The pre-race festivities before the Cup Championship race on Sunday included, among other things, the National Anthem performed by The Singing Sergeants, a flyover of F16 Flying Falcons, a commentary by Tony Stewart, and even cheerleaders. This impressive prelude morphed into a rousing race in front of a sold-out crowd to cap off a great NASCAR season. Fans at home got to take all that excitement in as well as a variety of commercials. 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 2026 Season Finale 400
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:52 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:18 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 206
Minutes of race broadcast: 18
Minutes of traditional commercials: 20
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 34
Total number of commercials: 129
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 59
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 50
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 26
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 79
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 48
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 13
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: NBC (20 times); WPXI (8 times); Sonic (6 times); Xfinity (6 times); Toyota (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘Line of Fire’ on NBC nbc.com/line-of-fire – 2
‘Newlyweds’ nbc.com/newlyweds – 2
Saatva Skate America on NBC – 1
Cup race on NBC Coca-Cola, Xfinity, Busch Light, Freeway Insurance – 1
Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock – 1
‘Happy’s Place’ on NBC nbc.com/happys-place – 1
Peacock peacocktv.com – 1
‘The Voice’ nbc.com/the-voice – 1
Total: 10
Movies
‘Ghost Soldier’ ghostsoldier.movie – 1
Total: 1
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
NBC local newswpxi.com – 8
IUOE66.org – 1
Total: 9
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 4
Liquid IV liquid-iv.com – 2
Total: 6
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota toyota.com – 3
Chevy chevy.com – 1
ShopHonda.com shophonda.com – 1
Total: 5
Insurance/Health
AAA aaa.com – 2
Total: 2
Wireless Phone
Verizon verizon.com – 1
Total: 1
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 1
Total: 2
Legal
GoodbyeDebt.com Steidl & Steinberg – 1
Morgan & Morgan ForthePeople.com – 1
Total: 2
Technology
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 3
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 1
Power Ball powerball.com – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Vabysmo vabysmo.com – 4
Ashley Homestore ashleyhomestore.com – 1
Resmed resmed.com – 1
Total: 6
Racing Related
Echo Park Speedway echoparkspeedway.com – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:52 PM – 2:56 PM – 4 // 2:56 PM – 2:59 PM – 3
2:59 PM – 3:04 PM – 5 // 3:04 PM – 3:07 PM – 3
3:07 PM – 4:05 PM – 58 // 4:05 PM – 4:07 PM – 2
4:07 PM – 4:12 PM – 5 // 4:12 PM – 4:14 PM – 2
4:14 PM – 4:15 PM – 1 // 4:15 PM – 4:17 PM – 2
4:17 PM – 5:06 PM – 49 // 5:06 PM – 5:08 PM – 2
5:08 PM – 5:10 PM – 2 // 5:10 PM – 5:12 PM – 2
5:12 PM – 5:14 PM – 2 // 5:14 PM – 5:16 PM – 2
5:16 PM – 6:08 PM – 52 // 6:08 PM – 6:10 PM – 2
6:10 PM – 6:18 PM – 8 // 6:18 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 186 // Total comm. brdcst time: 20
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 24
(Hunt Bros Pizza; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Light; Ford nascar.com/thechasefordpromo ; Toyota; POET; GoodYear; Valvoline; Freeway Insurance; Progressive; HendrickCars.com ; BuildSubmarines.com ; Starlink; DraftKings.com; Vabysmo; Credit One Bank; Xfinity; T-Mobile; ‘The Voice’ on NBC & Peacock ; ‘The Fall & Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ on NBC & Peacock; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock; NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff ; NASCAR26.com )
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
3:25 PM – 3:27 PM
Xfinity; Busch Light; Walmart; Ram Trucks; Subway; Progressive
3:34 PM – 3:36 PM
Toyota; Arby’s; Liberty Mutual; Patriot Mobile; St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital stjudes.org ; Daytona500.com
3:44 PM – 3:46 PM
Chevy; T-Mobile; Valvoline; Navy Federal; Twisted Tea; WT.com
3:53 PM – 3:56 PM
Starlink; Golden Corral; Kubota; Straight Talk; Monster Energy; NBA on NBC & Peacock; ‘The Voice’ on NBC & Peacock
4:26 PM – 4:29 PM
Walmart; Coke Zero Sugar; Kioti; Consumer Cellular; NBA on NBC & Peacock; ‘The Traitors: New Blood’ on NBC & Peacock
4:35 PM – 4:38 PM
GoodYear; Ally Bank; AT&T; DraftKings.com; FordVeteransDayClassic.com
4:45 PM – 4:48 PM
Breztri; Sonic; Verizon Business; Toyota; NBA on NBC & Peacock; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock
4:56 PM – 4:58 PM
T-Mobile; Graza Olive Oil; Discount Tire; Busch Light; National Debt Relief
5:24 PM – 5:27 PM
Progressive; Valvoline; St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital stjudes.org ; AT&T; NASCAR.com ; ‘Law & Order: SVU’ on NBC & Peacock
5:31 PM – 5:34 PM
Subway; GM Collision Repair Network AC Delco; Walmart; Twisted Tea; Starlink; ‘Fall & Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ on NBC & Peacock; ‘Happy’s Place’ on NBC & Peacock
5:46 PM – 5:48 PM
Straight Talk; Liberty Mutual; Golden Corral; Toyota; IMSA; ‘St Denis Medical’ on NBC & Peacock
5:53 PM – 5:56 PM
Ram Trucks; Arby’s; T-Mobile; Busch Light; GoodYear; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock; ‘The Voice’ on NBC & Peacock
6:01 PM – 6:04 PM
Ally Bank; Kubota; Xfinity; Sonic; Progressive; Daytona500.com