Understand there's more to NASCAR than just on track results

Trevor Bayne has struggled for much of this season and a lot of fans seem to be putting the blame solely on Bayne and not what has been going on at Roush Fenway Racing.

When the cars have handled well, Bayne's been the top-finishing Roush driver in several events, including the past two at Bristol and Michigan.  Here's where it all comes into play, fans are saying Bayne needs to be replaced by Xfinity Series points leader Chris Buescher or Bubba Wallace, Bayne has a deal that pretty much has him safe for at least a few years.  He's got a deal with sponsor AdvoCare and they are on the car because of he's great at what he can do off the track and they like the person Trevor Bayne is.

Sponsors have taken a swing in the last 20 years.  They don't always look at on track performance, it's what the driver can do for the sponsor away from the track.  They want a driver with a good image, respectful, and can carry the image of their product all the way.  Bayne does that with AdvoCare.

Notice when Bayne ran the NASCAR K&N Series event at Sonoma, AdvoCare was on the car, as well as when Bayne ran the ARCA event at Pocono and won.  Bayne made the remark that AdvoCare would be the only sponsors on his cars from here on out.  Drivers and sponsors have to work well with one another and these are a package

Fans don't get the concept that it's not always the on track results that put a driver and sponsor on a race car.  With the package deal that AdvoCare and Bayne brings to the table for Roush Fenway Racing.  Bayne is the only driver at Roush that is fully sponsored for Sprint Cup, the 16 and 17 are still having to run cars with Ford EcoBoost and Roush Performance on them.  Bayne has ran one sponsorship all season, AdvoCare.

One of the best drivers at keeping a sponsor on his car was Michael Waltrip, and his performance was never stellar.  Waltrip knew how to please the sponsors to keep them on his car without the results.