Kevin Harvick says “Aaron drove a couple of races for me and there was no reason to think that they were suspicious, but there’s certain people that maybe they experiment with a lot of things. I don’t know about drugs to tell you the truth, but I know that I want to be next to the guy and I want to know he’s clean. I don’t want to have to get in a truck or get in a Nationwide car or get in a cup car and think that somebody had been out the night before and not been clean. It really frustrates me that we have to even as a driver that is responsible and understands how the sports work and respect the sport and respect my sponsors, I’m frustrated with the fact that I have to answer questions about Aaron Fike.
This is always been perceived as a clean sport, let’s not let it be perceived as something that is not clean now because it is for the most part. But let’s prove it.” THATS RACIN
Kasey Kahne says “I think there is more that goes into it than just saying ‘we’re going to test you guys. I don’t understand it totally because I’ve never been tested. I would be up for it (drug testing) at any time just so that I knew — and everybody else knows what’s going on. As much money that’s in this sport, and as lucky as we are to get to do what we do, we should be clean and everybody out there should be.”
NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp “First of all, let me assure you that no issue or conversation that we have with a driver, owner or team member ever falls on deaf ears,” said NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp. “Now, they might not always come out of the meeting with the answer they’re looking for, but we listen.
“The responsibility here rests across the board — with the drivers and competitors, owners and teams and NASCAR. We test an individual when we have reasonable suspicion and a positive test results in severe consequences and is a career-changing moment for that person. NASCAR’s policy is also supported by the various policies that the teams have in place that are required under the driver/owner agreements. No system is flawless, but we believe our zero tolerance policy that is in place has served the sport well.” Page 2 of 2 pages for this article 1 2
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