During the pre-race show for the Cup race at Kansas Speedway, a B2 Stealth Bomber carried out the flyover. The crowd reacted enthusiastically, as the mere sight of this engineering marvel is so cool you just have to look. Once the race began, Kyle Larson’s domination was also a marvel hard to look away from, and as he crossed the finish line the fans responded with great appreciation. The fans at home got to see all of that, as well as some sponsor appreciation in the form of commercials. For those who like to know precisely how many there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2026 Hollywood Casino 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:51 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:03 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 192
Minutes of race broadcast: 166
Minutes of traditional commercials: 26
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 24
Total number of commercials: 124
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 57
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 46
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 67
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 32
Number of times USA utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 10
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: USA (7 times); Toyota (7 times); Xfinity (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘The Rainmaker’ usanetwork.com/the-rainmaker – 3
WNBA on USA – 2
‘Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler’ on Oxygen oxygen.com/prosecuting-evil-with-kelly-siegler – 1
‘Brothers’ on Apple TV tv.apple.com/us/show/brothers/ – 1
MLBShop.com – 1
‘Cocktail wars’ on E – eonline.com/shows/cocktail_wars – 1
‘Friday Night Smackdown’ on USA usanetwork.com/Friday-night-smackdown – 1
MS Now – 1
Total: 11
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
DelaneyAuto.com – 1
Pella Window PellaPittsburgh.com – 1
RiverviewChevyBuickGMC.com – 1
Total: 3
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 2
Applebees applebees.com – 1
Arby’s arbys.com – 1
Chili’s chilis.com – 1
Coca-Cola cocacola.com – 1
Wendy’s wendys.com – 1
Total: 7
Beer/Alcohol
Twisted Tea twistedtea.com – 2
Busch Light busch.com – 1
Total: 3
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota toyota.com – 3
Chevy chevy.com – 1
GMCDealer.com gmcdealer.com – 1
Total: 5
Insurance/Health
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 3
FilltheSilence.org – 1
TearthePaperCeiling.org – 1
Wounded Warrior Project woundedwarriorproject.org – 1
Total: 6
Wireless Phone
Mint Mobile mintmobile.com – 2
StraightTalk.com straighttalk.com – 1
Xfinity Mobile xfinitymobile.com – 1
Total: 4
Home Improvement
Habitat for Humanity habitat.org – 2
Total: 2
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 1
Total: 2
Technology
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 2
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 2
StarLink starlink.com – 1
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 1
Total: 6
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Breztri breztri.com – 2
Ashley Homestore ashleyhomestore.com – 1
Ingrezza ingrezza.com – 1
Rinvoq rinvoq.com – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Total: 6
Racing Related
NASCAR.com nascar.com – 1
NASCAR 2026 – 1
Total: 2
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:51 PM – 2:54 PM – 3 // 2:54 PM – 2:57 PM – 3
2:57 PM – 3:00 PM – 3 // 3:00 PM – 3:02 PM – 2
3:02 PM – 3:31 PM – 29 // 3:31 PM – 3:34 PM – 3
3:34 PM – 3:57 PM – 23 // 3:57 PM – 4:00 PM – 3
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM – 2 // 4:02 PM – 4:04 PM – 2
4:04 PM – 4:24 PM – 20 // 4:24 PM – 4:26 PM – 2
4:26 PM – 4:28 PM – 2 // 4:28 PM – 4:31 PM – 3
4:31 PM – 4:37 PM – 6 // 4:37 PM – 4:40 PM – 3
4:40 PM – 5:02 PM – 22 // 5:02 PM – 5:05 PM – 3
5:05 PM – 5:07 PM – 2 // 5:07 PM – 5:09 PM – 2
5:09 PM – 6:03 PM – 54 // 6:03 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 166 // Total comm. brdcst time: 26
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 25
(Hollywood Casino hollywoodcasino.com ; South Point Casino southpointcasino.com ; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Celsius; Busch Light; Toyota; POET; Safelite; Freeway Insurance; HendrickCars.com ; Breztri; Fandango; DraftKings.com ; Starlink; Credit One Bank; Bank of America; Ally Bank; Xfinity; ‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA ; WNBA on USA; Golf on Golf Channel ; College Football on USA; iRacing.com ; NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff ; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:17 PM – 3:19 PM
Toyota; Golden Corral; Xfinity; Progressive; Arby’s; ‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA
3:24 PM – 3:26 PM
Breztri; Sonic; Mint Mobile; Ashley Furniture; Applebees; NASCAR.com/SwearJar
3:43 PM – 3:45 PM
Ally Bank; IHOP; Consumer Cellular; FreeStyle Libre; Arby’s; MS Now
3:50 PM – 3:53 PM
Wendy’s; Ashley Furniture; Busch Light; Valvoline; Golden Corral; Toyota; NASCAR.com
4:13 PM – 4:16 PM
Safelite; KFC; Progressive; Verizon Business; IHOP; ‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA
4:50 PM – 4:52 PM
Safelite; Sonic; Ashley Furniture; Progressive; Straight Talk; Chili’s; O’Reilly Auto Parts Series on CW
5:18 PM – 5:20 PM
Xfinity; Kohls; Busch Light; PODS; KFC; Toyota; ‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA
5:26 PM – 5:29 PM
Monster Energy; Applebees; Valvoline; Chevy; Ashley Furniture; Arby’s; MS Now; WNBA on USA
5:40 PM – 5:43 PM
Chili’s; Straight Talk; PODS; Liberty Mutual; Kohls; Sonic; Zynga Poker
5:48 PM – 5:50 PM
Toyota; Applebees; Ashley Furniture; Xfinity; Busch Light; Wendy’s; Progressive