Mayfield FAILED Drug Test

[RaceFanStan]

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.
WTF is NASCAR thinking

[RaceFanStan]

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.

So much for Carl Edwards driving "Claritin clear" ...

[Sparky1329]

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?

[youtellme]

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.

[youtellme]

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???

[muggle not]

VIAGRA........performance enhancing.

[call_me_andrew]

Pseudoephedrine is a decongestant & shouldn't be on the list anyway.
WTF is NASCAR thinking

Sometimes OTC drugs can mix with banned drugs to create a false negative when testing for banned drugs.

[youtellme]

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.

[RaceFanStan]

VIAGRA........performance enhancing.

Mark Martin used to drive the Viagra car ... hmmmmmmm ...
could that be a factor in Mark Martin being such a "hard charger" lately ???

[muggle not]

Mark Martin used to drive the Viagra car ... hmmmmmmm ...
could that be a factor in Mark Martin being such a "hard charger" lately ???

It's "hard" to tell. Something seems to have charged the old man.