The weather may not have been hot in ‘Hotlanta’ for the NASCAR Cup race on Sunday, but the racing sure was. Lead changes, cautions, and desperation interlaced to provide NASCAR fans with lots of breathtaking moments. As with all race broadcasts, there were commercials, too. For those 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 2025 Ambetter Health 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:01 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:50 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 229
Minutes of race broadcast: 184
Minutes of traditional commercials: 27
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 36
Total number of commercials: 150
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 88
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 62
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 88
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 51
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 13
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Busch Beer (10 times); Chevy (7 times); NASCAR (6 times); Coca-Cola (6 times); Wendy’s (6 times); Progressive (5 times); IndyCar on Fox (5 times); Xfinity (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
Fox/FS1
IndyCar on Fox – 3
Hulu hulu.com – 2
Upcoming Cup race on Fox/FS1 foxsports.com/nascar ; Coca-Cola, Geico, Xfinity, Busch Beer – 1
Fox Nation nation.fox.com – 1
‘Going Dutch’ fox.com/going-dutch – 1
‘Judge Judy’ – 1
‘The Masked Singer’ fox.com/the-masked-singer/ – 1
Total: 10
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
Get Go getgocafe.com – 2
C Harper CHarper.com – 1
KeystoneShootingCenter.com keystoneshootingcenter.com – 1
McClellandsRoofing.com – 1
Monroeville Dodge Ram monroevilledodgeram.com – 1
The National Slovak Society NSSLife.org – 1
PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau VisitPAGO.com – 1
Total: 8
Restaurants/Food
Wendy’s wendys.com – 3
Chipotle chipotle.com – 1
Coke Zero Sugar us.coca-cola.com/zero-sugar – 1
Dr. Pepper drpepper.com – 1
Long John Silver’s ljsilvers.com – 1
McDonald’s mcdonalds.com – 1
Total: 8
Beer/Alcohol
Busch Light busch.com – 1
Total: 1
Car/Truck/Bike
Chevy chevy.com – 3
Ford ford.com – 1
GMCDealer.com gmcdealer.com – 1
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 1
Valvoline valvoline.com – 1
Total: 7
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 3
GoGetSomebody.com – 1
Progressive progressive.com – 1
Total: 5
Wireless Phone
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
T-Mobile t-mobile.com/ – 1
Total: 2
Financial
Turbo Tax turbotax.com – 2
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Citizens Bank/ding citizensbank.com/ – 1
Fetch fetch.com – 1
Paypal.com – 1
QuickBooks.com quickbooks.com – 1
Total: 7
Technology
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 1
Total: 1
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Pluvicto pluvicto.com – 2
Bounce bouncefresh.com – 1
Dawn Dawn-Dish.com – 1
Downy downy.com – 1
Old Spice oldspice.com – 1
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 1
Value City Furniture vcf.com – 1
Vraylar vraylar.com – 1
Walmart.com walmart.com – 1
Total: 10
Travel
MSC Cruises www.msccruisesusa.com – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
NASCAR.com/FanRewards – 1
Phoenix Raceway phoenixraceway.com – 1
Total: 2
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
3:01 PM – 3:04 PM – 3 // 3:04 PM – 3:07 PM – 3
3:07 PM – 3:10 PM – 3 // 3:10 PM – 3:12 PM – 2
3:12 PM – 3:53 PM – 41 // 3:53 PM – 3:56 PM – 3
3:56 PM – 3:59 PM – 3 // 3:59 PM – 4:02 PM – 3
4:02 PM – 4:14 PM – 12 // 4:14 PM – 4:17 PM – 3
4:17 PM – 4:18 PM – 1 // 4:18 PM – 4:21 PM – 3
4:21 PM – 5:20 PM – 59 // 5:20 PM – 5:23 PM – 3
5:23 PM – 5:43 PM – 20 // 5:43 PM – 5:45 PM – 2
5:45 PM – 6:25 PM – 40 // 6:25 PM – 6:27 PM – 2
6:27 PM – 6:44 PM – 17 // 6:44 PM – 6:47 PM – 3
6:47 PM – 6:50 PM – 3 // 6:50 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 184 // Total comm. brdcst time: 27
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 27
(Ambetter Health ambetterhealth.com ; Advent Health; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Cheddar’s; Papa John’s; Wendy’s; Golden Corral; Chipotle; Coca-Cola; Busch Beer; Chevy; Ford; Toyota; GoodYear; Geico; Progressive; Liberty Mutual; EchoPark Automotive; WT.com ; BuildSubmarines.com; PODS; Xfinity; T-Mobile; College Basketball on Fox; UFL on Fox; IndyCar on Fox; Kevin Harvick’s ‘Happy Hour’ podcast; Upcoming Cup Race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:28 PM – 3:31 PM
Progressive; Papa John’s; Busch Light Beer; Downy; T-Mobile; Ford
3:35 PM – 3:37 PM
Chevy; Just for Men; Valvoline; Liberty Mutual; Straight Talk; Febreze; Wendy’s
3:41 PM – 3:44 PM
Dodge Ram; McDonald’s; Gillette; Ray Ban & Meta; PODS; IndyCar on Fox
3:48 PM – 3:50 PM
Toyota Gazoo Racing; Cold Foam; Fetch; Samsung; Busch Light Beer; Chipotle
4:10 PM – 4:13 PM
Ford; Chewy; Experian; Wendy’s; Busch Light Beer; Progressive; Upcoming Cup Series race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; NASCAR.com/Tickets
4:27 PM – 4:30 PM
‘Mickey 17’ movie; Subway; Walmart; Verizon/FrontLine ; Just for Men; Ally Bank; Chevy
4:32 PM – 4:34 PM
Paramount + ; Dodge Ram; WT.com ; Wendy’s; Busch Light Beer; Ray Ban & Meta
4:44 PM – 4:47 PM
GoodYear; Kubota; Papa John’s; Coke Zero Sugar; Ford; Xfinity; Bounty
4:51 PM – 4:54 PM
T-Mobile ; Door Dash; Universal Epic Universe; Progressive; McDonald’s
4:56 PM – 4:59 PM
Downy; Chevy; Wendy’s; Busch Light Beer; Pennzoil 400 at LVMS.com ; ‘The Floor’ on Fox; ‘Extracted’ on Fox; Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR.com/Trucks
5:13 PM – 5:16 PM
Ray Ban & Meta; Just for Men; Golden Corral; Samsung; Ram Trucks; PODS; Busch Light Beer
5:25 PM – 5:28 PM
Straight Talk; Chevy; Chipotle; Experian; Fetch; Coke Zero Sugar; College Basketball on Fox; MartinsvilleSpeedway.com ; Upcoming Xfinity & Cup Series races
6:04 PM – 6:07 PM
Ally Bank; Papa John’s; Valvoline; IRL on Fox; Progressive; Ford; Upcoming Cup Race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity