Naitch
NASCAR needs a driver's union
Maybe you could give some shining examples of Sponsors increasingly following drivers around.
Aric Almirola made an entire career out of Smithfield’s support, Anheuser Busch followed Harvick from RCR to SHR, Bubba took multiple sponsors from Petty to 23XI, 5 Hour Energy followed Clint Bowyer from MWR to Finch, and Monster Energy followed Kurt Busch from SHR to Ganassi to 23XI.
There are also some other possible examples like Liberty University and William Byron and NAPA and Chase Elliott that followed their drivers from the lower tier series to Cup. I’m 99% sure that if those two left Hendrick, the sponsor dollars would follow.
In the last 10-15 years, we’ve seen sponsors be more loyal to drivers than teams.
Busch and Smithfield also left SHR (and the latter left the sport entirely) when their guy retired.
Come on man, this is like shooting fish in a barrel.