Daytona 500: 74 minutes of commercials in a 209 minute telecast

[HoneyBadger]

Ridiculous.

Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 209
Minutes of race broadcast: 142
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 66
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 8
Number of times Danica Patrick was NOT referred to as a driver (leading many to wonder, “Then what DOES James Franco think she does?”): 1
Number of stealthy whispered conversations between a rookie and a veteran (leading many to wonder, “Perhaps he’s telling her that, of course, she IS a driver?”): 1
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 2
Number of male enhancement commercials: 4 Many NASCAR fans report to CawsnJaws they find these ads very offensive

http://www.cawsnjaws.com/article/587/commercial-breakdown-and-links-related-to-the-2013-daytona-500

 

[FenderBumper]

Wow, that's about 13 commercials for every 1 minute of actual racing.

 

[Matthew2470]

That'a about the same as a regular a TV a show a.

 

[FenderBumper]

That'a about the same as a regular a TV a show a.

Thata was a weird a

 

[HoneyBadger]

When people start watching UFC telecasts and college football telecasts on FOX and FOX Sports 1 and see that almost every commercial break is side-by-side (when there's nothing going on anyways), you're going to start seeing some raging fans.

Honestly, the excess commercials in the Daytona 500 looked to me like they were making up for the commercials they don't air when they air UFC on FX and SPEED.

 

[MOEJOE]

We wouldn't give a crap if it was side by side the whole time.

 

[VaDirt]

That'a about the same as a regular a TV a show a.

Jeez, yer completely happy with everything, ain't ya?

 

[FenderBumper]

We wouldn't give a crap if it was side by side the whole time.

If the racing was side by side the whole time. The commercial side by side was useless.

 

[StewartHaas-Gibbs Racing]

The easy way to fix this problem is to go to commercials when the race is still under yellow and pit stops are already over with cause nobody really wants to hear DW blabbering away to fill time until the race goes back to green.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

We wouldn't give a crap if it was side by side the whole time.

Or commercial free for that matter.

 

[MOEJOE]

I miss my DTV Hotpass. Damn NASCAR.

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

That'a about the same as a regular a TV a show a.

It varies, but the show to commercial ratio was higher in the race than for an average TV show. In the race there was 2.15 minutes of broadcast for every 1 minute of commercials; On an average TV show, the average is 2.75 minutes of show for every 1 minute of commercial (It's typically 8 minutes of commercial for a 30 minute time slot).

 

[HoneyBadger]

It varies, but the show to commercial ratio was higher in the race than for an average TV show. In the race there was 2.15 minutes of broadcast for every 1 minute of commercials; On an average TV show, the average is 2.75 minutes of show for every 1 minute of commercial (It's typically 8 minutes of commercial for a 30 minute time slot).

It's pretty damn close to the records for commercials that TNT set last summer. Don't anybody tell them, they might have to start televising one minute of commercials for every minute of race coverage this year.

 

[Matthew2470]

Jeez, yer completely happy with everything, ain't ya?

I just don't see the point of becoming upset about it. All I can do is make my opinions known to NASCAR via the fan council and move on with my life. Perhaps the commercials don't bother me because I listen to the scanner and will watch Raceview to replace Hotpass.

 

[getadietdew]

its ok,till they come back n your drivers dang car is on the hook.