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It is really quite clear to anyone who takes the time to download the PDFs of the filings from this case, go through the many pages, and read up on the facts of the case that Mayfield doesn't have a leg to stand on. But he knows most everyone won't go to that trouble.

I have gone to that trouble, so let me break down a few facts:

Mayfield claims he took Adderall and Claritin D and that this caused a false positive for meth. While it is true that in many tests, Adderall can test for meth, as it contains meth, the Aegis labratory was able to show with its advanced testing three substances: the Adderall, the Claritin, and and third substance, which they identify as a narcotic-level of meth.

Mayfield has repeatedly taken his own tests (on his own timetable, which is never ever accepted as proof of anything in any drug case -- when can the accused decide when to take the test? Huh?) at labs that do not have the ability to test for Claritin D. Meaning, they have only the ability to test for Adderall and meth, and since they cannot test for Claritin-D, they say it is a false positive. But there are labs that can test for ClaritinD and Mayfield will not submit to any of them.

Aegis labs has been involved with testing in the government workplace and major sports for 20 years and is recognized as the industry leader. Their exhaustive testing is not simply a pee-in-a-cup-and-it-is-pink-for-positive-or-blue-for-negative. They use multiple rendundancy testing to postively identify every substance in the (anonymous) sample. To date, they have been involved in more than 80,000 cases where someone tested positive for meth, and never once has there been a false positive. The documentation on why it is not a false postiive and how it cannot be a false positive is long, dense, and exhaustive... I don't expect anyone would read it if they didn't have to. But again, I have. Mayfield doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Mayfield was always liked by the fans. I really wish he would clean up, get his career back on track, and preach a postiive message against drugs. He would find a huge audience for his redemption story. As it is, however, he is on a path to ruin. I urge anyone who thinks NASCAR is out to get him to read the filings on the record in court. Mayfield can talk about Brian France's wife all he wants to the press, but the garbage doesn't get put into the record in court, where he will finally have to face the accusations and science against him.