck/Bike
Ram Trucks ram.com – 1
Safe Lite safelite.com – 1
Toyota toyota.com – 1
Total: 3
Wireless Phone
Xfinity Mobile xfinitymobile.com – 2
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
T-Mobile t-mobile.com/ – 1
Total: 4
Home Improvement
Harbor Freight harborfreight.com – 1
Husqvarna husqvarna.com – 1
Total: 2
Financial
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Amazon Prime amazon.com/prime – 1
Comcast Business comcastbusiness.com – 1
Elemind elemindtech.com – 1
Nord VPN nordvpn.com – 1
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Vabysmo vabysmo.com – 3
Breztri breztri.com – 1
Kisunla kisunla.lilly.com – 1
Total: 5
Military
WAR.gov – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
6:08 PM – 6:11 PM – 3 // 6:11 PM – 6:14 PM – 3
6:14 PM – 6:18 PM – 4 // 6:18 PM – 6:20 PM – 2
6:20 PM – 6:32 PM – 12 // 6:32 PM – 6:34 PM – 2
6:34 PM – 7:27 PM – 53 // 7:27 PM – 7:30 PM – 3
7:30 PM – 7:35 PM – 5 // 7:35 PM – 7:37 PM – 2
7:37 PM – 8:37 PM – 60 // 8:37 PM – 8:39 PM – 2
8:39 PM – 8:43 PM – 4 // 8:43 PM – 8:45 PM – 2
8:45 PM – 9:37 PM – 52 // 9:37 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 193 // Total comm. brdcst time: 16
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 27
(eero eero.com ; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Hunt Bros Pizza; Coca-Cola; Busch Light, Busch Light Flavor Showdown anheuser-busch.com/newsroom/busch-light-flavor-showdown ; Twisted Tea; Toyota; POET; Freeway Insurance; HendrickCars.com ; B-R bleacherreport.com ; Chewy; Breztri; Vabysmo; Advent Health; Nereus.us ; Kalshi; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; Straight Talk; ‘Super Girl’ movie; Joliet Slammers jolietslammers.com ; ‘Shark Week’ on DISCOVERY channel; HBO Max; MLB on tbs & HBO Max; Upcoming ARCA race; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming O’Reilly Auto Parts race; Upcoming Cup race on TNT)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
6:44 PM – 6:46 PM
Busch Light; Sam’s Club; Toyota; Liberty Mutual; Arby’s; Engine engine.com ; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity
6:53 PM – 6:56 PM
Ram Trucks; Burger King; Xfinity; Harbor Freight; Chewy; Skechers; Straight Talk
7:07 PM – 7:09 PM
NAPA; Breztri; Busch Light; Arby’s; NASCAR.com
7:18 PM – 7:21 PM
Monopoly GO; Harbor Freight; Kalshi; Sam’s Club; SimpliSafe.com ; ‘Super Girl’ supergirlmovie.com ; Boxing on TNT
7:48 PM – 7:50 PM
Sam’s Club; Skechers; Arby’s; Busch Light; Nereus.us; Chewy.com ; Safelite
7:59 PM – 8:02 PM
Liberty Mutual; Toyota; Breztri; Husqvarna; Buffalo Wild Wings; Upcoming O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race on CW thecw.com
8:20 PM – 8:23 PM
T-Mobile; Hagerty Hagerty.com ; Sam’s Club; Burger King; Busch Light; NASCAR.com/Rolling-Stones
8:56 PM – 8:59 PM
Sam’s Club; Xfinity; Arby’s; Harbor Freight; Toyota; NASCAR.com/Tickets
9:05 PM – 9:07 PM
Chevy; T-Mobile; NAPA; Buffalo Wild Wings; SimpliSafe.com ; Kalshi
9:16 PM – 9:18 PM
Busch Light; Sam’s Club; Ram Trucks; Straight Talk; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity