Commercial breakdown: 2025 Xfinity 500
On Sunday in Martinsville, Pastor Tim Hunt included the famous Martinsville hot dogs in his invocation, and many fans partook of the culinary delights. The skies threatened rain but it never fell, and there were drivers who threatened William Byron but he ultimately prevailed. It was a great race from the green flag to the grandfather clock in Victory Lane. Fans watching from home got to see all of that, and the obligatory commercials as well. For those who 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 2025 Xfinity 500
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 2:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:51 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 231
Minutes of race broadcast: 203
Minutes of traditional commercials: 28
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 20
Total number of commercials: 113
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 57
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 65
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 48
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 32
Number of times NBC utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 9
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: WPXI (8 times); NBC (7 times); Sonic (6 times); Toyota (5 times); Ally Bank (5 times); Xfinity (5 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
NBC/USA TV Previews/Promos:
‘St Denis Medical’ on NBC – 2
‘Stumble’ on NBC – 1
Upcoming Cup race on NBC – 1
Sunday Night Football on NBC/NBC Sports & Peacock – 1
NBA on Peacock – 1
Olympics on NBC & Peacock nbcolympics.com – 1
‘Happy’s Place’ on NBC nbc.com/happys-place – 1
Peacock peacocktv.com – 1
Total: 9
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
NBC local newswpxi.com – 8
PA Lottery palottery.state.pa.us/ – 2
Bet365.com – 1
Total: 11
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 3
Subway Subway.com – 3
Golden Corral goldencorral.com/ – 1
Slim Jim slimjim.com – 1
Total: 8
Beer/Alcohol
Busch Light busch.com – 1
Total: 1
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota Gazoo Racing toyotagazooracing.com – 2
Valvoline valvoline.com – 2
GMCDealer.com gmcdealer.com – 1
Total: 5
Insurance/Health
Progressive progressive.com – 1
Total: 1
Wireless Phone
Verizon/Frontline Verizon.com/frontline – 1
Total: 1
Home Improvement
KubotaUSA.com kubotausa.com – 1
Total: 1
Financial
Ally Bank allybank.com – 3
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 1
NationalDebtRelief.com – 1
Total: 5
Education
Texas AM tamu.edu – 1
Total: 1
Legal
Berger and Green bergerandgreen.com – 1
Morgan & Morgan ForthePeople.com – 1
Total: 2
Technology
Xfinity.com xfinity.com – 2
DraftKings.com draftkings.com – 1
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 1
NASCAR 25 – 1
Total: 5
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
ebay ebay.com – 4
Breztri breztri.com – 3
Ashley Furniture Homestore ashleyfurniturehomestore.com – 2
Opdivo Qvantig opdivo.com – 1
Tempur-Pedic tempurpedic.com – 1
Trelegy trelegy.com – 1
Walmart.com walmart.com – 1
Total: 13
Travel
Vrbo vrbo.com – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
IMSA imsa.com – 1
Total: 1
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
2:00 PM – 2:03 PM – 3 // 2:03 PM – 2:05 PM – 2
2:05 PM – 2:09 PM – 4 // 2:09 PM – 2:11 PM – 2
2:11 PM – 2:29 PM – 18 // 2:29 PM – 2:31 PM – 2
2:31 PM – 2:51 PM – 20 // 2:51 PM – 2:53 PM – 2
2:53 PM – 3:06 PM – 13 // 3:06 PM – 3:08 PM – 2
3:08 PM – 3:10 PM – 2 // 3:10 PM – 3:12 PM – 2
3:12 PM – 3:43 PM – 31 // 3:43 PM – 3:45 PM – 2
3:45 PM – 3:52 PM – 7 // 3:52 PM – 3:54 PM – 2
3:54 PM – 4:00 PM – 6 // 4:00 PM – 4:02 PM – 2
4:02 PM – 4:07 PM – 5 // 4:07 PM – 4:09 PM – 2
4:09 PM – 4:11 PM – 2 // 4:11 PM – 4:13 PM – 2
4:13 PM – 4:22 PM – 9 // 4:22 PM – 4:23 PM – 1
4:23 PM – 5:03 PM – 40 // 5:03 PM – 5:04 PM – 1
5:04 PM – 5:12 PM – 8 // 5:12 PM – 5:14 PM – 2
5:14 PM – 5:44 PM – 30 // 5:44 PM – 5:46 PM – 2
5:46 PM – 5:51 PM – 5 // 5:51 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 203 // Total comm. brdcst time: 28
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 20
(Xfinity; Hunt Bros. Pizza; Kings Hawaiian ; Coca-Cola; Monster Energy; Busch Beer; Toyota; HendrickCars.com ; Valvoline; NAPA; Safelite; Progressive; Kubota; BuildSubmarines.com ; Bass Pro Shops; Flublock ; Credit One Bank; NBA on Peacock; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock; NASCAR 25 video game; NASCAR Powerball Playoff powerball.com/nascar-powerball-playoff ; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race; Upcoming Xfinity race; Upcoming Cup race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
2:24 PM – 2:26 PM
Xfinity; Valvoline; Golden Corral; Progressive; Echo Park Speedway echoparkspeedway.com
2:41 PM – 2:43 PM
Draft Kings; Tempur-Pedic; Ally Bank; Sonic; GoodYear; Daytona500.com
2:58 PM – 3:00 PM
Toyota Gazoo Racing; Slim Jim; Sunoco; McDonald’s; NBA on Peacock
3:23 PM – 3:26 PM
Kubota; Golden Corral; National Debt Relief; Drive Time; Straight Talk; PhoenixRaceway.com
3:34 PM – 3:36 PM
Chevy; Sonic; Valvoline; Progressive; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock
4:31 PM – 4:33 PM
WT.com ; Sonic; Liberty Mutual; Slim Jim; Sunday Night Football on NBC & Peacock
4:41 PM – 4:43 PM
Coke Zero Sugar; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Mint Mobile; Golden Corral
4:48 PM – 4:51 PM
Chewy; Sunoco; PNC Bank; Tecovas; McDonald’s; Upcoming Cup race, Coca-Cola, Busch Beer, Xfinity, NASCAR.com/Tickets
5:23 PM – 5:25 PM
Xfinity; Busch Light; Ally Bank; Toyota Gazoo Racing; Golden Corral; Progressive