On Sunday, for the Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the grumpy-looking clouds never produced any rain, to the relief of the fans attending, and the USA network team producing the show (their schedule was full, as the postponed O’Reilly Series race was scheduled to run at 8:00). The completed-without-delay race ended in a rip-roaring last lap with an exciting duel between two teammates, with Chase Briscoe holding off Christopher Bell for the win. For the fans at home who saw all of that, plus a few commercials, here is this week’s breakdown of how it was presented.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2026 Bank of America 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:12 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 192
Minutes of race broadcast: 165
Minutes of traditional commercials: 27
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 18
Total number of commercials: 104
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 69
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 61
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 43
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 24
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); Toyota (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
WNBA on USA – 3
Soccer on USA – 2
‘The Rainmaker’ usanetwork.com/the-rainmaker – 2
Upcoming Talladega race on USA – 1
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series on CW thecw.com – 1
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on USA usanetwork.com/Friday-night-smackdown – 1
‘Marshals’ cbs.com/shows/marshals/ – 1
MS Now – 1
‘Snapped’ on Oxygen oxygen.com/snapped – 1
Total: 13
Movies
‘Matchbox the Movie’ on Apple TV tv.apple.com/us/movie/matchbox-the-movie/ – 1
Total: 1
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
Bet365.com – 1
DelaneyAuto.com – 1
Lincoln Crossings Dental Care lincolncrossingsdentalcare.com – 1
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium pittsburghzoo.com – 1
RiverviewChevyBuickGMC.com – 1
Total: 5
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 3
Subway Subway.com – 2
Chipotle chipotle.com – 2
Golden Corral goldencorral.com/ – 1
McCormick’s mccormick.com – 1
Monster Energy monsterenergy.com – 1
Tovala.com – 1
Total: 11
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota toyota.com – 3
Chevy chevy.com – 1
Ram Trucks ram.com – 1
GoodYear goodyear.com – 1
Safe Lite safelite.com – 1
Shell shell.com/us-en/ – 1
Valvoline valvoline.com – 1
Weather Tech WT.com – 1
Total: 10
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 2
Progressive progressive.com – 1
Total: 3
Wireless Phone
Verizon verizon.com – 3
Mint Mobile mintmobile.com – 2
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Total: 6
Home Improvement
Kioti tractors kioti.com – 2
Total: 2
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 2
Total: 2
Legal
Peirce Law Group peircelaw.com – 1
Total: 1
Technology
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 2
StarLink starlink.com – 1
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 1
Total: 4
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Total: 1
Military
WAR.gov – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
NASCAR.com nascar.com – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
3:00 PM – 3:03 PM – 3 // 3:03 PM – 3:06 PM – 3
3:06 PM – 3:09 PM – 3 // 3:09 PM – 3:11 PM – 2
3:11 PM – 3:40 PM – 29 // 3:40 PM – 3:43 PM – 3
3:43 PM – 3:48 PM – 5 // 3:48 PM – 3:51 PM – 3
3:51 PM – 4:10 PM – 19 // 4:10 PM – 4:12 PM – 2
4:12 PM – 4:15 PM – 3 // 4:15 PM – 4:18 PM – 3
4:18 PM – 4:42 PM – 24 // 4:42 PM – 4:45 PM – 3
4:45 PM – 5:09 PM – 24 // 5:09 PM – 5:12 PM – 3
5:12 PM – 5:13 PM – 1 // 5:13 PM – 5:16 PM – 3
5:16 PM – 5:39 PM – 23 // 5:39 PM – 5:41 PM – 2
5:41 PM – 6:12 PM – 31 // 6:12 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 165 // Total comm. brdcst time: 27
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 27
(Bank of America; Blood Cancer United bloodcancerunited.org ; AMR Safety Team amr.net ; Hunt Bros Pizza; Sonic; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Light; Toyota; Valvoline; Freeway Insurance; Progressive; Echo Park Automotive; HendrickCars.com ; Dollar Tree; Morgan & Morgan; Trimble; DraftKings.com; Starlink; Xfinity; T-Mobile; ‘The Rainmaker’ on USA; WNBA on USA; Soccer on USA; College Football on USA; NASCAR 2026; NASCAR.com/thechasefordpromo ; Upcoming Cup racex)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:29 PM – 3:31 PM
Xfinity; Golden Corral; Vabysmo; Valvoline; WT.com ; College Football on USA
4:01 PM – 4:04 PM
Trimble; Golden Corral; Chevy; T-Mobile; Twisted Tea; Breztri; Soccer on USA
4:32 PM – 4:35 PM
Bank of America; Sonic; Ram Trucks; Coke Zero Sugar; Xfinity; IHOP; College Football on USA
4:54 PM – 4:56 PM
AT&T; Twisted Tea; Progressive; Trimble; Sonic; Safelite
5:02 PM – 5:05 PM
Bank of America; Toyota; T-Mobile; Coke Zero Sugar; HomesteadMiamiSpeedway.com
5:28 PM – 5:30 PM
Bank of America; Twisted Tea; Mint Mobile; Golden Corral; Toyota; Breztri
5:54 PM – 5:57 PM
Starlink; Safelite; Xfinity; Sonic; Progressive; Soccer on USA