NASCAR on Wednesday filed court papers asking that Jeremy Mayfield’s indefinite suspension for violating the sport’s substance abuse policy be reinstated after his most recent test came up positive for methamphetamines.
Court documents also included affidavits that Mayfield is a longtime user of the illegal drug.
We say to the court that Jeremy flouted both this Court’s authority and NASCAR’s Substance Abuse Policy by ingesting the same illegal drug that he has repeatedly denied taking within days of the Court’s granting of the preliminary injunction,” court documents said.
Mayfield once again denied ever using the illegal drug.
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“I don’t trust anything NASCAR does, anything [program administrator] Dr. David Black does, never have, never will,” Mayfield said.
An affidavit by Mayfield’s stepmother, Lisa, said “she has personal knowledge of Mr. Mayfield using and even manufacturing methamphetamine, including his usage of methamphetamine before a race as far back as a decade ago.”
“I first saw Jeremy using methamphetamine in 1998 at Jeremy’s shop on Jackson Road in Mooresville, North Carolina,” she said. “Jeremy cooked some of his own methamphetamine in his shop by the house until the stores took pseudoephedrine off the shelves. In addition to making methamphetamine for his own use, I am aware that Jeremy has bought methamphetamine from others.” ESPN
“I was concerned about his heavy use and talked to his father about it,” Lisa Mayfield said. “I saw Jeremy use methamphetamine by snorting it up his nose at least 30 times during the seven years I was around him.”
Mayfield denied those claims as well.
“I’m not even going to call that lady my stepmom,” Mayfield said. “She’s a very evil lady who can be bought.”
David Black said the second test reaffirms the initial test from May 1 that began more than two months of legal wrangling.
“This is a drug that is very problematic and it’s not too surprising that you would have a second positive,” said Black, whose Tennessee-based Aegis Analytical Laboratories run’s NASCAR’s screening program. “The evidence shows that we have a meth user who should not be allowed to compete in NASCAR. He presents a risk to himself and others. I think this outcome demonstrates the strength of NASCAR’s drug policy and the policy as applied does work.”
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Even if the court fails to reinstate the ban, it’s unclear when Mayfield will race again. Mayfield has been eligible to race the last two Sprint Cup events, but his one-car team has missed the last nine events. Mayfield has no employees left working for his team after GM Bob Wooten left the team Wednesday and it could be unlikely that many owners would take a flyer on Mayfield. USA Today
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