Why Does The Goverment Hate NASCAR?

So I heard today(I've been kinda under the weather lately) that the Army will end it's sponsorship with the #39 at the end of this season.  And No  they are not going on to sponsor any other car in NASCAR.  The Army says that they are leaving the SHR #39 due to a reallocation of marketing dollars. The Army however is not leaving motorsports entirely, the Army is negotiations with Don Schumacher Racing to continue it's sponsorship of its top fuel dragster through the 2013 season. So I guess it's o.k. to sponsor one type of motorsport over another ?  I mean I get it somewhat, the cost of a NHRA sponsorship is probably a lot less than a NASCAR sponsorship. In a cost to benefit ratio the Army probably is getting more of a bang for their buck. But not the exposure going forward I would imagine.

Here is what I don't get at all. Why do  some members of our government seem to so actively dislike NASCAR? I honestly believe that they really have no sense of our sport and probably don't want to understand what NASCAR is and what it means to its fan base. I would like to know why  Reps. McCollum and Kingston think military sponsorships in NASCAR are such a huge waste of taxpayer dollars. I am a taxpayer, I have actually attended multiple NASCAR events, I don't think that it's a waste of my tax dollars.  NASCAR in general have been great supporters of the military.  How many times have we heard  about various drivers going to visit with our troops? Too many to count, right? How many tickets has NASCAR given away to the men and women who serve our country? A lot. What I am trying to say is that NASCAR have had a very mutually beneficial relationship and to see that relationship between the two ended is just plain stupid.  The money that she is talking about "saving" is a minute fraction of the Defense budget.

I also think that Rep. McCullen's decision to visit the National Guard to speak to them about not sponsoring the #88  is rather vindictive. I mean who asked her.  Did she take a poll? Phone a friend? Talk to a psychic? I mean really. If she were my state's representative I would want her recalled. Just sayin' people of Michigan, just sayin....