The doctor who administers NASCAR’s drug testing program said on Monday that he personally told Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield what drug resulted in his indefinite suspension at least once.
Dr. David Black, the chairman of Aegis Sciences Corp., in Nashville, Tenn., denied Mayfield’s claim that he hadn’t been told the specific results. Black said he was not sure if Mayfield has received a copy of the test results because a copy would be issued by NASCAR, not Aegis.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said he was not aware of any request by Mayfield to obtain the results.
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TRG Motorsports owner Kevin Buckler hopes the “triple play” his team executes at Lowe’s Motor Speedway during the next two weekends convinces anyone who still doubts how serious he is about NASCAR racing.
Buckler, principal in The Racers Group that also will field seven entries in two GT classes at this weekend’s Grand-Am Rolex Series sports car races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, said he’s committed to the full Sprint Cup Series season, even though none of the three vehicles David Gilliland will drive at Lowe’s Motor Speedway is currently sponsored.
“We’re going to try to continue to work really, really hard on doing as many races as we can this year — we will probably …Â Details
Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield denied on Saturday that he took a substance that violated NASCAR’s substance-abuse policy and plans to do whatever he has to, even if that means legal action, to override his indefinite suspension.
Mayfield, talking publicly for the first time since the governing body announced the suspension on May 9 at Darlington Raceway, denied he took an illegal drug and maintained that his positive test came from combining two over-the-counter Claritin D 24-hour tablets with a prescription drug.
“I’m going to move as quickly as I can,” Mayfield said from the Lowe’s Motor Speedway infield before Saturday night’s All-Star Race. “Yeah, I’m denying it. Illegal drugs? Yeah, definitely.” … Details
Plenty has been made of the extent to which Chrysler and General Motors’ financial problems might impact their NASCAR participation, since Dodge and Chevrolet cars make up a large portion of the field — 24 of the 43 in last weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Darlington. With Chrysler filing for bankruptcy, and General Motors possibly following suit within the next two weeks, there is cause for concern.
Dodge executives have said all the right things regarding the company’s participation in NASCAR — that, despite the bankruptcy … Details