NBC, NASCAR, and commercials...

Commercial Breakdown for the Subway 500: For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown from the race on Sunday afternoon. There was one restart missed completely; and one in which when they returned from commercial the green flag was waving (too close to call it).
Total number of commercials: 143
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 72
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 30
Restarts missed due to being away at commercial: 1
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 12:43pm/et
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:44pm/et
Total minutes: 241
Minutes of race broadcast: 173
Minutes of commercials: 68
see full report at CawsnJaws.com.(10-23-2006)

Total number of minutes of rae viewed by TheBeast: 0

I have watched the least amount of racing this year than I have ever, I do catch the highlights and keep track of everything but I don't believe I have missed much by not watching the races.

if you'll notice, the ratings for nascar are way down. "experts" attribute this to NBC's commercial breaks. FOX does a great job covering nascar. i can't wait until ABC/ESPN takes over next year.

I don't by that NBC's commercials are the cause, I am gonna feel confident in saying that crappy racing is the reason for the ratings drop.

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I don't by that NBC's commercials are the cause, I am gonna feel confident in saying that crappy racing is the reason for the ratings drop.

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Thats the reason I dont watch. Nascar stinks.