Archive for the ‘Jeremy Mayfield’ Category

Wow. To think I didn’t particularly care for Jeremy Mayfield before everyone thought he was a meth-head.

NASCAR accused Jeremy Mayfield of lying to a federal court about the chronology of a second random drug test, offering to provide an audio tape of the conversation in which Mayfield was told to submit a sample. The driver says the telephone call went to voicemail.

So, he’s a liar too.

Sad. It’s sad that it took people so long to see the real Jeremy Mayfield. How can anyone trust him about drug use when he can’t even tell the truth about a phone call, which was recorded?

What an ass.

Finally, someone does something smart again.

Jeremy Mayfield is back under suspension for a failed random drug test after an appeals court ruled in NASCAR’s favor Friday, issuing a stay on the injunction that gave the driver the right to return to the race track.

The one-page decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stands until NASCAR’s full appeal can be heard.

It’s about time someone wised up. Ruling that Mayfield could race pending the outcome was the stupidest thing anyone has ever done, even though he never showed up to race anyway.

This was a really bad idea. Really bad.

A judge issued a temporary injunction on Wednesday that lifted Jeremy Mayfield’s drug suspension, saying the NASCAR driver is free to race at Daytona this weekend.

U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen concluded the “likelihood of a false positive in this case is quite substantial.” The decision came after NASCAR’s lawyers portrayed Mayfield as a danger to the sport after he tested positive for methamphetamines on May 1. He was suspended indefinitely eight days later.

Mayfield’s lawyers argued he never used recreational drugs and that NASCAR’s testing system was flawed.

It doesn’t matter if the test was “flawed” or what the likelyhood of a false positive was. This judge has now set precedent so every athlete in every sport can now run to the courts to have their suspensions overturned while the investigation of their possible abuse continues.

This was a really bad thing to do. There are other ways to handle it, and this was definitely not the best way.

Probably a smart move by NASCAR. Cover their bases and get it settled on the federal level once and for all.

NASCAR on Tuesday moved Jeremy Mayfield’s challenge of his indefinite suspension to federal court, a move that could keep the driver out of his car another week.

The notification came a day before a North Carolina Superior Court was scheduled to hear arguments pertaining to Mayfield’s suspension for failing a random drug test. NASCAR’s action automatically stayed that proceeding.

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“Administration of NASCAR’s substance abuse policy extends to every state in which it races, which is why the logical forum is federal court,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said.

Sorry Jeremy, you still get no sympathy from me. Those drugs are dangerous and you should not be operating a stock car while taking them. Time for you to find a new career.

One of the primary issues Jeremy Mayfield’s attorneys are using to get their suspended client back on the track would not hold up in the National Football League or the Olympics.

Attorney John Buric argued in a Mecklenburg [N.C.] County Court on Friday that Mayfield’s positive test for amphetamines should be thrown out because the second test, a “B” sample, was done at the same laboratory as the “A” sample.

He will argue that again on Wednesday when Mayfield makes his second court appearance asking for a temporary restraining order that would lift the indefinite suspension for violating the substance abuse policy and allow him to drive this weekend at Pocono.

Does it matter? Jeremy Mayfield, and his attorney are not denying that he used the drugs anymore. Now they’re arguing that the samples weren’t tested somewhere else. Oh boo hoo.

Sitting in a stock car, traveling hundreds of miles per hour, is no place to be when you’re on that type of drug. Prescription or otherwise. If Jeremy Mayfield has a condition that requires him to take that medication, he shouldn’t be allowed to endanger the other drivers, the pit crews, or the fans. Period.

How nice.

Jeremy Mayfield will not return to Bill Davis Racing next season, the team said Wednesday.

Mayfield joined BDR this year as the team expanded to two cars, but he’s struggled to make races and has only qualified for eight of the 21 events this season.

“Jeremy has done all we asked of him and more as part of what has been an enormous challenge in 2007 for the entire BDR Cup program,” team owner Bill Davis said.

This season has been difficult for all new teams, particularly the Toyotas who have to earn their spots in the field and adjust to both a new car and the Car of Tomorrow.

Jeremy has done all we asked of him, and more, but we’re still letting him go. See ya. I wonder if the split was an amicable one?