The More Commercials, the More the Struggle for NASCAR Drivers

Since Ragan has done more commercials for UPS, the performance has weakend for the No. 6 Ford. It's been something we've been seeing since NASCAR has been on TV. Drivers appearing on commercials to promote their sponsors, and although that is one way to become popular amongst fans, history shows the performance takes a hit. There are a few big examples, and two of them have to do with sponsor UPS. In 2001, Dale Jarrett was on top of the NASCAR world, he had just been off of a championship run in 1999, and he had won 4 races, including the Daytona 500, in 2000, and now had a big brand new sponsor, in UPS, to drive to the front. Dale's performance was great for 2001, and 2002, when UPS was shooting the infamous "Brown to the Bone," commercial...

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