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Talk about blowing away his chance of making it as an owner/driver ... http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...s/rolleyes.gifQuote:
"The suspension applies to Mayfield’s roles as owner and driver of the #41 Toyota.
Although the (#41) car can race next week at Lowe’s Motor Speedway with another driver,
Hunter said it (the #41 car) cannot be entered with Mayfield as the owner."
Hey Mayfield, I hope any high you got was worth it numbnuts. http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...s/rolleyes.gif
I think the drug was speed or maybe the lack thereof, motivated him to try the drug route.....
shocked to know mayfield wolud do drugs, he doesnt seem like that kind of guy, i guess we dont know the drivers after all
well now we know, huffing gas is also a gateway drug...
I blame this hussy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQPnLTWZPio
I'm thinking after sniffing her "perfume" for a while, he needed stronger!!!
Anyway on a serious note, does Nascar do the random testing on the car owners too? seems kinda stupid to not let him enter a car as an owner the other owners aren't even tested
No, I don't think they test the owners, I guess that is another risk of being an owner/driver. :eek:
(Michael Waltrip & Robby Gordon should take note, be smart & not jeopardize their futures.)
You forgot Tony Stewart.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
Yes, I did forget Tony Stewart ...
(I wonder if anger-management medication is approved.) :eek:
Mayfield speaks out ...
Yep, that is what I would have said ... http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ink/orn/jo.gifQuote:
"In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over the counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test. My doctor and I are working with both Dr. Black and NASCAR to resolve this matter."
I hope we're not talking about steroid in NASCAR coz this would be very very funny. I hope this is some sort of heroin or crack or even alcohol to make this news worth reading.
In baseball, football or soccer, and basketball, i see the use of steroid to increase their performance......but in NASCAR, what's the use?
What is that supposed to mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cart750hp
If he is a Druggie send him on his way. Don't need no druggies in NASCAR or anywhere.. He be putting a cap in his head next.
Can you imagian on TOP of the, well lets just say on the inside with all the perks of NASCAR on Friday.
Come Saturday you BUSTED and your OUT.
Put a FORK in him cause he is DONE. A has been.
He better have a healing, see the light, come to Jesus.
Can I get a AMEN.
Yeah, really. Let's face it. Jeremy isn't the sharpest pencil in the cup. The AP article on the subject has this interesting little blurb:Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
And from ESPN at the time of that incident:Quote:
Just days after the Daytona 500, one of Mayfield's crew members became the first person punished under NASCAR's new drug policy for a failed test. Mayfield fired Paul Chodora after he was suspended.
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...e=RPMHeadlinesQuote:
Pit crew member Paul Chodora of Jeremy Mayfield's No. 41 Sprint Cup team has been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for violating the new substance abuse policy.
Chodora, who NASCAR confirmed was a member of Mayfield's team Thursday, is the first person to be punished under the policy that was amended last season to mandatory preseason testing and random testing throughout the season.
"Mayfield Motorsports respects the decision by NASCAR to indefinitely suspend Paul Chodora," Jeremy Mayfield said in a statement issued Thursday. "We as an organization appreciate NASCAR's drug testing policies and policing efforts as it makes the sport stronger overall. If Paul doesn't comply with NASCAR's reinstatement process, then he will no longer be an employee of Mayfield Motorsports."
Kevin Harvick fired two members of his Truck Series team that failed drug tests given by his organization, not NASCAR, prior to the season.
Mayfield's team was formed only a month ago and crew members were not all hired at the time of NASCAR's preseason testing in January. Chodora was given a license by the governing body to participate in Sunday's Daytona 500, then was tested and suspended after only a day and a half of work.
Chodora has served previously as a front tire changer with Johnny Sauter's team.
that sucks :( hopfully he can get the issue resolved with nascar
I have two issues with this. First off, I have little or no time for Mayfield, for if you guys were paying attention to his ouster from what was then Evernham Racing, it was his big mouth that got him gassed going on about Ray's affair with Erin Crocker in the press, and saying Ray wasn't committed to the team. So We can say right off Jeremy isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. He may have been right on some level, but telling the press all of this was brain dead.
Fast forward 3 years and we have Jeremy as a team owner and driver of his own effort getting nailed in a NASCAR drug test. Unlike the first example of Jeremy's brain dead behaviour, I tend to want to say I think I want more information. IT isn't enough to say "he failed" and cya. I want to know what they found. He claims it may be an issue with something he was taking legally under a doctor's care. Are the NASCAR testing procedures done by a 3rd Party?
Listen, I don't believe the guy is a druggie. Heck, I met him when he first was up with Kranefuss Haas driving the K-Mart T-birds and he was a decent enough guy to talk to then and although I think his big mouth got him pushed out of the 19 and his ride with Penske, I would like more information before I condemn the guy to eternity as a druggie. Somehow, I cant see him and Aaron Fike in the same category.
At least, not with the infomation provided. I am sure he was on something, but it would nice to be treated as adults and be told what....
NASCAR has a list of what is not approved substances ...
Perhaps Mayfield was taking some kind of pain medication & it popped him positive.
I don't think it was cocaine or any illegal substance like pot or meth or etc ...
Mayfield probably should have investigated into what he was taking, now it may cost him dearly. :s
Perhaps NASCAR will use good judgement if it was a positve due to Mayfield's ignorane of what he was taking ...
however sometimes using NASCAR & good judgement in the same sentence is an oxymoron. :s
Here's some clarification on the subject. No lame excuses for you, Mr Mayfield. And, yes, the testing is done by a third party testing facility.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor...mayfield_N.htm
snippet:
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"What we have is a clear violation of policy," said David Black, whose Tennessee-based Aegis Labs conducts NASCAR's random testing program. "In my many years of experience, I have never seen a violation like this due to the combination of over-the-counter or prescription products."
Black, citing NASCAR policy, declined to specify what caused Mayfield to test positive, saying it was "a drug of concern." NASCAR announced before Saturday's race at Darlington Raceway that Mayfield — the first driver tagged under the series' first-year mandatory testing program — had been suspended indefinitely.
Mayfield couldn't be reached for comment Sunday. His agent, Bobby Wooten, said Mayfield was taking allergy medicine when the urine samples were collected at Richmond International Raceway a week ago.
The series doesn't have a set list of banned substances, although drivers were warned before the start of the season that they would be screened for steroids, amphetamines and recreational drugs. Black said "there's no way a driver would be in violation" for using common cold and allergy medications as directed.
Many prescription pain medications are barbiturates & would likely be on the banned list.
I would think so, Stan. I can recall some injured drivers going off their pain meds early in a race week so they were clear-headed for the race. That would lead me to believe that drivers clearly understood for years what they needed to do to be fit to race.
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...ory?id=4159387
I just knew when I heard Mayfield was disputing the test there was a 75% chance it involved "pseudoephedrine", and it's going to be a big legal mess.
Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant & shouldn't be on the list anyway. http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...s/rolleyes.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonesi
WTF is NASCAR thinking :?: http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...cons/icon8.gif
So much for Carl Edwards driving "Claritin clear" ... http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...s/rolleyes.gifQuote:
Sources close to the situation said Mayfield claims he took Claritin D,
an over-the-counter allergy drug that contains pseudoephedrine, a substance banned by most sports.
I find it hard to believe that an OTC medication is on the banned list. That said I do agree with Dr Yesalis that NASCAR should provide drivers with a list of banned substances. Do we know that they don't?
The problem here IS.. Mayfield is not raiseing hell saying nothing.
I mean if was a otc drug/something like that.. I would be in the media's face
24/7. On every outlet saying I have not SNORTED SMOKED ANYTHING..
He has NOT said anything in defence of himself. You would HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR how much BS is this is.
I'M CLEAN I DO NOT DO DRUGS.
Do you really think both he and a crew guy go popped for Pseudoephedrine?
Were there is heat there is FIRE. I think the boys are doing drugs.
He might as well give his heart to JESUS. Have a healing coming on.
Get in Rehab, get CLEAN & start to see the light.
He might be HAVE the habit and have to give racing up.
He might be happy to get a job pumping gas or Wal Mart???
VIAGRA........performance enhancing.
Sometimes OTC drugs can mix with banned drugs to create a false negative when testing for banned drugs.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
France said Friday he considers performance-enhancers and recreational drugs to be serious violations. But a person familiar with Mayfield’s test results told The Associated Press that Mayfield did not test positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
That means Mayfield tested positive for a narcotic or a controlled substance, such as cocaine, marijuana or methamphetamine.
Mark Martin used to drive the Viagra car ... hmmmmmmm ...Quote:
Originally Posted by muggle not
could that be a factor in Mark Martin being such a "hard charger" lately ??? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ink/orn/00.gif
It's "hard" to tell. Something seems to have charged the old man. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RaceFanStan
So cocaine or meth are not considered "performance enhancing" drugs? Odd line there. As far as the pseudophedrine, I guess it's possible, but I just think that's a bunch of BS. If NASCAR banned him for an OTC allergy drug, then I disagree with NASCAR. But I would be pretty naive to believe that they banned him for claritin D. Sorry, just don't buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by youtellme
OK This is a STEP in the right direction.. He must read this forum:
CONCORD, N.C. (AP)—Jeremy Mayfield insisted Saturday his positive test didn’t result from using an illegal drug and will consider legal action to rescind his indefinite suspension.
In an interview from the infield of Lowe’s Motor Speedway—where NASCAR later said he shouldn’t have been under the terms of his suspension—the Sprint Cup driver said he used a legal prescription drug, which he would not identify, and took Claritin-D to treat allergies.
He indicated he hasn’t been told what showed up in his positive test, which led to his suspension a week ago.
“A legal prescription drug, that’s what I take,” Mayfield said. “And I had allergies at Richmond that were really, really bad. On (May 7) I got a call and said you’ve tested positive for whatever they called it.
“I said, ‘OK, no problem. I’ve got all my paperwork ready.’ He said ‘You’ll fax that to us; it’ll cancel out your test.”’
If he tests positive because of what he says, then he will be back in the race car in a hurry wont he? However, there is the fact that the lab said no over the counter stuff could have done what this test showed. The Doc came right and said there was something here that isn't easily explained.
Jeremy can protest all he wants now, he waited a week before saying much of anything and that says to me he was trying to figure out a PR strategy. Not-Guilty innocent victims scream bloody murder, people with something to hide hire PR consultants.
The longer this goes on, the more obvious it was Jeremy took something that he shouldn't have for less than innocent reasons.
I am tired tho of NASCAR not just coming out and saying what this is. Many feel it isn't our business, but it stops the speculation and the judgement of whether NASCAR was wrong or Jeremy was wrong. It makes one or the other right and the other wrong and we can move forward. However, NASCAR being NASCAR has to keep it all under wraps....allowing silly people to question their motives or conspiracy theoriests room to create fantasies...
I don't know where you get that from this article. The guy who questions the lack of a list ( something I agree NASCAR should publish ) still points out that even a doubling a dose of Clartin may make him unsuitable to race. He also backs the lab's assertion that no properly taken over the counter drug should have given an positive result of this manner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonesi
It all comes back to Jeremy not coming clean here. HE took something that NASCAR didn't want him to take because they were concerned of the effect it would have on his judgement and ability to drive the race car. PERIOD. There is no hidden agenda to keep Mayfield out of NASCAR, heck he misses more shows than he made anyhow. He took something that he shouldn't have. That alone has him out of the car. All this whining about his allergies and crap is just a PR exercise so we don't think he was shooting smack or doing meth. I never felt he was doing either, but I suspect he has an issue with taking prescription drugs that he shouldn't be taking. He wouldn't be the first, and wouldn't be the last normal guy off the street that got addicted to something he doesn't need, or shouldn't be taking while driving race cars at 180mph.
CONCORD, N.C. – Suspended owner/driver Jeremy Mayfield on Saturday night was asked to leave the infield area of Lowe’s Motor Speedway by NASCAR officials.
Mayfield left without incident.
Mayfield, who is under indefinite suspension by NASCAR for a violation of the sport’s substance abuse policy, stood atop a National Guard hospitality hauler near the infield tunnel entrance in Turn 3 watching his team compete in Saturday night’s Sprint Showdown, a preliminary event for the Sprint All-Star Race.
Jeremy seems to have a habit of getting himself into trouble of one sort or another.
Most Drug Addicts do that.
That's true. Addicts lie very convincingly.
nascar says mayfield failed a drug test but wont say what drug it was
mayfield says it is a mistake and that he didnt do anything wrong
i think if nascar wont reveal the drug tests and what drug it is then mayfield should be reinstated
just because nascar says a driver failed a drug test doesnt make it so
in my opinion nascar must show the test results and back up their claim or stfu
I lean to agree with you old hippie.
NASCAR should be held acountable for their charges agaiinst a driver.
Prove it to the fans or else don't take action against the driver !
I hope everyone remembers the questionable debris cautions we experience often.
(you know the bogus debris cautions are used to bunch the field for a more exciting race.)
Can you really believe that a driver/owner would be so stupid as to risk losing everything just to take drugs ???
I really have to question the validity of NASCAR's claim against Jeremy Mayfield.
An alledged use of an undisclosed drug that merits suspension, all done in secret ...
I met Jeremy Mayfield, he was an arrogant snob but he didn't come off as being stupid to me.
C'mon NASCAR, step-up & prove your allegations against Jeremy Mayfield.
I resent an association that dictates rules without revealing them until an alledged violation occurs.
Show us fans the so-called drug list & WHAT drug Jeremy Mayfield alledgedly took.
NASCAR, dare to let us be the judge if you are going too far. http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...ongue-anim.gif