They say on warm summer nights you can hear corn grow. But this past Sunday, if you happened to be in Newton, Iowa, you would have had no chance to hear corn growing, as the likes of Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Blaney were tearing up the Iowa race track, vying for the win. If you were a fan watching from home, you were able to see all that, plus hear the voices of the announcers heading into high decibels as the drivers wrangled for victory. There were commercials to watch, too, of course. For those 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 2026 Iowa Corn 350 powered by Ethanol
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:26 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:41 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 195
Minutes of race broadcast: 169
Minutes of traditional commercials: 26
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 13
Total number of commercials: 98
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 63
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 35
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 22
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 7
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: USA (9 times); Sonic (6 times); NASCAR (5 times); Busch Light (5 times); Toyota (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA usanetwork.com/usa-insider/franchise/anna-pigeon – 3
‘Lanterns’ on HBO Max https://www.hbomax.com/shows/lanterns/ – 1
‘Crime & Investigation’ on A&E aetv.com/crime – 1
‘The Ark’ on syfy syfy.com/the-ark – 1
‘NASCAR Americana’ on USA – 1
Upcoming Cup race at Talladega NASCAR.com/Tickets – 1
‘Cocktail wars’ on E – eonline.com/shows/cocktail_wars – 1
Upcoming Cup race on USA Coca-Cola, Xfinity, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance – 1
College Football on USA – 1
Soccer on USA – 1
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on USA usanetwork.com/Friday-night-smackdown – 1
‘The Librarians: The Next Chapter’ – tntdrama.com/shows/the-librarians-the-next-chapter – 1
Total: 14
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
RiverviewChevyBuickGMC.com – 1
Total: 1
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 5
Applebees applebees.com – 3
Arby’s arbys.com – 3
Golden Corral goldencorral.com/ – 2
IHOP ihop.com – 1
KFC kfc.com/ – 1
Wendy’s wendys.com – 1
Total: 16
Beer/Alcohol
Busch Light busch.com – 1
Total: 1
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota toyota.com – 3
Safe Lite safelite.com – 2
Chevy chevy.com – 1
Iowa Corn iowacorn.org – 1
WeatherTech.com weathertech.com – 1
Total: 8
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 4
NJM Insurance njm.com – 2
Total: 6
Wireless Phone
Mint Mobile mintmobile.com – 2
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Verizon verizon.com – 1
Total: 4
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Amazon Web Service signin.aws.amazon.com – 1
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 1
Trimble trimble.com – 1
Total: 3
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Ashley Homestore ashleyhomestore.com – 2
Skyrizi skyrizi.com – 2
Free Style Libre 3 freestyle.abbott/us-en/home.html – 1
Kohls kohls.com – 1
Opdivo Qvantig opdivo.com – 1
Pumpkin vet care – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Total: 9
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
3:26 PM – 3:28 PM – 2 // 3:28 PM – 3:31 PM – 3
3:31 PM – 3:34 PM – 3 // 3:34 PM – 3:36 PM – 2
3:36 PM – 3:48 PM – 12 // 3:48 PM – 3:50 PM – 2
3:50 PM – 4:18 PM – 28 // 4:18 PM – 4:21 PM – 3
4:21 PM – 4:23 PM – 2 // 4:23 PM – 4:25 PM – 2
4:25 PM – 4:35 PM – 10 // 4:35 PM – 4:37 PM – 2
4:37 PM – 4:42 PM – 5 // 4:42 PM – 4:45 PM – 3
4:45 PM – 5:04 PM – 19 // 5:04 PM – 5:06 PM – 2
5:06 PM – 5:11 PM – 5 // 5:11 PM – 5:13 PM – 2
5:13 PM – 5:38 PM – 25 // 5:38 PM – 5:41 PM – 3
5:41 PM – 5:43 PM – 2 // 5:43 PM – 5:45 PM – 2
5:45 PM – 6:41 PM – 56 // 6:41 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 169 // Total comm. brdcst time: 26
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 22
(Iowa Corn iowacorn.org ; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Sonic; Hunt Bros Pizza; Cheddar’s; Applebees; Coca-Cola; Busch Light; Toyota; POET; Freeway Insurance; Liberty Mutual; Progressive; DraftKings.com; Credit One Bank; Ally Bank; Xfinity; ‘WWE Smackdown’ on USA; Premier League Soccer on USA; College Football on USA; ‘NASCAR Americana’ on USA Network ; NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
4:04 PM – 4:05 PM
DraftKings.com ; IHOP ; Straight Talk; Progressive; WNBA on USA
4:12 PM – 4:14 PM
Xfinity ; Valvoline; Golden Corral; Breztri
4:54 PM – 4:56 PM
Xfinity ; Busch Light; PODS; Golden Corral; Toyota
5:23 PM – 5:25 PM
Progressive; Busch Light; Sonic; NASCAR.com/Shop ; WNBA on USA
5:54 PM – 5:56 PM
Wendy’s; NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Soccer on USA; Upcoming Cup race on USA
6:04 PM – 6:06 PM
Xfinity ; Applebees; Ashley Furniture; Valvoline; KFC; WNBA on USA
6:26 PM – 6:28 PM
Toyota; Straight Talk; Kohl’s; Arby’s; Busch Light; Soccer on USA