As Mayfield’s World Turns, Reality Show Morphs Into Soap Opera
Jeremy Mayfield tests positive a second time for methamphetamine use.
Mayfield’s stepmother says she witnessed him use meth 30 times over seven years.
On Sirius NASCAR Radio Wednesday night, Mayfield says his stepmother “pretty much shot and killed my dad.”
Again, on Sirius, Mayfield says friends “in the movie business, kind of, out in L.A.,” are taping a 24/7 documentary of what he’s going through in his fight with NASCAR.
Mayfield goes in front of a federal court judge for an emergency injunction so that he could race once again to earn money, only to fail to show up at the next two races.
Mayfield’s last two employees, officially left the company earlier this week. He’s left with a garage full of six race cars but with no one to work on them and no sponsorship to put them back on the race track. Rumors are that he’s put everything up for sale.
Other rumors have Mayfield thinking about writing a tell-all book about NASCAR that will air some very dirty laundry about officials past and present in the sanctioning body, as well as the media that covers the sport.
I tell you, if this weren’t reality, it would make a hell of a soap opera.
And now, Mayfield promises more information will come out today and in the coming days that, as we’re expected to believe, will support his case and tell the rest of the story.
I understand Mayfield doesn’t want to spill too many beans for fear of jeopardizing his lawsuit against NASCAR. I also understand NASCAR’s desire to keep him off the track, particularly now that he has supposedly tested positive from a second independent test.
That, even though Mayfield claims he has 16 tests that he’s taken over the last several weeks, that show him clean as a whistle.
But let’s focus in on just one aspect of this whole circus. If Mayfield’s stepmother supposedly saw him using drugs 30 times over seven years, why didn’t she report him to NASCAR before this whole mess?
Would any normal, rational human being let someone they know or are related to, risk their life and the lives of 42 others on a race track if they know someone is hopped up on drugs? Failing to inform NASCAR or even law enforcement, even after just the first time, is nothing short of criminal in my mind.
And now, Lisa Mayfield, Jeremy’s mother, comes out and suddenly gives such damning testimony about her stepson. And, of course, NASCAR trumpets her allegations as proof against Jeremy – when in reality, it still remains her word against his word. There’s no “proof” there whatsoever, and I’m a bit surprised that NASCAR would bring Lisa Mayfield into the mix, because all it “proves” to me right now is she has an axe to grind against her stepson. What happens if her testimony is eventually contradicted or disproven in court? What does NASCAR do – or look like – then?
Somebody’s lying here, be it Lisa Mayfield, Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR or Aegis Labs (which administered the first test that found Mayfield with a positive result, leading to his suspension by NASCAR).
I must admit, I read the transcript of Jeremy’s interview on Sirius NASCAR Radio from Wednesday night, and it appeared to me that he not only danced around things, he also seemed to have a problem forming a cohesive explanation about much of the recent goings-on.
Now, I understand Jeremy’s been under tremendous strain over the last two-plus months, and the new damning accusations by his stepmother have done tremendous damage to his case.
We keep hearing from Jeremy that he’s going to come forth with more information and details that are, in effect, going to sink NASCAR’s ship.
But given how this soap opera has played out, particularly in light of Wednesday’s revelations, Mayfield should immediately come out and tell everything that he supposedly has up his sleeve as an ace for his own cause.
After all, he’s going to bring all that information to light in court, anyway, so if he truly has nothing to hide, reveal it now, rather than just adding another unfortunate chapter to this soap opera.
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