No legal action filed Friday in Jeremy Mayfield case
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Friday, May 22, 2009
CONCORD, N.C. – Attorney Bill Diehl says it will be next week before he and driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield reveal what action they might take against NASCAR over the sanctioning body's suspension of Mayfield following a positive drug test taken May 1.
“You’ll find out more what [we are] going to do next week – nothing is going to happen today,” Diehl said late Friday afternoon. “Not that we haven’t been working today. … We are going through this methodically, and we’re doing a lot of things, and nothing is going to happen today.”
NASCAR indefinitely suspended Mayfield on May 9 over the positive test. NASCAR Chairman Brian France indicated May 15 that an indefinite suspension such as the one Mayfield received is for a positive test of performance-enhancing drugs or illegal recreational drugs.
Mayfield denied May 16 that illegal drugs caused the positive test and suggested that a combination of a prescription drug and Claritin-D resulted in the positive test.
On Thursday, Mayfield and his attorneys met with NASCAR officials and attorneys for about an hour with no resolution.
Mayfield is the first Cup driver to be suspended for violating NASCAR’s substance-abuse policy since Tim Richmond in 1988 and the first suspended since NASCAR instituted random drug testing this season. Aegis Laboratories, headed by Dr. David Black, a toxicologist, conducts the testing.
No driver has been successful at legally challenging a NASCAR positive drug test.
J.J. Yeley, who is driving for Mayfield Motorsports during Mayfield’s absence, failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600 this weekend at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Diehl said Thursday that Mayfield’s reputation had been harmed. The 39-year-old Mayfield is a five-time race winner and a two-time participant in the Chase For The Sprint Cup. He had qualified for five of the first 11 races this year.
“Have you ever heard of damage to reputation being undone?” Diehl said. “I never have.”
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TSpaniel said:
May 22, 2009 at 6:55 PMJust curious why JM has not revealed the prescription drug he was taking??
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» Confirm Abuse Reportmotorsportsphotography said:
May 22, 2009 at 7:00 PMBecause the drug wasn't legal, that's why. He is not being honest and everyone knows it.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTSpaniel said:
May 22, 2009 at 10:06 PMA prescription drug(which is scripted by a physician or dentist) is a legal medication. If it is an illegal drug a pharmacist could not fill it and if he did the prescribing Dr. and the pharmacist would be subject to disciplinary action with possible forfeiture of their license.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporthobbit3354 said:
May 23, 2009 at 11:29 AMso at least we have Mayfield saying the test WAS positive, lets say its for a "banned" substance...something NASCAR says if it's in your system...you don't race...must be a nasty drug that has some side effects...of course what prescribed drugs don't have side effects...some far worse that what they are supposed to be for...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportolthunder said:
May 23, 2009 at 12:15 PMIf Nascar hasn't said what drug it was, I doubt there was one. They aren't known for being honest or fair. Why else would we not know? Innocent till proven guilty. He should be in the car till drug is known.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCrazyClyde said:
May 23, 2009 at 1:20 PMIt is on Jeremy to release info as far as the results, not NASCAR. I've heard of people failing tests simply by eating poppy seed rolls beforehand.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporthobbit3354 said:
May 23, 2009 at 3:34 PMNASCAR can't release to the public what it was without Mayfield's permission...there are privacy laws...if NASCAR released the info, Mayfield would sue NASCAR...there was quite a story with the Tim Richmond incident years back...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
May 23, 2009 at 3:50 PMcertain steroids mixed with over the counter drugs can produce strange results that MIGHT show up as something else! we need to know what drugs were involved before any judgement should be made. it's up to jeremy to release that info, but
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
May 23, 2009 at 5:50 PMNascar isn't going to reveal it, and Jeremy certainly isn't going to say what he took with the clartin d, which I found quite odd. And with all the other drivers telling Nascar what they put in their bodies beforehand, and Jeremy didn't, I think Jeremy is hiding something. And I don't think we'll ever know what that other drug is because Jeremy isn't talking and we know Nascar isn't...because of Privacy Laws. Which I had a feeling Jeremy was daring them to reveal it, but they didn't.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportZiggy said:
May 23, 2009 at 6:27 PMBrian France said Mayfield tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug "OR" illegal recreational drugs. So that could be almost anything.The test could have had positive results and Nascar has no idea what it was.I don't think an attorney like Bill Diehl would take Jeremy's case unless he knows the substance Jeremy used and has proof what it is.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbbigrod said:
May 23, 2009 at 7:46 PMYou can be sure of ONE thing; Diehl will be out to win. Count on it. Jeremy will be back.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
May 23, 2009 at 7:49 PMdiehl will be the only one to win $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMeg said:
May 31, 2009 at 7:37 PMI’m didn’t throw “anybody under the sped sled” !! NASCAR’s attorney, Paul Hendrick, said in court that the test found a “dangerous, illegal, banned” substance, but did not specify what it was. Hendrick said three drugs were found in Mayfield’s system with the test, and that two were accounted for: Claritin-D allergy medicine and Adderall …If Jeremy is not healthy enough to race without taking prescription meds mixed with over-the-counter medicine, (plus something else thrown in), then he should be benched. Saying that NASCAR can’t stop someone from taking prescription drugs is ludicrous.. Of course drivers can take their medication, but NASCAR can and will prohibit them from racing when they see fit. Whose game is it anyway…? Since when do the drivers get to call the shots? Saying that you don't think we want Mayfield to have his ADHD flare up in the middle of the race and something terrible happen is a riot…We don’t want him driving PERIOD… Neither you nor I know exactly what drugs he had in his system, but what we do know is that it was of “great concern” to NASCAR.
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