Commercial breakdown: 2026 Daytona 500
Fans attending the Daytona 500 on Sunday were treated to a rain-free race, over 60 lead-lap changes, a low number of cautions, and no clear winner till the checkered flag flew. Fans at home got all of that, as well as the obligatory commercials. For those who would like to know precisely how ads many there were, and how much time they took during the broadcast, here is this week’s breakdown.
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2026 Daytona 500
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:46 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 5:40 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 234
Minutes of race broadcast: 210
Minutes of traditional commercials: 24
Minutes of side-by-side commercials: 34
Total number of commercials: 138
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 84
Total number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 48
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Total number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast (split-screen): 90
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 58
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during the broadcast: 14
Companies seen the most in commercials during this broadcast: Busch Light (7 times); Fan Duel (5 times); Arby’s (4 times); Wendy’s (4 times)
Breakdown of what the commercials were, by category:
Fox/FS1
IndyCar on Fox – 2
UFL theUFL.com on Fox – 1
FIFA Cup on Fox foxsports.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup – 1
Hulu hulu.com – 1
tubi tubitv.com – 1
Total: 6
Local News/Sports/Points-of-Interest in Penna.
NBC local news wpxi.com on Fox fox.com – 2
Get Go getgocafe.com – 2
Home Buyers of Pittsburgh homebuyersofpittsburgh.com – 1
MrRooterPittsburgh.com – 1
Total: 6
Restaurants/Food
Sonic sonicdrivein.com – 1
Wendy’s wendys.com – 1
Total: 2
Car/Truck/Bike
Toyota toyota.com – 2
Lexus lexus.com – 1
Mawson and Mawson – 1
Total: 4
Insurance/Health
Allegheny Health Network AHN.org – 1
Liberty Mutual libertymutual.com – 1
NJM Insurance njm.com – 1
Stand Up to Jewish Hate StandUptoJewishHate.org – 1
Total: 4
Wireless Phone
AT&T att.com/ – 1
T-Mobile t-mobile.com/ – 1
Total: 2
Home Improvement
KubotaUSA.com kubotausa.com – 1
Total: 1
Financial
Credit One Bank creditonebank.com – 2
Ally Bank allybank.com – 1
Total: 3
Education
Rosedale Technical Institute rosedaletech.edu – 1
Total: 1
Legal
Berger and Green bergerandgreen.com – 2
Total: 2
Technology
Fan Duel fanduel.com – 3
Crowd Street crowdstreet.com – 1
Total: 4
Products/Services for the Home and Personal Use
Bass Pro Shops BassPro.com – 1
Brukinsa brukinsahcp.com – 1
Chewy.com – 1
Ingrezza ingrezza.com – 1
PODS pods.com – 1
Rezdiffra rezdiffrahcp.com – 1
Tremfya.com – 1
Vabysmo vabysmo.com – 1
Walmart.com walmart.com – 1
Vraylar vraylar.com – 1
Total: 10
Travel
AirBNB.com – 1
Total: 1
Racing Related
NASCAR Fantasy Live fantasygames.nascar.com/fantasy – 1
Echo Park Speedway echoparkspeedway.com – 1
Total: 2
Race brdcast times: // Comm. brdcast times:
1:46 PM – 1:50 PM – 4 // 1:50 PM – 1:54 PM – 4
1:54 PM – 2:01 PM – 7 // 2:01 PM – 2:04 PM –3
2:04 PM – 2:20 PM – 16 // 2:20 PM – 2:21 PM – 1
2:21 PM – 3:14 PM – 53 // 3:14 PM – 3:17 PM –3
3:17 PM – 3:20 PM – 3 // 3:20 PM – 3:23 PM – 3
3:23 PM – 3:40 PM – 17 // 3:40 PM – 3:42 PM – 2
3:42 PM – 4:22 PM – 40 // 4:22 PM – 4:25 PM – 3
4:25 PM – 4:31 PM – 6 // 4:31 PM – 4:34 PM – 3
4:34 PM – 5:28 PM – 54 // 5:28 PM – 5:30 PM – 2
5:30 PM – 5:40 PM – 10 // 5:40 PM – checkered flag
Total race brdcst time: 210 // Total comm. brdcst time: 24
Number of companies featured during broadcast: 26
(Fox Super 6 app; FDOT Florida Dept of Transportation fdot.gov ; ‘The Simpsons’ 800th Episode on Fox; Arby’s; Hunt Bros. Pizza; Wendy’s; Coca-Cola; Busch Light, @BuschBeer #BuschDashforCash #Sweepstakes ; Ford; Toyota; POET ; Sunoco; GoodYear; Valvoline; Freeway Insurance; Pye-Barker pyebarkerfs.com ; Advent Health; Xfinity; Starlink ; ‘The Breadwinner’ breadwinnermovie.com ; ‘Monarch Legacy of Monsters’ https://tv.apple.com/us/show/monarch-legacy-of-monsters/umc.cmc.62l8x0ixrhyq3yaqa5y8yo7ew ; College Basketball on Fox; UFL theUFL.com ; ‘Speed on Fox’ YouTube channel ; ‘Kevin Harvick Happy Hour’ on FS1; Upcoming O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race; Upcoming Cup Series race)
Commercials during race broadcast: ‘Side-by-Side’ (‘Thank you!’ to all of the participating sponsors!)
2:25 PM – 2:28 PM
AT&T; Ford; Ally Bank; Arby’s; Busch Light; Valvoline; ‘Extracted’ on Fox
2:35 PM – 2:37 PM
Progressive; Chipotle; Starlink starlink.com ; Chevy; Wendy’s; Upcoming Cup race, Busch Light, Coca-Cola, Freeway Insurance, Xfinity
2:44 PM – 2:46 PM
Toyota; Coca-Cola; GoodYear; Denny’s; PODS; Alexa alexa.amazon.com
2:53 PM – 2:55 PM
Liberty Mutual; Busch Light; Arby’s; PhoenixRaceway.com ; Vrbo; Dayquil; Upcoming Craftsman Truck Series race NASCAR.com/Tickets
3:03 PM – 3:05 PM
Fan Duel; Wendy’s; PNC Bank; ‘Hallow’ Prayer app; Dr Pepper; Straight Talk; Walmart
3:31 PM – 3:34 PM
Universal Orlando Resort; Chipotle; Ram Trucks; Fox Nation; World Baseball Classic on Fox/FS1 https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic?msockid=31e680d2f7206314180e9538f68d62a2
3:43 PM – 3:45 PM
PNC Bank; Celsius; Hulu; Papa John’s; Vrbo; ‘Fear Factor: House of Fear’ on Fox
3:52 PM – 3:55 PM
Ford; Golden Corral; Gillette; Starlink; Busch Light; Sonic; Progressive
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM
WT.com; Busch Light; Swiffer; Tecovas; Arby’s; NASCAR.com/Tickets ; Verizon Business
4:06 PM – 4:09 PM
GoodYear; Coca-Cola; Microsoft 365 Copilot ; KFC; PODS; IndyCar on Fox
4:17 PM – 4:20 PM
Starlink; Denny’s; Craftsman Truck series race NASCAR.com/trucks; ; Experian; Fan Duel; Wendy’s; GoodYear
4:48 PM – 4:50 PM
Ally Bank; Chipotle; Vrbo; AT&T; Kubota; ebay; Busch Light
4:55 PM – 4:57 PM
Chevy; Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR.com/Tickets ; KFC; Valvoline; EchoparkSpeedway.com
5:01 PM – 5:04 PM
Progressive; Busch Light; PNC Bank; Febreze; Arby’s; ‘The Faithful Women of the Bible’ on Fox; Ford