NASCAR fans watching the Cup race on Sunday were treated to hearing a race introduction from popular former driver Marcos Ambrose; and following the race, were undoubtedly thinking of Ambrose’s certain joy at Shane Van Gisbergen’s victory. The other certainty of watching a race from home is the commercials throughout the broadcast. For those 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 Go Bowling at the Glen
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:45 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:20 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 155
Minutes of race broadcast: 137
Minutes of traditional commercials: 18
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 19
Total number of commercials: 85
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 45
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 39
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 30
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 46
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 29
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 8
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Sonic (6 times); Safelite (5 times); Wendy’s (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘The Rainmaker’ usanetwork.com/the-rainmaker – 3
NBA on NBC & Peacock – 1
Olympics on NBC & Peacock nbcolympics.com – 1
‘American Ninja Warrior’ nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior – 1
Peacock peacocktv.com – 1
Total: 7
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium pittsburghzoo.com – 1
Total: 1
Restaurants/Food
Wendy’s wendys.com – 3
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 2
Applebees applebees.com – 1
Total: 6
Beer/Alcohol
Coors Light coorslight.com/ – 2
Total: 2
Car/Truck/Bike
Safe Lite safelite.com – 2
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 2
Chevy chevy.com – 1
Total: 5
Insurance/Health
A Place for Mom aplaceformom.com – 1
Total: 1
Wireless Phone
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Total: 1
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Total: 1
Legal
Peirce Law Group peircelaw.com – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 1
Homes.com – 1
Total: 2
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Ashley Homestore ashleyhomestore.com – 2
Breztri breztri.com – 1
Garnier garnierusa.com – 1
Gorilla Tape and Glue gorillatough.com – 1
Ingrezza ingrezza.com – 1
PODS pods.com – 1
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Total: 9
Travel
Expedia expedia.com – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
Keystone Raceway Park keystoneracewaypark.com – 1
New Hampshire Motor Speedway nhms.com – 1
Total: 2
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
1:45 PM – 1:49 PM – 4 // 1:49 PM – 1:52 PM – 3
1:52 PM – 1:56 PM – 4 // 1:56 PM – 1:58 PM – 2
1:58 PM – 2:35 PM – 37 // 2:35 PM – 2:37 PM – 2
2:37 PM – 2:41 PM – 4 // 2:41 PM – 2:44 PM – 3
2:44 PM – 2:57 PM – 13 // 2:57 PM – 2:59 PM – 2
2:59 PM – 3:11 PM – 12 // 3:11 PM – 3:14 PM – 3
3:14 PM – 3:16 PM – 2 // 3:16 PM – 3:19 PM – 3
3:19 PM – 4:20 PM – 61 // 4:20 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 137 // Total comm. brdcst time: 18
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 17
(GoBowling.com ; Sonic; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Beer; Chevy; Toyota; WT.com ; Progressive; BuildSubmarines.com ; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; ‘The Rainmaker’ on USA; College Football; FedEx Golf Playoffs ; SMX World Championship; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming Cup race )
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
2:18 PM – 2:21 PM
Progressive; Sonic; Amazon Prime; Xfinity; IHOP; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; NFL Kickoff
2:27 PM – 2:29 PM
Wendy’s; Liberty Mutual; Homes.com ; Kohl’s; Straight Talk; WeatherTech WT.com ; Golden Corral
3:04 PM – 3:06 PM
Subway; PODS; Coors Light; Applebee’s; Ashley Furniture; Safelite; Sonic; NASCAR.com/Shop
3:30 PM – 3:33 PM
Progressive; Chili’s; Busch Light; Kohl’s; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Mint Mobile; Subway
3:44 PM – 3:46 PM
Xfinity; Sonic; Homes.com ; Chevy
3:52 PM – 3:53 PM
Hotels.com ; Golden Corral; NFL Kick-Off
3:57 PM – 4:00 PM
Wendy’s; Safelite; PODS; Busch Light; Ashley Furniture; Liberty Mutual; IHOP ; Toyota Gazoo Racing ; ‘The Rainmaker’ on USA
4:07 PM – 4:10 PM
Straight Talk; Sonic; Coors Light; Xfinity; Safelite; Applebee’s; Upcoming Cup race on USA; ‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on USA