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July 22, 2010

Jimmie Johnson Tops NASCAR Driver TV Exposure with $48 M

No driver during the first half of the ’10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season was mentioned more by TV announcers, interviewed more frequently or delivered more TV exposure than Jimmie Johnson, according to data from sponsorship measurement firm Joyce Julius. Johnson’s name was mentioned more than 2,800 times during the first 18 live event telecasts (and replays) of the current season. Johnson’s brands were mentioned by Johnson, his crew or TV announcers on 95 occasions, leading to $48M of in-broadcast exposure value. Jeff Gordon finished second in the mid-season rankings, totaling $33.1M in exposure value. Listed below are the top 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers ranked in terms of mid-year TV exposure value (Joyce Julius).

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES MID-YEAR DRIVER TV EXPOSURE

RK

DRIVER

BRANDS

EXPOSURE TIME (HH:MM:SS)

VERBAL MENTIONS

VALUE

1

Jimmie Johnson

58

21:46:01

95

$48.0M

2

Jeff Gordon

70

16:08:37

88

$33.1M

3

Kyle Busch

73

11:15:32

96

$31.5M

4

Kevin Harvick

64

11:11:17

106

$28.7M

5

Denny Hamlin

59

10:42:12

126

$24.9M

6

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

49

9:17:24

37

$24.4M

7

Kurt Busch

35

9:49:40

103

$24.2M

8

Jeff Burton

51

14:24:50

41

$23.1M

9

Juan Pablo Montoya

67

12:23:34

21

$21.9M

10

Tony Stewart

51

10:30:32

24

$19.2M