Racing at more than 200 mph is tough enough. No one wants to find themselves wheel-to-wheel with someone who’s under the influence of drugs.
“If we’re out there driving at those speeds,” said Ryan Hunter-Reay, who will start from the final row in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, “it’s good to know everyone has a clear head.”
The Indy Racing League conducts random drug testing under a policy that was beefed up before the 2008 season. But the drug-testing debate was stirred up again this month when NASCAR racer Jeremy Mayfield was suspended over a positive random test that remains clouded in secrecy. Mayfield was the first driver to be …Â Details
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