Jeremy Mayfield Receives First Step Towards Vindication
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Jeremy Mayfield on Wednesday received the first step towards what he hopes will be full vindication.
Mayfield, who has been suspended for nearly two months for allegedly violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy, was awarded a temporary injunction that will allow him to return to race and compete in Sprint Cup events, effective immediately, after his attorney, Bill Diehl, convinced a federal court judge that Mayfield deserves a chance to earn a living while the case is being prepared for a likely eventual trial (pending any out-of-court settlement that might occur beforehand).
While there remains a logistical question of whether Mayfield will be able to drive in Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway – whether he can get his own team and car ready or be forced to become a driver for hire with another team – that he’ll at least be able to compete once again has to have lifted a major burden off Mayfield’s shoulders.
NASCAR, which confirmed Wednesday prior to the issuance of the temporary injunction that Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines in his system, has decided for now not to appeal the judge’s ruling and apparently will allow Mayfield to race at Daytona this weekend, Chicago next weekend and Indianapolis in three weeks.
Yet, I can’t help but wonder if, given that he’s been reinstated, will Mayfield be subject to another drug test.
And then what happens?
Given all the questions that remain unanswered over the original incident, I don’t even want to begin to think of what might happen as a result of this latest turn of events.
I just know one thing: I wouldn’t want to be in either Mayfield’s nor NASCAR’s shoes this weekend and going forward.
Posted by Jerry Bonkowski on 07/02 at 02:30 AMA NASCAR official on Wednesday indicated that if Mayfield attempted to run at Daytona, he would in fact be subjected to a drug test. Mayfield’s attorney stated that he, Mayfield, fully expects to be tested the next time he is at the track, and is ready to provide any sample NASCAR may request.
What do you bet Mayfield’s attorney, in accepting the inevitable, requires NASCAR to have four samples drawn with two of the samples being sent to an independent lab.
Update- Mayfield never showed -NASCAR now questions why such the fuss to lift suspension so quickly,judge told nascar to test mayfield which they said they would Nascar has not lost so the attorney cannot make nascar take more than then 2 samples reqired by federal guidelinesThis is far from over NASCAR rumor of week *to the supreme court if nascar has to And as Mayfields attorney said jm had meth in his system so he has lost all his credability because he lied in the beginning the real next major issue is the testing part of the policy not that dont give a list but did the lab follow guidelines NASCAR poilcy is not under the glass lets all pray NASCAR wins and pray for jm to get through his well to be known problem with meth or and just this also all meth addicts have missing and or brown teeth /i help counsel all addicts
all meth addicts dont have missing and brown teeth /many are super rich also
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