even more so now.

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This just broke on the AP News Alert wire: NASCAR says Jeremy Mayfield
has tested positive for methamphetamine in a July 6 sample.

The positive result from a July 6 random test was included in a U.S.
District Court filing Wednesday.

The filing includes an affidavit from Mayfield's stepmother, who claims
she personally witnessed the driver using methamphetamine at least 30
times over seven years.

NASCAR says in its filings that the "A" sample had levels of
methamphetamine consistent with habitual users who consume high doses.

The filing also claims Mayfield and his attorneys have failed to select
a qualified laboratory to test the backup "B" sample. .

Are you surprised?

On Jul 15, 7:16*pm, SG <spaamtrap... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
i don't know now...on one hand its hard to trigger false positives
twice, but under the same circumstances it's plausible. however, you'd
think after all the problems he's been through, mayfield would put up
with a runny nose to avoid legal trouble. I'm starting to lean more
towards nascar on this one...

SG wrote:
I had a problem with the sample being taken at his home and then
transported to a lab. It's hard that if he was doing drugs, that he
would continue to do them. Makes no sense. And, where has this stepmom
been up until now?

TS02_05champ wrote:
Damn dog....

SG wrote:

— NASCAR said Jeremy Mayfield once again tested positive for
methamphetamine and asked the federal judge who lifted the driver's drug
suspension to reinstate the ban.

The positive result from a July 6 random test was included in a U.S.
District Court filing Wednesday that included an affidavit from
Mayfield's stepmother, who claimed she personally witnessed the driver
using methamphetamine at least 30 times over seven years.

"Because Mr. Mayfield's repeated and confirmed use of methamphetamine
violates NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy, and because NASCAR must be
permitted to protect the safety of its drivers, crews, and fans, as well
as the integrity of the sport, defendants respectfully request that the
court ... reinstate NASCAR's suspension of Mr. Mayfield," NASCAR wrote
in its filing.

Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test conducted
eight days earlier. NASCAR later said he tested positive for
methamphetamines, but Mayfield has denied ever using the illegal drug.

He sued, and U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen issued an
injunction July 1 that allowed Mayfield to return to competition.

Mullen based his decision on Mayfield's argument that the testing system
is flawed and there was a reasonable likelihood of a false positive. He
also gave NASCAR the right to test Mayfield at any time.

NASCAR did just that July 6 at Mayfield's home and said in its filings
that the "A" sample had levels of methamphetamine consistent with
habitual users who consume high doses.

The filing also claims Mayfield and his attorneys have failed to select
a qualified laboratory to test the backup "B" sample.

But more damaging is an affidavit from Lisa Mayfield, who said she
married Mayfield's father in a 2003 ceremony immediately following
Mayfield's marriage to his wife, Shana.

Lisa Mayfield said she first saw the driver use meth in 1998 at a race
shop in Mooresville, N.C. She said Mayfield cooked his own drugs until
the ingredient pseudoephedrine was taken off the shelves and it became
too difficult for Mayfield to obtain the ingredients.

She said her stepson then began to purchase meth from others.

"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."

Lisa Mayfield said the driver told her he used meth before a
season-ending NASCAR awards ceremony while driving for Ray Evernham. She
also said Mayfield used meth during a 1999 trip to Myrtle Beach that
preceded a race at nearby Darlington Raceway.

"We left Myrtle Beach and traveled to Darlington for the race," she
wrote. "I saw Jeremy using methamphetamine again when we reached
Darlington."

On Jul 15, 7:16*pm, SG <spaamtrap... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
it's hard to argue against lisa mayfield's affidavit, there's no way
someone would lie about stuff like that in a court document, but where
has she been all this time since may when this came out?

espn is reporting that the new "b" sample is still sitting sealed and
is ready for mayfiel to take to a lab of his choice, something he
argued was never done the first time

Somebody is lying, obviously:



http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIrJsPPI21aR09RlfXaGlJuFiysAD99F6NIG4


Just got off the phone with John Buric, one of Jeremy Mayfield's
lawyers. NASCAR filed a documents in federal court today that said
Jeremy Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines on July 6, two days
after the Coke Zero 400.

Buric says they don't believe those results.

"We have test results from the same day an hour later that show they
tested negative," Buric said. "Those tests were not done by one of the
defendants. ... I think it’s a little whimsical that one of the parties
that have a vested interest in this case is conducting the testing. If
NASCAR truly wants to be independent, they should have sent the sample
out to an independent laboratory not give it to one of the defendents."

In the filings NASCAR says it offered a sealed B sample for Mayfield to
have tested at a separate facility, but Mayfield's lawyers refused. The
filings also include an affidavit from Mayfield's stepmother which says
Mayfield used methamphetamines frequently.

Tim Shelton wrote:
<snip>

Mayfield angrily contested his stepmother's account.

"Now they got this lying (expletive) to tell lies about me, someone I am
embarrassed even uses the Mayfield name. She's tried everything she can
do to get money out of me, I won't help her, so I guess she found a way
to get money from NASCAR by giving them an affidavit full of lies."

Until they do a "blood" test, this is all bullshit.

"SG" <spaamtrapper (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote


In all the discussion about this situation, I can't recall seeing what
reason NASCAR has for keeping Mayfield off the track, other than to keep a
junkie from possibly harming other drivers.
What does NASCAR gain by falsely claiming a positive result?
What does NASCAR gain by trying to cover up a mistaken positive result with
more fake positive results?


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