Nonsense. Jeff Burton never brought a sponsor to secure a ride. That is the team owner's job, with rare and insignificant exceptions, at the Cup level.
Insolvent companies struggle to operate successfully no matter what the line of endeavor, including racing. If one wishes to operate a race team, a measure of financial horsepower is required. Some pundits with a Nascar ax to grind twist this truism to claim the primary attribute of a driver to enter Cup racing is to bring sponsors to pay the bills, while racing ability is way less important. Danica Patrick or Paul Menard are generally cited.
It is nonsense to define Nascar by one or two insignificant backmarkers, while ignoring all of the relevant competitors who make up the grid. Most of the young Cup racers got their ride without bringing or attracting any sponsor... Logano, Keselowski, Stenhouse, Larson, Blaney, Buescher, Jones, etc, etc.
