Jeremy Mayfield released a statement following his suspension for violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy.
Mayfield said:
As both a team owner and a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, I have immense respect for the enforcement policies NASCAR has in place. In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over the counter medicine reacted together and resulted in a positive drug test. My Doctor and I are working with both Dr. Black and NASCAR to resolve this matter. Mayfield Motorsports remains committed to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the organization will announce an interim owner and a temporary replacement driver early next week. Those roles will commence immediately beginning with next week’s Sprint Open and continuing through Charlotte and beyond.
[...] whose Aegis Labs runs NASCAR’s random testing program, disputed Jeremy Mayfield’s claim that use of two allergy medicines led him to fail a drug test, resulting in [...]
Hopefully, NASCAR allows the splitting of test samples in order to allow the accused to have his tested by a legal lab other than NASCAR. If not allowed, it is then called Communism!
I worked as a business agent in a labor union and there were a few times that the accused had a false/positive and we were successful in an arbitration. Heck, I suppose arbitration is banned in NASCAR also.
[...] Mayfield’s failed test was reported, he came out and said: In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over-the-counter [...]
[...] failing the test, Mayfield said: In my case, I believe that the combination of a prescribed medicine and an over-the-counter [...]
[...] failed a drug test in May and was suspended indefinitely. Mayfield claimed that the test was the result of a reaction from taking a double dose of Claritin and Adderall RX [...]
[...] in May of last year for violating NASCAR’s substance abuse policy. At the time, Mayfield claimed that it was due to the a mix of Adderall RX, which he said he was perscribed for attention deficit [...]
[...] NASCAR since May of 2009, when he failed a random drug test at Richmond International Raceway. In a statement follwing the test, Mayfield blamed it on ”the combination of a prescribed medicine and an [...]