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Jeremy Mayfield has again failed a drug test for methamphetamine and his stepmother claims he's been taking meth since 1998, according to court documents submitted by NASCAR on Wednesday.

Mayfield's attorney, though, told NASCAR Scene that a drug test Mayfield took within an hour of the NASCAR test on July 6 proved negative and that Mayfield's stepmother "has her own issues.''

NASCAR filed documents Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte asking Judge Graham Mullen to end the temporary injunction he granted Mayfield on July 1 that allowed Mayfield to again compete in NASCAR events. Mayfield has not appeared at a race since and The Associated Press reported Wednesday that his lone remaining employee had left the team and didn't think Mayfield was interested in resurrecting his race team.

With Mayfield eligible to compete again because of the injunction, NASCAR drug tested him last week. The test was positive for methamphetamine, according to a NASCAR document.

"Within days of this Court's preliminary injunction, Mr. Mayfield flouted both this Court's authority and NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy by ingesting the same illegal drug that he has repeatedly denied taking,'' NASCAR stated in court documents. "By misleading this Court about his drug use, Mr. Mayfield has compromised NASCAR's ability to protect its drivers, crews and fans.''

NASCAR also claims Mayfield's urine sample taken July 6 was "very dilute,' which likely indicates an excessive consumption of water "in an effort to defeat a drug test.' ''

Mayfield told The Associated Press: "I don't trust anything NASCAR does, anything (program administrator) Dr. David Black does, never have, never will.''

It's more than NASCAR presenting evidence against him, though. Mayfield's stepmother, Lisa Mayfield, states in court documents that she witnessed Mayfield take methamphetamine for several years.

Lisa Mayfield became Jeremy's stepmother when she married Jeremy's late father, Terry, on the same day in 2003 that Jeremy married Shana at the same church and by the same pastor.

Lisa Mayfield says in her affidavit that she first saw Jeremy using methamphetamine in 1998, claiming that he "cooked some of his own methamphetamine in his shop by the house until the stores took pseudoephedrine off the shelves. In addition to making methamphetamine for his own use, I am aware that Jeremy has bought methamphetamine from others.''

She also says in her affidavit that between 1998-2005, she was "personally aware that Jeremy used methamphetamine often. I was concerned about his heavy use and talked to his father about it. I saw Jeremy use methamphetamine by snorting it up his nose at least 30 times during the seven years I was around him.''

And she states Jeremy told her he took methamphetamine before the awards ceremony when he drove for car owner Ray Evernham. She also recounts a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., with Jeremy and Shana when she said she saw Jeremy use methamphetamine when they reached Darlington for that weekend's race.

Jeremy angrily contested his stepmother's comments, according to the AP.

"Now they got this lying (expletive) to tell lies about me, someone I am embarrassed even uses the Mayfield name,'' he told the AP. "She's tried everything she can do to get money out of me. I won't help her, so I guess she found a way to get money from NASCAR by giving them an affidavit full of lies.''

Also Wednesday, Mayfield's attorneys submitted 17 documents to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, meeting the deadline set to contend NASCAR's earlier request for the injunction to be vacated.

Bobby Wooten, general manager of the first-year team, said his resignation had nothing to do with Mayfield's ongoing battle with NASCAR. "I think Jeremy is telling the truth. I back him 110 percent," Wooten told AP. "I don't believe Jeremy is a drug addict. I do believe he could have taken one too many over-the-counter drugs, and now this situation has popped up."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Contact Dustin Long at 373-7062 or dustin.long@news-record.com