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MAYFIELD SAYS NASCAR USING HIM TO SCARE DRIVERS WHO USE COCAINE, MARIJUANA

Posted 10/26/09 at 11:16 AM PDT by | Email This |

For reasons I don't understand, Jeremy Mayfield appeared on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" on Sunday. (The segment taped in September.) During the interview Mayfield more or less said there are drivers who use cocaine and marijuana and NASCAR knows about it. NASCAR's drug policy is so murky, Mayfield's allegation could be true. And this is the part where I point out to NASCAR that if your drug policy is so loosey-goosey that it can seriously be called into question by a man you allege to be a heavy methamphetamine user, maybe it's time to get a new, wacko-proof drug policy.

The "Outside the Lines" segment did not plough any new ground, unless you would like to see how much land a middling Sprint Cup career nets you. (Answer: a lot.)

"You use me as an example to let everybody know who may have already tested positive for marijuana, cocaine or whatever that they haven't got anybody for, and it puts the fear of God in everybody in the whole sport." said Mayfield. "I was a good example, a good pawn who wasn't going to cost them any money at all, I was worth more to them as a failed drug test then I am as a driver/owner for my own team."

Mayfield was asked if he thought this is NASCAR's way of scaring other drivers who may be using into quitting.
"Oh yeah, exactly, for sure without a shadow of doubt that have tested positive either this year or in the past, and this was sending the message to them, saying, 'You better straighten your act up,' without putting them through what they put me through," said Mayfield.

Video: Mayfield's wild ride far from over (Outside the Lines)

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4 Comments

Dave in Indy (not verified)4 years ago

I don't know if the TRUTH will ever come out.

I really do believe that NASCAR singled him, a minor player, out. Just to make an example out of him. Much as they did Carl Long and Robby Gordon, penalized HEAVILLY for MINOR rules infractions. Has a big name team been penalized? The Lowe's Chevy team showed up Daytona a few years back, with obvious illegal suspension / body mount setup, designed to cheat the rulebook and yet that team and driver lost NO points, just a crew chief who was sent back to the shop so he could work on other "projects." Money talks. They expected Mayfield to be quiet and take his lumps.

He is either trying to pull the biggest ruse in NASCAR history or NASCAR got caught, messing with someone's life / career.

Anonymous (not verified)4 years ago

This all sounds like a meth head to me and I have known a lot of them.

Faust (not verified)4 years ago

I really want to believe Mayfield, I really do. Any time I can root against NASCAR and for the drivers/teams I am more than happy to do so. This whole story is just so kooky that I can't do it.

It's funny that when Clemens, McGwire, Bonds and others are accused of using steroids they go silent, and everyone says "if you're really innocent you should be screaming it from the mountaintops"... Well, that's what Mayfield has done, but then he can't seem to stop throwing around these crazy accusations (mother in law killed his dad, NASCAR framed him, aliens abducted him and put the meth in his body), missing drug tests, etc...

 
Joe Donatelli (not verified)4 years ago

You are right, Faust. I want to believe the guy, too. Then he opens his mouth again...

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