Mayfield shoots holes in his innocent stance
Since his banishment from NASCAR 2009, Jeremy Mayfield has seemed to be—and pardon my language here—hell-bent on proving his innocence, that NASCAR was the bad guy here in this situation, that the sanctioning body’s drug testing methods were flawed, and he was an innocent victim, being unjustly crucified.
The self-proclaimed unjustly crucified former driver probably shot his innocent defense in the foot, so to speak, a couple of days ago when meth—the drug Mayfield was busted for using by his multiple failed drug tests—was found in his home while local police were searching his home for stolen merchandise.
And, by the way, that stolen merchandise the cops were looking for—some reported stolen from Red Bull Racing, some belonging to the state of North Carolina and more from a couple of other local Charlotte, N.C.-area business—was also found in Mayfiled’s home.
On top of that, police saw fit to confiscate some 40 firearms from Mayfield to make sure they weren’t stolen also.
Mayfield doesn’t look so innocent now, does he?
Of course, this is no joking matter. Drug use and/or addiction and theft are serious matters, and I don’t mean to sound like this is a humorous matter. But Mayfield has seemed to relish being in the spotlight the past couple of years, with appeal after appeal of a failed lawsuit he filed against NASCAR while proclaiming his innocence instead of just going away quietly.
Have we heard the last from Mayfield, aside from court decision(s) in regard to this most recent matter? Probably not. And if not, what will his defense of this problem be?
Not so long ago, I referred to Mayfield as sort of a Charlie Sheen of NASCAR. Sheen seems to have at least somewhat cleaned up his act? Will Mayfield? Only time will tell, I guess.
On a side note: I just happen to call Mayfield’s home state of Kentucky my home and live only about an hour from his hometown of Owensboro. As I write this, a local radio station is taking a poll regarding whether or not Mayfield should have his Kentucky residency revoked. Mayfield hasn’t actually lived in Kentucky for several years, and this poll is just being conducted for fun. But once your home state fans start turning on you, can you really count on having many supporters at all anymore?
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