PoliticsPolitical NASCAR Sponsors: A Brief HistoryRick Santorum is one of the first politicians to enter the (surprisingly) untapped sponsorship of NASCAR cars. Here are a few of the other trailblazers.By by Andrew KaczynskiBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on February 25, 2012, 5:57 pmTwitterFacebookLink The Rick Santorum car The Rick Perry car Kendrick Meek for Senate car. The Tea Party car The GI Bill car Kirk Shelmerdine puts a Bush Cheney logo on his car The Bob Graham car in 2004