As for sponsored drivers . I am but not cause of my skill level but because of my son's but he enjoys racing usgt not cause of winning either but because racing is tight and every little mistake costs you more than say 17.5 tc
But as said if theirs no pro fast guys in your class your possibly missing something cause theirs nothing to use as a bench mark ,so we think it can't get any faster so why work on our stuff to be faster . It happens to all of us then at some point someone sponsored comes in and runs and bam we see our mastakes or atleast notice theirs more to shoot for to be faster.
I don't feel theirs anything wrong with sponsored pro drivers running slower classes,as long as it's their choice to do so .