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.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07/15 at 10:32 PMI totally agree with you Jerry. Mayfield has been holding his cards close to his chest. The time has come to lay all the cards on the table and not wait for the court proceedings.
If he has nothing to hide, and he has all the information that will get him off the hook in court, let’s hear it now and not waste the judge’s time. For a while Jeremy was winning in the court of public opinion, but with the revelation that his July 6 drug test once again shows a positive result; and, that after he was given the ability to race by the court and has not, that opinion is dwindling quickly.
“Like sands through the hourglass… so are the Days of Our Lives.”
Is it true that Jose Conseco is his book agent?
Matthew Mark
Darnestown, Maryland
Curiouser and curiouser - You are 100% right, someone is going to be shown as the biggest fool in history. I can’t understand what Jeremy has to gain by fighting if the allegations are true. By the same token, it is hard to believe that Nascar and/or Dr. Black would screw this up twice. If they have, Jeremy will make more from this than he ever did driving a car.
Theres some very basic facts that nobody has reported yet and can be easily obtained with some help from Wikipedia or even Google.
Now then, if Jeremy has been using meth for “years” then my first of many questions is why has nobody seen him doing this? surely the evidence must be all over his home.
second question is how is he paying for this..i dont know the first thing about buying meth but i would guess it can get expensive as heck..how can be be a meth addict AND own a race team
thirdly why doesnt Jeremy show signs of being a meth user. one of the forums i frequent posted a image which showed meth users after 10 years (http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue/MethResources/faces/photo_12.html) does Jeremy look like these people?
Im no Mayfield fan in the least, and if hes guilty then may he serve some time like every other shmoe *BUT* if hes innocent then i hope to all good graces that he sues the living daylights out of NASCAR and every driver who spoke out against him
As for his mom..good lord this lady is worse than some lawyers as far as making my skin crawl especially since i dont know any parent who would sit by and watch their kid just enjoy some meth ...30 times…
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