Mayfield’s Case Looking Gloomier
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Tuesday’s news that the so-called “expert” witness used to dispute NASCAR’s claims against Jeremy Mayfield may be a fraud only serves to make Mayfield’s case – which once appeared pretty strong – now fraught with even more bad news.
While I’m still not ready to believe Mayfield used illegal drugs such as methamphetamines, which is believed to be the knockout punch that got him suspended indefinitely from NASCAR competition, I have to admit Mayfield’s saga is cause for great concern.
First, Mayfield claimed he forgot to tell NASCAR doctors that he was taking a prescribed medication to treat a newly diagnosed case of ADD & ADHD. Okay, I can understand that one.
He also apparently forgot to tell NASCAR he took a double dose of Claritin-D for a bad outbreak of allergies. I can understand that.
But now, if NASCAR’s allegations Tuesday are true that Mayfield’s expert witness, Dr. Harvey MacFenerstein, falsely misrepresented himself and his credentials to Mayfield, NASCAR and federal court officials, Mayfield’s case is going to sink further into the toilet.
And that’s something I and a lot of other people can’t understand.
Didn’t Mayfield or his attorneys or other representatives not perform proper due diligence on MacFenerstein’s background?
Didn’t they do what has become almost routine in business today, to have an independent investigator check out MacFenerstein and his credentials?
Or, did Mayfield & Co. simply pick MacFenerstein’s name out of a hat or found him on a street corner, and naively believed him when he said he was an expert on illegal drugs and that NASCAR’s drug policy was not in line with federal guidelines?
NASCAR alleges MacFenerstein doesn’t have the medical degrees or certifications he claims. Those are pretty hefty charges.
From what I’ve read, it would appear NASCAR has a pretty strong case that MacFenerstein will have difficulty disputing.
If those findings are proven true, frankly, Mayfield is going to have a much harder time than he already has undergone in trying to explain things not just to NASCAR, and to the federal court when his case goes to trial, but more importantly, to all his fans and peers.
There’s such a thing as a rush to judgment, but is Mayfield’s case one that suddenly became a rush to find someone, anyone, to back up his story – only to realize he made yet another mistake in this whole saga – and one that could be his biggest mistake of all?
