As any NASCAR fan knows, any race at Talladega is full of ‘If Onlys’: If Only I had not been given a hard push going into that turn; If Only I had not taken it five-wide; If Only I had just a few ounces more of fuel. Those ‘if onlys’ can drive a driver crazy the night after a race like that. For the fans watching these exciting races at home, they may wish ‘If Only there were more side-by-side commercials so as not to miss any of the action’. Fortunately, on Sunday, NBC utilized side-by-side ads twelve times. For those who like to know precisely how many commercials there were, and it what form, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2025 YellaWood 500
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:08 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:57 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 229
Minutes of race broadcast: 204
Minutes of traditional commercials: 25
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 31
Total number of commercials: 128
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 49
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 29
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 79
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 36
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 12
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Toyota (9 times); YellaWood (7 times); Sonic (6 times); Ally Bank (6 times); Golden Corral (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
Sunday Night Football on NBC/NBC Sports & Peacock – 1
NBA on NBC/NBCSN & Peacock – 1
‘Happy’s Place’ on NBC nbc.com/happys-place – 1
Total: 3
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
NBC local newswpxi.com – 4
Bet365.com – 1
1st National Bank fnb-online.com – 1
Total: 6
Restaurants/Food
Golden Corral goldencorral.com/ – 1
McDonald’s mcdonalds.com – 1
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 1
Total: 3
Car/Truck/Bike
GMCDealer.com gmcdealer.com – 2
Safe Lite safelite.com – 2
Buyatoyota.com buyatoyota.com – 2
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 1
NAPA napaonline.com/ – 1
Total: 8
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 1
Total: 1
Wireless Phone
Mint Mobile mintmobile.com – 1
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Total: 2
Home Improvement
YellaWood yellawood.com – 2
KubotaUSA.com kubotausa.com – 1
Total: 3
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 3
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 3
NationalDebtRelief.com – 2
Total: 8
Legal
Berger and Green bergerandgreen.com – 3
Total: 3
Technology
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 1
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 1
Homes.com – 1
NASCAR 25 – 1
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Breztri breztri.com – 5
Ashley Furniture Homestore ashleyfurniturehomestore.com – 1
Total: 6
Racing Related
IMSA imsa.com – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:08 PM – 2:11 PM – 3 // 2:11 PM – 2:14 PM – 3
2:14 PM – 2:18 PM – 4 // 2:18 PM – 2:20 PM – 2
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM – 60 // 3:20 PM – 3:23 PM – 3
3:23 PM – 3:25 PM – 2 // 3:25 PM – 3:28 PM – 3
3:28 PM – 3:31 PM – 3 // 3:31 PM – 3:33 PM – 2
3:33 PM – 3:34 PM – 1 // 3:34 PM – 3:37 PM – 3
3:37 PM – 4:26 PM – 49 // 4:26 PM – 4:28 PM – 2
4:28 PM – 4:34 PM – 6 // 4:34 PM – 4:36 PM – 2
4:36 PM – 4:40 PM – 4 // 4:40 PM – 4:43 PM – 3
4:43 PM – 5:26 PM – 43 // 5:26 PM – 5:28 PM – 2
5:28 PM – 5:57 PM – 29 // 5:57 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 204 // Total comm. brdcst time: 25
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 23
(YellaWood yellawood.com ; Lulu Strong Foundation lulustrong.com ; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Hunt Bros. Pizza; Cheddar’s; Thomas’ thomasbreads.com ; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Beer, @BuschBeer #BuschAllfor1 #Sweepstakes ; Toyota; Valvoline; Progressive; BuildSubmarines.com ; Chewy; Breztri; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; ‘The Voice’ on NBC; NBA on NBC & Peacock; iRacing.com ; NASCAR 2025 video game; NASCAR.com/FordPlayoffsPromo ; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming Xfinity Series race; Upcoming Cup Series race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
2:38 PM – 2:40 PM
Ally Bank; Busch light; Ashley Furniture; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Sonic; Liberty Mutual; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock
2:48 PM – 2:50 PM
YellaWood; DriveTime.com ; Draft Kings; Golden Corral; KubotaUSA.com ; EchoParkSpeedway.com ; ‘The Voice’ on NBC & Peacock
2:56 PM – 2:59 PM
Tecovas; McDonald’s; Progressive; Expedia; Xfinity; NBA on NBC & Peacock
3:04 PM – 3:06 PM
YellaWood; Sonic; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Busch Light; Slim Jim; PhoenixRaceway.com ; Peacock
3:13 PM – 3:16 PM
Straight Talk; Kubota; WT.com ; Sonic
3:50 PM – 3:53 PM
YellaWood; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Golden Corral; Progressive; GoodYear; Valvoline
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
Xfinity; Sunoco; Ally Bank; Busch Light; Chevy; Ashley Furniture; ‘Happy’s Place’ on NBC & Peacock
4:09 PM – 4:12 PM
Consumer Cellular; Chewy; Safelite; Tempur-Pedic; Coke Zero Sugar; Sonic; Upcoming Cup race
4:53 PM – 4:56 PM
YellaWood; Golden Corral; Hotels.com; Slim Jim; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Upcoming Cup race at MartinsvilleSpeedway.com ; ‘Stumble’ on NBC & Peacock
5:02 PM – 5:05 PM
Toyota Gazoo Racing; Tempur-Pedic; Busch Light; Xfinity; Valvoline; Golden Corral; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets ; ‘Law & Order: SVU’ on NBC
5:11 PM – 5:14 PM
YellaWood; Safelite; Sonic; Mint Mobile; Liberty Mutual; Sunoco; Slim Jim; ‘The Voice’ on NBC
5:19 PM – 5:21 PM
Progressive; McDonald’s; Ally Bank; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Straight Talk