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 alan4s on July 19, 2009 at 4:54pm

Jeremy knows he'll never drive in NASCAR again (unless he ends up owning it - lol), so he has no reason to hold back now. The only reason he has left to fight it is his reputation and name - and a big settlement.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on July 20, 2009 at 12:13pm

well we could always bring up Michael Jackson.

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Permalink Reply by Lis on July 20, 2009 at 5:21pm

Or she could just skip over this thread. ;) LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Blues on July 20, 2009 at 5:38pm

Floyd really got hosed. He was clean.

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on July 20, 2009 at 5:46pm

And they are currently testing Lance just about every other day.

& big surprise, had antidoping control @ the finish. Keep looking, nothing to find xcept hard work & sacrifice. Never was, never will be.
12:05 PM Jul 17th from Lance Armstrong

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Permalink Reply by Team Maranello on July 21, 2009 at 3:27pm

The french border police held up the Astana truck (Lance's team) for 3 hours. They searched and obviously they found nothing. Something for Robby to think about if he is ever in the lead of the dakar. ASO will measure his restrictor after every stage.

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Permalink Reply by dkam7 on July 22, 2009 at 9:21am

Mayfields independant lab test comes back negative. THis is from the AP.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CAR_NASCAR_MAYFIELD_SUSPENSI...

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on July 22, 2009 at 9:22am

Interesting developments in Jeremy's court filing yesterday:

... A Mayfield expert, Dr. Harold Schueler of the Broward County (Fla.) Medical Examiner’s Office, in an affidavit questioned the results of the NASCAR test, calling the level of methamphetamine in its results “astronomical.”

“In my expert opinion, based on my experience and the facts of this case, I do not believe that Aegis’ test results revealing 67,000 nanograms per milliliter of methamphetamine could be remotely accurate, unless Mr. Mayfield was deceased or a chronic abuser,” says Schueler.

Schueler also says that a chronic abuser would show signs of methamphetamine abuse such as the aging of physical appearance, sunken eyes and acne.

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on July 22, 2009 at 11:39am

I really do not see Mayfield settling in this case. He seems pretty Effing pissed off at Nascar and has made them his White Whale so to speak...

I wouldn't doubt if Diehl is on a contigent fee basis...and if Mayfeild is telling the turth and this goes to court..

$$$$$$ with diehl getting about 1/3 of $$$$$$ lol

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Permalink Reply by MartyP on July 22, 2009 at 12:27pm

here is my take on this crap

Nascar shafted Carl Long really bad,and people were on his side.In order to get people off their back and forget about the Long shafting, a diversion had to be created.Nascar found someone with a little chink in their armor,not a big fan favorite(after the Evernham -Crocker allegations)and went after him.
Nobody remembers the Long shafting now!!