Race coverage / Commercial breakdown

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Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Daytona 500:
Total number of commercials: 126
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 64
Total number of brief promos of products/services during the race broadcast: 42
Total number of ‘Digger’ appearances: 19
Total number of three-minute movie previews during broadcast (for 'Watchmen'): 1
Total amount of time these brief promos take during broadcast: app. 8 min. 45 sec.
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 3:20 pm
End time to record race/commercial periods: 6:48 pm
Total minutes: 208
Minutes of race broadcast: 150
Minutes of commercials: 58
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of stars in sunglasses: 1 (Tom Cruise)
Number of legends waving the green flag: 1 (Bobby Allison)
Total race brdcst time 150 Total comm. brdcst time 58
 
incredible... nearly 1/3rd of the total coverage was commercials. :lol2:
 
barelypure said:
And I'd say it was just over 1/4th of the total coverage. 58/208 not 58/150 if you're saying total...
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In between 1/3 and 1/4.

150 minutes isn't three hours :p

Is that the fuzzy math they talk about all the time? ;)
 
whatever the percentage is..... its still 150 more minutes of live racin than what I had as a kid...........lol, at least until 79.
 
speedwayphoto said:
whatever the percentage is..... its still 150 more minutes of live racin than what I had as a kid...........lol, at least until 79.
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Amen to that. All those Sundays listening to MRN (if I could get it) and wishing it was on TV.
 
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