Many NASCAR fans might not view Denny Hamlin as their favorite driver, but, on Sunday at Kansas Speedway, they could hardly deny his skills behind the wheel. Even the loss of the No. 11 Toyota’s power steering could not deter him. While he was not victorious, his stature as a preeminent NASCAR driver cannot be denied. Many NASCAR fans view commercials in a less-than-favorable light, as well; but realize without them there would be no watching races from home. 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 Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:55 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:34 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 219
Minutes of race broadcast: 194
Minutes of traditional commercials: 25
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 20
Total number of commercials: 117
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 61
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 39
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 56
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 31
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 8
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Subway (7 times); Wendy’s (6 times); Busch Beer (6 times); Toyota (6 times); Xfinity (6 times); Sonic (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman’ usanetwork.com/usa-insider/wwe-braun-strowman-everything-on-the-menu – 2
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on USA usanetwork.com/Friday-night-smackdown – 2
NFL nfl.com on NBC & Peacock – 1
‘Law & Order’ Thursdays (‘Law & Order’ nbc.com/law-and-order, ‘Law & Order: SVU’ nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit) – 1
‘The Rainmaker’ usanetwork.com/the-rainmaker – 1
Total: 7
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
BetRivers.com – 1
Delaney Auto delaneyauto.com – 1
TriStarChryslerBlairsville.com – 1
Total: 3
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 3
Subway Subway.com – 3
Wendy’s wendys.com – 3
Chipotle chipotle.com – 2
Arby’s arbys.com – 1
Chili’s chilis.com – 1
Coke Zero Sugar us.coca-cola.com/zero-sugar – 1
Golden Corral goldencorral.com/ – 1
Lindt’s lindtusa.com – 1
McDonald’s mcdonalds.com – 1
Total: 14
Beer/Alcohol
Busch Light busch.com – 3
Coors Light coorslight.com/ – 2
Total: 5
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 4
Chevy chevy.com – 1
Valvoline valvoline.com – 1
Weather Tech WT.com – 1
Total: 7
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 2
Progressive progressive.com – 1
Total: 3
Wireless Phone
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 2
Mint Mobile mintmobile.com – 1
Total: 3
Financial
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 1
Total: 1
Legal
Peirce Law Group peircelaw.com – 2
Total: 2
Technology
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 3
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 1
Homes.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Breztri breztri.com – 4
Ashley Furniture Homestore ashleyfurniturehomestore.com – 2
Trelegy trelegy.com – 2
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 1
YSL ysl.com – 1
Total: 10
Racing Related
Talladega Superspeedway talladegasuperspeedway.com/ – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:55 PM – 3:32 PM – 37 // 3:32 PM – 3:34 PM – 2
3:34 PM – 3:42 PM – 8 // 3:42 PM – 3:44 PM – 2
3:44 PM – 3:56 PM – 12 // 3:56 PM – 3:59 PM – 3
3:59 PM – 4:01 PM – 2 // 4:01 PM – 4:03 PM – 2
4:03 PM – 4:10 PM – 7 // 4:10 PM – 4:12 PM – 2
4:12 PM – 4:54 PM – 42 // 4:54 PM – 4:56 PM – 2
4:56 PM – 4:58 PM – 2 // 4:58 PM – 5:00 PM – 2
5:00 PM – 5:28 PM – 28 // 5:28 PM – 5:31 PM – 3
5:31 PM – 5:37 PM – 6 // 5:37 PM – 5:39 PM – 2
5:39 PM – 5:59 PM – 20 // 5:59 PM – 6:01 PM – 2
6:01 PM – 6:02 PM – 1 // 6:02 PM – 6:03 PM – 1
6:03 PM – 6:21 PM – 18 // 6:21 PM – 6:23 PM – 2
6:23 PM – 6:34 PM – 11 // 6:34 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 194 // Total comm. brdcst time: 25
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 18
(Hollywood Casino about.hollywoodcasino.com ; South Point Casino southpointcasino.com ; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Cheddar’s ; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Beer; Toyota, Toyota Gazoo Racing; Valvoline; Safelite; HendrickCars.com ; Homes.com ; Credit One Bank; Bank of America; Xfinity, Xfinity Mobile; ‘The Voice’ on NBC; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock; NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff ; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming Xfinity Series race; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:13 PM – 3:16 PM
Vrbo; Subway; Homes.com ; Amazon Prime; IHOP; ‘Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman’ on USA
3:20 PM – 3:23 PM
Straight Talk; Sonic; PODS; Ashley Furniture; Liberty Mutual; Applebee’s; ‘The Rainmaker’ on USA
4:23 PM – 4:25 PM
Toyota Gazoo Racing; Wendy’s; Coors Light; Kohl’s; Progressive; Golden Corral; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets
4:35 PM – 4:37 PM
Chevy; Chili’s; Busch Light; Subway; Hotels.com ; NFL on NBC & Peacock
4:45 PM – 4:47 PM
Xfinity; Subway; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Applebee’s; Coke Zero Sugar; McDonald’s; PhoenixRaceway.com
5:11 PM – 5:14 PM
Straight Talk; Sonic; Kohl’s; Coors Light; Valvoline; PODS; Wendy’s; ‘NASCAR 25’ video game
5:20 PM – 5:23 PM
Progressive; Wendy’s; Ashley’s Furniture; Homes.com ; Amazon Prime; Arby’s; Upcoming Cup race
5:46 PM – 5:48 PM
Subway; Liberty Mutual; Golden Corral; Busch Light; Vrbo; Sonic; Xfinity; ‘Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman’ on USA