Okay, NASCAR is a family run oligarchy and the France family, Brian France and brother-in-law, Mike Helton, rule with an iron fist, but…. Could they possibly possess the arrogance, hubris, and wickedness to do what they are accused of?
Well, Jeremy Mayfield, the alleged drug test flunky, has the answer – they’ve spiked his drug tests. Yes, that’s it, the big powers of NASCAR who have concerns like loss of sponsorship, withdrawal of manufacturer support, television ratings, and the usual massive logistics of keeping the sport on all its levels running smoothly have it out for poor Jeremy. For some reason, the NASCAR big shots want to do him in. They won’t be content to see a driver with a minimally funded operation slowly fade away struggling to qualify for races and then possibly having to settle for a “start and park” performance.
What impairs a person’s judgment worse: being all drugged up or all “lawyered” up?
We’re supposed to believe his attorney’s contention that he has never failed a drug test he’s had administered outside of the NASCAR tests, but he’s pissing in the cup for someone who has a vested interest in his results being at odds with NASCAR.
Mayfield appears to concede he will never race again. This is all a matter of clearing his name in the sense of honor, but the more he babbles about his plight, the less of an upstanding character he comes across as being. Isn’t delusional behavior one of the symptoms of meth addiction?
Alas, we have another conspiracy theory. NASCAR is out to get Jeremy Mayfield. They singled him out and decided to destroy him.
Jeremy Mayfield has been going through something all athletes face someday, the realization their time is over. They will never realize their dreams of championships, repeated wins, and the glories of the spotlight.
He had his chance with Penske driving the #12 car, then ran with Ray Evernham’s Dodge operation which looked like a real up and coming team when Mayfield joined them in 2002. Considering how elusive a Sprint Cup victory is, Jeremy Mayfield won five races between 1998 at Pocono and 2005 in Michigan. Mayfield was a “Chase” contender the first year of the chase in 2004 in 9th place and returned to “The Chase” again in 2005 in the 9th spot. Things fell apart dramatically in 2006. He was dismissed from his #19 ride prior to Watkins Glen in August falling out the top 35 in points. His falling fortune found him race for Bill Davis racing in 2007 only to be released after seven races in 2008. His attempt to run as an independent this year was one last ditch effort to continue a career at NASCAR’s highest level. He’d compete in five races before his expulsion for drug use.
Through out his career, Mayfield often had difficulties with folks in the garage for his insulting comments and accusations. Perhaps what goes around comes around.
It’s hard to imagine what Mayfield and his lawyers hope to accomplish. It would appear they have nothing tangible to post hopes on other than perhaps they can create enough of a hassle for NASCAR, the sanctioning body might be tempted to buy his silence; however, if NASCAR has nothing to hide, and we’ll assume they don’t, they have nothing to lose by staying the course and keeping Mayfield off the track, a move supported by drivers terrified by the though a fellow contender might have skills impaired by powerful drugs.
Meanwhile we offer Jeremy the following quiz:
1- Who really killed John F. Kennedy?
2- In what state was the Air Force base where the Apollo moon landings were supposedly staged?
3- Did Halliburton pay the government to stage the 9/11 attacks?
4- Are black helicopters piloted by purple dinosaurs conducting surveillance on NASCAR shops in the Charlotte NC area?
Well, Jeremy Mayfield, the alleged drug test flunky, has the answer – they’ve spiked his drug tests. Yes, that’s it, the big powers of NASCAR who have concerns like loss of sponsorship, withdrawal of manufacturer support, television ratings, and the usual massive logistics of keeping the sport on all its levels running smoothly have it out for poor Jeremy. For some reason, the NASCAR big shots want to do him in. They won’t be content to see a driver with a minimally funded operation slowly fade away struggling to qualify for races and then possibly having to settle for a “start and park” performance.
What impairs a person’s judgment worse: being all drugged up or all “lawyered” up?
We’re supposed to believe his attorney’s contention that he has never failed a drug test he’s had administered outside of the NASCAR tests, but he’s pissing in the cup for someone who has a vested interest in his results being at odds with NASCAR.
Mayfield appears to concede he will never race again. This is all a matter of clearing his name in the sense of honor, but the more he babbles about his plight, the less of an upstanding character he comes across as being. Isn’t delusional behavior one of the symptoms of meth addiction?
Alas, we have another conspiracy theory. NASCAR is out to get Jeremy Mayfield. They singled him out and decided to destroy him.
Jeremy Mayfield has been going through something all athletes face someday, the realization their time is over. They will never realize their dreams of championships, repeated wins, and the glories of the spotlight.
He had his chance with Penske driving the #12 car, then ran with Ray Evernham’s Dodge operation which looked like a real up and coming team when Mayfield joined them in 2002. Considering how elusive a Sprint Cup victory is, Jeremy Mayfield won five races between 1998 at Pocono and 2005 in Michigan. Mayfield was a “Chase” contender the first year of the chase in 2004 in 9th place and returned to “The Chase” again in 2005 in the 9th spot. Things fell apart dramatically in 2006. He was dismissed from his #19 ride prior to Watkins Glen in August falling out the top 35 in points. His falling fortune found him race for Bill Davis racing in 2007 only to be released after seven races in 2008. His attempt to run as an independent this year was one last ditch effort to continue a career at NASCAR’s highest level. He’d compete in five races before his expulsion for drug use.
Through out his career, Mayfield often had difficulties with folks in the garage for his insulting comments and accusations. Perhaps what goes around comes around.
It’s hard to imagine what Mayfield and his lawyers hope to accomplish. It would appear they have nothing tangible to post hopes on other than perhaps they can create enough of a hassle for NASCAR, the sanctioning body might be tempted to buy his silence; however, if NASCAR has nothing to hide, and we’ll assume they don’t, they have nothing to lose by staying the course and keeping Mayfield off the track, a move supported by drivers terrified by the though a fellow contender might have skills impaired by powerful drugs.
Meanwhile we offer Jeremy the following quiz:
1- Who really killed John F. Kennedy?
2- In what state was the Air Force base where the Apollo moon landings were supposedly staged?
3- Did Halliburton pay the government to stage the 9/11 attacks?
4- Are black helicopters piloted by purple dinosaurs conducting surveillance on NASCAR shops in the Charlotte NC area?
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