On Sunday, did you hear, did you hear the thunder, where the men were trying in vain to plunder a victory? For nearly all the drivers, they had to run and take cover from the thunder-down-under known as Shane Van Gisbergen. For the fans watching from home, they had to ask if the sponsors were trying to tempt them with all of those commercials. For those folks 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 2026 Go Bowling at the Glen
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:54 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:47 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 173
Minutes of race broadcast: 155
Minutes of traditional commercials: 18
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 28
Total number of commercials: 114
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 39
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 27
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 75
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 34
Number of times FS1 utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 9
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: NASCAR (9 times); Busch Light 9 times); Xfinity (6 times); Arby’s (5 times); Indy 500 race (4 times); Wendy’s (4 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
Fox/FS1
UFL theUFL.com – 3
FIFA Cup on Fox foxsports.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup – 2
NASCAR on Prime – 1
IndyCar on Fox – 1
‘Bear Grylls is Running Wild’ on Fox – 1
Fox Nation nation.fox.com – 1
‘Naked & Afraid: Global Showdown’ discovery.com/shows/naked-and-afraid-global-showdown – 1
Total: 10
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
DelaneyAuto.com – 2
Bet365.com – 1
KeepKidsSafe.pa.gov – 1
Pella Window PellaPittsburgh.com – 1
Total: 5
Restaurants/Food
Arby’s arbys.com – 2
Denny’s dennys.com – 2
Dr. Pepper drpepper.com – 1
Burger King burgerking.com – 1
Total: 6
Car/Truck/Bike
Ford ford.com – 2
Total: 2
Insurance/Health
NJM Insurance njm.com – 1
Total: 1
Wireless Phone
Xfinity Mobile xfinitymobile.com – 2
Total: 2
Legal
Peirce Law Group peircelaw.com – 1
Total: 1
Technology
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 1
Total: 1
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Tremfya.com – 3
Advil advil.com – 1
Dawn Dawn-Dish.com – 1
Free Style Libre 3 freestyle.abbott/us-en/home.html – 1
Just For Men justformen.com – 1
Nemluvio nemluvio.com – 1
Sensodyne Toothpaste sensodyne.com – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Total: 10
Racing Related
NASCAR/Salutes nascar.com/salute #NASCARSalutes – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:54 PM – 2:59 PM – 5 // 2:59 PM – 3:01 PM – 2
3:01 PM – 3:05 PM – 4 // 3:05 PM – 3:08 PM – 3
3:08 PM – 3:43 PM – 35 // 3:43 PM – 3:46 PM – 3
3:46 PM – 3:48 PM – 2 // 3:48 PM – 3:52 PM – 4
3:52 PM – 4:14 PM – 22 // 4:14 PM – 4:16 PM – 2
4:16 PM – 4:18 PM – 2 // 4:18 PM – 4:20 PM – 2
4:20 PM – 4:33 PM – 13 // 4:33 PM – 4:35 PM – 2
4:35 PM – 5:47 PM – 72 // 5:47 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 155 // Total comm. brdcst time: 18
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 18
(Go Bowling gobowling.com ; Wendy’s; Coca-Cola; Curly’s Restaurant curlysfamilyrestaurant.com ; Busch Light @BuschBeer #BuschAllfor1 #Sweepstakes ; Ford; Toyota; Sunoco; POET; GoodYear; Freeway Insurance; BuildSubmarines.com ; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; FIFA World Cup on Fox; UFL on Fox; Indy 500 race on Fox; SPEEDonFox YouTube.com ; ‘Kevin Harvick Happy Hour’ on Fox; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming O’Reilly Auto Part Series race; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:24 PM – 3:27 PM
Toyota; ACE Hardware; Straight Talk; Liberty Mutual; Busch Light; Wendy’s; NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Upcoming Indy 500 race; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race NASCAR.com/Trucks
3:32 PM – 3:35 PM
Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity ; Chevy; Liberty Mutual; Gillette; Taco Bell; MLB on Fox; Keystone Light; Taco Bell; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race NASCAR.com/Trucks
3:59 PM – 4:03 PM
PNC Bank; Ram Trucks; Papa Johns; Keystone Light; Universal Orlando Resort; Borla; Buffalo Wild Wings; Liberty Mutual; Upcoming Cup race NASCAR.com/Salutes
4:07 PM – 4:10 PM
‘The Breadwinner’ movie ; Toyota; T-Mobile; Arby’s; Busch Light Red Apple; Progressive; Skechers; Toyota
4:38 PM – 4:41 PM
Wendy’s; Ram Trucks; Liberty Mutual; Busch Light; ; Universal Orlando Resort; Wendy’s; NASCAR on Prime; Upcoming Indy 500 race on Fox
4:48 PM – 4:51 PM
Ford; ACE Hardware; Xfinity; PNC Bank; Jack Daniels; Sonic; Ford
4:55 PM – 4:58 PM
Allstate; Toyota; ACE Hardware; Ally Bank; Arby’s; Busch Light
5:08 PM – 5:11 PM
Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity ; Sonic; Chevy; Skechers; Wendy’s; Keystone Light; Valvoline; Wendy’s; Upcoming Cup race Coca-Cola, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Salutes
5:21 PM – 5:24 PM
Sonic; Ram Trucks; PNC Bank; Buffalo Wild Wings; Busch Light; Tide; Arby’s; Indy 500 race; Busch Light Red Apple; Papa Johns