Talk:Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s Champion Cup/@comment-173.38.209.9-20150908125625/@comment-26715739-20150910060912

My theory is that it's a bit like the level-up mechanism. You get a certain number of points towards a new sponsor with each race and whether you get one is assessed at the end of the race.

If you have enough points for any other the sponsors you don't have then you get one of those.

This would explain why sometimes you get them for non-cup events - but normally you only get them after cup events. There might also be something in there to reduce points for repeat events - so you get some points, but not as many as the first time.

It also explains why it is unusual to get the main sponsor - because you normally clear out your excess points on the lower sponsors.

Not sure how the daily bonus feeds in - it looks fairly random - but maybe it's a question of them giving you a set number of points, if that's enough it gives you the sponsor those points win, if not, then it gives you the lowest you can win (and a question on whether it levels you up to that point or you stay with the lower point score making it harder to get the next bonus). Or it could be completely random - ie it gets the set of sponsors you don't have and gives you one at random.