Aaron Fike placed on indefinite suspension by NASCAR
Quote selected text Published July 11th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Aaron Fike, driver of the #1 Toyota in the Craftsman Truck Series, has been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating Section 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) of the 2007 NASCAR Rule Book. The violation occurred July 7. Cassandra Davidson, a crew member for the #1 team, has also been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR as a result of this same violation.
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Well good job NASCAR you finally suspended a driver for the right reason..
What a waste, aman throws a career away for something that will just kill him
what was he thinking, wasn’t it just a couple of years ago that
they did the samething to another driver. but i think nascar
needs to do a better job at drug screening the drivers and crew.
He got his just dessert that if for sure. And for what, a stupid drug that could kill him. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Have some compassion for the guy. He probably made a small indiscretion earlier in life and it snow balled into this. Heroin isn’t something you can easily kick. He didn’t carry around a bag of syringes just for fun. He probably lived in fear every day of losing his job/life.
Dabbling in coke and smoking bud like Hmiel did is ridiculous considering where he was at.
well spoken axel, i have to agree with you, who the hell are we to pass judgement on any person, esp, on a person that has a bad problem like that, we are not god, so we dont have the right to pass judgement on any one., this man has a problem, and it is not an easy thing to kick, and i think what nascar should do is to help these drivers insted of punishing them.
Nascar does offer treatment but at the same time that cant let him drive until he has proven that he is clean for the safety of the other drivers
Thats the second one this year, they suspended Tyler Walker just a couples of months ago too
Having a family member addicted to heroin I personally know how hard it is for someone to get off of it. My family member has now been clean for 3 years but has told me that craving for heroin never fully goes away, it might be a small craving but it has followed her for 3 years.
If Aaron needs help then he should be supported in his effort to get clean not be judged. Until he is clean and sober for a year he should not be allowed to enter a race car. IMO
yo all you save the whales save the world people reality check????
you dont just slip and fall on a needle and your addicted.
you make a choice you do the drug it takes more one time to get addicted some people have addictive personalitys so they are doomed unfortunetly there family are the one ’s who suffer the most
i agree he needs help.
but he made the choice to get high
what a dumb ass
Herion is a not an avoidable prolbem and dabbling in coke and bud is ridiculuos?
They are all done voluntarily and should be treated equally. Regardless of whether one is harder to kick then the other, which is a totally different debate………drugs are drugs.
Did he not know it was not allowed?
Clem, drugs are not all the same and you admitted that by saying that some drugs are harder to kick than others. Heroine is a refined opiate and possibly the most addictive substance in the world. Given the personality of most race car drivers, they are adventurous… His adventures just led him to the wrong place in the past.
Doing coke and smoking weed is ridiculous when you know the consequences given that you’re a high level race car driver. I say that because of the small potential for addiction and the type of drugs they are. Weak minds get hooked on those things. It doesn’t matter how strong you are mentally when it comes to an opiate once you’ve done it several times…
Caffeine and alcohol are drugs too. They just happen to be legal because the government can easily tax them and most of the illegal drugs just give certain government agencies something to do.
NASCAR is not working at Walmart or McDonalds. Pro athletes reap tremendous rewards for excellence; and being “drug-free” should not be too big of a sacrifice for the social and financial success. If “kicking” a habit is too hard then don’t develop one. I have no sympathy for someone with such tremendous resources who cannot manage their own life. With all that fame, fortune, and money if you can’t find something more important and rewarding to do with your life than drugs, you have serious issues. Any pro athlete (football, baseball, motorsports, basketball,….etc.) who violates any drug policy of that sport and/or any LAW should be banned from participating in that sport EVER and prosecuted just like the construction worker, truck driver, or burger flipper next door! NO special priviledge for the rich and famous. In fact, they should get LESS leniency because their resources and reasons for staying clean and abiding by the rules are far greater than the average citizen.
HE SHOULD NEVER RACE AGAIN AND GO TO JAIL (Treatment and couseling are available there for him just like they would be for the rest of us!)
Hey Axel,
What would happen to you if you got busted doing heroin at your job? Should the consequences be less for a Professional Race car driver because of his inherent value to society as entertainment?