Mayfield said he has never taken meth
CHARLOTTE -- Jeremy Mayfield denied ever taking methamphetamines, doesn't know how he failed a random drug test and said his indefinite suspension from NASCAR has ruined his driving career.
Mayfield's denial comes in an affidavit that was among several hundred pages of documents filed by his attorneys in U.S. District Court. He's been suspended since May 9 for failing a random drug test conducted eight days earlier at Richmond.
"I have never taken methamphetamines in my life, and when accused of taking them I immediately volunteered to give another urine sample," Mayfield said in the affidavit.
NASCAR also filed several documents, including affidavits from Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Robby Gordon in which the drivers said they are not "willing to put my life at risk driving a race car on a NASCAR track with drivers testing positive for drugs that diminish their capacity to drive a race car."
Accompanying Photos
Photo Caption: NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield (right) and wife Shana Mayfield.
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