NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine for the second time and lawyers for the racing series argued the driver should have his ban reinstated, according to a motion filed in federal court Wednesday.
According to court documents filed by NASCAR Wednesday, Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamine in a random drug test administered last week by the sanctioning body, the Associated Press is reporting.
The positive result from a July 6 random test was included in a U.S. District Court filing Wednesday that asked the federal judge who lifted Mayfield’s drug suspension to reinstate the ban. The filing included an affidavit from Mayfield’s stepmother, Lisa, who said she witnessed the driver using methamphetamine at least 30 times over seven years.It was also reported that NASCAR’s filing said that the “A” sample levels from the July 6 test showed levels of methamphetamine consistent with a habitual, high dose user.
“Between 1998 and 2005, I am personally aware that Jeremy used methamphetamines often,” she said in her affidavit. “I was concerned about his heavy use and talked to his father about it. I saw Jeremy use methamphetamine by snorting it up his nose at least 30 times during the 7 years I was around him. Jeremy used methamphetamine not only in my presence, but also when we were both in the presence of others.”
On May 8 NASCAR announced Mayfield had been indefinitely suspended from racing for failing a drug test, though it wasn’t until a little over two weeks ago that NASCAR confirmed methamphetamine was the drug Mayfield had tested positive for in a random test administered on May 1.
Mayfield contested his stepmother’s account.
“I don’t trust anything NASCAR does, anything Dr. David Black does, never have, never will,” Mayfield told The Associated Press in a phone interview. Black is the administrator for NASCAR’s drug-testing program.
“And they picked the wrong woman to use against me because that (expletive) is trash and has got nothing on me but lies.”
Mayfield was the first driver suspended under NASCAR’s new stringent testing policies put in place for the 2009 season. The new policy made pre-season testing mandatory for drivers, crew members and series officials and also allowed for random testing during the season. NASCAR’s former drug policy was based on testing of individuals based on suspicion.
Mayfield, 39, has made five starts this season in the Sprint Cup Series for a team that he began prior to the season opening Daytona 500. His best finish of the season, 32nd, came at Talladega Superspeedway on April 26. Mayfield hasn’t driven full-time in the Sprint Cup Series since 2005. The Owensboro, Ky. native, made his Sprint Cup Series debut in 1993 and has made 433 starts in the division. He has five career Sprint Cup Series victories – the last coming in 2005 – along with 48 top-5 finishes and 96 top-10’s. He was released from his ride with what was then Evernham Motorsports in Aug. 2006. He made 25 starts over the last two seasons for various teams.
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