Mayfield Suspension Talk

NASCAR suspends Sprint Cup driver under terms of drug policy

By Jim Utter - jutter@charlotteobserver.com
Saturday, May. 09, 2009
NASCAR has suspended a Sprint Cup driver under terms of its substance abuse policy - immediately and indefinitely - in advance of Saturday nightís race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, ThatsRacin.com and The Charlotte Observer have learned.

Sources said the driver, who has not been identified by officials, was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 7-5 (violation of the NASCAR substance abuse policy) of the 2009 NASCAR rule book. The determination was based on findings at last weekendís race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

NASCAR on Saturday declined to discuss the matter, saying that questions would be dealt with in a news conference at the South Carolina track on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Such a suspension would be the first under NASCARís drug policies for a driver at the top level, the Spring Cup Series.

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on June 5, 2009 at 11:23pm

Nascar so filed this to try and bleed Mayfield dry with running up his lawyer fees..A Judge should hammer them for this piece of fluff...filing suit when you do no thave standing and suing for non compensable crap.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on June 5, 2009 at 11:29pm

I'll go out on a limb and say Nascars lawyers on retainer know a bit more about law then most if not all the posters on this site. Im an engineer, so I hardly feel qualified to say who is more ridiculous in this instance.

I will say this though. Is there not something ironic about a driver trying to lift a suspension so that he can just go out and DNQ just like he did for most of the races this year? Humorous...

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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on June 6, 2009 at 1:25am

not humorous... sad

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on June 6, 2009 at 9:19am

Oh they know what they are doing in that they have deep pockets and can file a suit with practically no merit just to make Mayfield spend more money so he'll either drop it or be broke...lol

If Nascar's counter suit actually ever goes before a judge, I can guarnatee most, if not all, will be thrown out.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on June 5, 2009 at 11:46pm

Nascar is giving us all a good example of what is wrong with our country's legal system. What a bunch of slimeball dickheads.

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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on June 6, 2009 at 1:26am

I'm sorry, not familiar with that legal term lol

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Permalink Reply by Turtle7 on June 6, 2009 at 10:30am

We see it in F1, with the IRL and with NASCAR where a few individuals or a family control the sport. We need to get it back to where the guys who own the teams set the policy like in Baseball, Basketball, etc. through a Commissioner. Until that happens Motorsports will be jerked around with arrogance and no heart like with the Carl Long situation.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on June 6, 2009 at 11:06am

Having the owners rule the sport via commision didn't work out so well for CART. That doesn't mean it can't work, but it didn't in that case.

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Permalink Reply by Alex on June 9, 2009 at 8:53pm

Mayfield Tested positive for Methamphetamine! Wow, thats not good!

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on June 9, 2009 at 10:15pm

Remember that these drug tests do not find the drugs directly. That is, they would not detect methamphetamine in the sample, but would detect the effects and byproducts of the drug. Given that pseudoephedrine can be used to make methamphetamine, and that pseudoephedrine is in Claritin-D, it seems possible that the reported double-dose of Claritin-D could have contibuted to this result.

Both NASCAR and Mayfield's stories are narrowing in to be more consistent. I can see how it could go either way in court.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Banner on June 9, 2009 at 10:32pm

What's scary is that I didn't know that and have taken a double dose of allergy medication before to try and get it to kick in on one of my bad days. I guess I just need to be more careful (or eat less and get smaller @_@).

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Permalink Reply by WJM on June 9, 2009 at 9:27pm

NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine during a random drug screening May 1 at Richmond International Raceway, ESPN The Magazine has learned from two independent sources.

In court documents filed in the past two weeks (Mayfield sought a temporary restraining order to return to the track; NASCAR countersued), it was revealed that Mayfield had admitted ingesting a double dosage of Claritin-D, an allergy medication, and the prescription drug Adderall XR immediately prior to the Richmond drug test conducted for NASCAR.

Read the rest here.