I blogged recently about NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield's suspension from the sport after a May 6 drug test came out positive for methamphetamine. Since that time, Mayfield's attorney got his suspension overturned. According to NASCAR, Mayfield has again tested positive for meth, this time on July (see story at link below)
http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/07/15/jmayfield.tests.positive.meth.ap/index.html
Now if he is in fact clean and NASCAR is somehow cooking the test results or is using inaccurate testing methods, then clearly they need to taken down a few notches and shown that they can't push people around like this.
However, if the results are correct, and right now that does appear to be the most likely cenario, then Mayfield needs to banned from NASCAR for life. He is a danger to the other drivers, crews, and to the fans. How will his attorneys feel if they somehow manage to get him reinstated knowing he is a user and he causes an accident and another driver, or worse yet an innocent fan or three wind up dead as a result?
Right now, I stand behind NASCAR and their decision to seek a reinstatement of the ban. Our legal system is built on the "innocent until proven guilty" concept. In this case, the drug tests serve as proof of Mayfield's guilt. All he has otherwise is his assertion of innocence. That is not enough to stand up against the proof provided in the test result.
Sorry Jeremy, you lose yet another round. Are you bound and determined to spend all the wealth you have built up racing on an illfated attempt to get away with something against NASCAR policy and against the law? It sure looks that way. Instead of driving a racecar, we may soon Jeremy Mayfield working a fast food counter asking customers "do you want meth, um, I mean fries with that".
Jim Chitty
Writer/Columnist/Blogger
'There are Liberals, and there are Americans. Which one are you?"
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