Mayfield granted injunction clearing him to race, NASCAR can appeal-UPDATE
16 Comments Quote selected text Published July 1st, 2009 in NASCAR News
UPDATE: NASCAR chairman Brian France said the organization has no immediate plans to file an appeal, but he didn’t rule it out. “We are disappointed, but we respect the judge’s ruling,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said in a statement. “This is only a temporary injunction. The legal case continues beyond this point, and we will continue to make our case.”
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Jeremy Mayfield is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver again after U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen granted Mayfield’s motion Wednesday for a preliminary injunction to force the sanctioning body to lift his indefinite suspension for a test that NASCAR says was positive for methamphetamines.
NASCAR can appeal the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., and it can ask for Mullen’s ruling to be suspended until a hearing before the appeals court. That request would have to be done quickly as Mayfield has stated that he wants to go to Daytona for the Coke Zero 400 race weekend, which begins with practice Thursday.
Lets just have Jeremy and Brian France punch it out and whoever wins is right.
Can you imagine what Evernham is saying about this…….He’s been bashing Jeremy since day one and once again, ray will get on his soapbox!! Im pullin for ya Jeremy!!!!!!
Everyone was making a big deal about the fence at Dega not holding up correctly…well since mayfields back it will get its regular testing done to it every week…thats a garuntee!
Well, if Jeremy Mayfield really is telling the truth, a Congrats are in order, if he’s lying then I hope he has enough decency to race clean and drug free, so that he doesn’t put the lives of others in danger. It’s not my place to judge, only the good Lord, so maybe this decision was for a reason.
Darrell wrote:
Yeah he’ll get some more fumes from the meth I mean exhaust pipes…lol
actually the fence at dega held fine. You can’t stop all the parts from coming through. As far as Jeremy goes if he was doing drugs I hope he get what he deserves. Suspended, some reckless endangerment charges and a few months in jail.
I hope he comes back and runs good these next couple of races and can put all this crap behind him
First Carl Long gets a break and now Mayfield. It’s about time racers quit getting stuck in the behind with overzealous policies. Now let’s find out what really happened.
Here are a few interesting things to think about.
This injunction just means he is no longer suspended. HOWEVER it does not mean that NASCAR has to approve him or his team to compete in any race. Remember NASCAR has full discretion to turn-down entries for any reason they want.
Also this injunction does not clear Jeremy at all, in-fact it does nothing but open him up to more possible trouble. By that I mean should he somehow scrape together money to race, if he shows up with a car that does not pass tech the first time, expect it to be brought up in the courts how “he can’t even bring a car that is within the rules”. Also if he would throw any sort of temper tantrum after being wrecked or something, expect that to be brought up in court as “him not being in the right mind”.
I also expect him and his team to get tested probably every week, although he would be stupid to still be on anything.
Fisha said: Also if he would throw any sort of temper tantrum after being wrecked or something, expect that to be brought up in court as “him not being in the right mind”.
Jeremys legal defense could be, “hey I was just acting like Kyle Busch.” And then the defense team could show 3 or 4 hours of recent video footage to proove their point.
Justin 99 wrote:
So when he blows through the fence he could say “Hey Carl Edwards did it”, and when he’s too tweeked to find it pit-stall he can use the Dale Jr defense… l0l
Fisha695 wrote:
exactly…NASCAR doesnt have to let him race or any driver for that matter,and he would be stupid to even show up at daytona im sure Nascar would find something wrong with his car not to mention im sure other drivers dont want him around,I know jeremy from his days at whitesville speedway in owensboro Ky back in the early 90’s he was a pothead doper back then and its plain to see he hasnt changed he got caught using drugs he just needs to stop making excuses.
I think Mayfield should have been banned for life.
Haze wrote:
He was, but that changed today.
Haze wrote:
Me too IF and only if he was tested by two sep. places and or pulled hair etc. to be prove test is correct. Or just do steroids like every other sport doesnt seem to effect anything. Is any one testing TIger or those sisters in tennis .. off subject well banned for life is a huge deal .
THey need to get it exactly right test often , test twice and toss em out .
I even signed in how about that craig