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
The world record for a car sold at auction tumbled as predicted on the weekend when this 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa fetched 9,020,000 Euro (more than USD$12 million) at the “Ferrari Leggenda e Passione†in Maranello, Italy. Beautiful, rare (only 22 similar models were made) and with a rich and successful race history that began with a debut in the Buenos Aires 1000km in 1958, the 250 TR chassis no. 0714TR was snapped up by an anonymous phone bidder.
Ferrari no. 0714TR is considered one of the most competitive racing Ferraris ever built, having won 10 races in North and South America between 1958 and 1961. It boasts a 300 bhp, 2,953 cc single overhead cam degrees V-12 engine, six Weber 38 DCN carburettors and a four-speed manual gearbox.
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TRG’s Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly fought back from some early race troubles to finish third in the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Verizon Wireless Festival of Speed race run at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca today. It is the second podium in three weeks for the duo who won the last race at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
Ende started the race in the No. 39 DigiTrust Group/Adam’s Polishes/Racer’s Roast Coffee/TRG Porsche 997 from his second row qualifying position. At the start Ende was reporting handling problems and pitted on lap 15. On the next pit stop, Ende turned the car over to Pumpelly and the TRG crew made a sway bar adjustment on the front and an air pressure change, which brought the car back into the track.
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