Jeremy Mayfield says Brian France disliked him, had him black-flagged

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No end in sight. Jeremy Mayfield's latest claims.....

Jeremy Mayfield says NASCAR Chairman Brian France disliked him, had him black-flagged during Indy race in 2006

Jeremy Mayfield claims that NASCAR Chairman Brian France had him black-flagged during the 2006 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and that NASCAR officials were upset with him in 2009 for signing a sponsor they were courting, according to a court filing late Wednesday.

Mayfield made those claims in asking U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen to reconsider a May 2010 ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against NASCAR over a May 1, 2009 drug test that NASCAR says was positive for methamphetamines.

The filing is another step in the appeals process – asking the judge to reconsider the decision before actually filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

In his request, Mayfield also asks that he be allowed to amend his lawsuit against NASCAR to include those new claims, which he alleges show that NASCAR illegally interfered with his team business affairs and that France disliked him and had personal malice against him.

The allegation surrounding the 2006 race at Indy comes in part from declarations of France’s former in-laws, whom France sued last year when trying to evict them from a home he owned.

In affidavits, both of the his former in-laws say that France, after drinking scotch while in California to be with his pregnant wife during the race, called NASCAR President Mike Helton in the control tower at Indy and asked that Mayfield be black-flagged. When Mayfield got to the pits no NASCAR official ever looked at the car, Mayfield alleges.

“[He] directed that they fabricate a reason to have Mayfield pit his car, so that Mayfield finished nearly last in the race,” the Mayfield filing states.
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die, die, die. not mayfield, this ridiculous and frivolous campaign of his to get back at nascar for his screwups. he's just looking for a financial settlement at this point to make him "go away".
 
SlowNeasy said:
die, die, die. not mayfield, this ridiculous and frivolous campaign of his to get back at nascar for his screwups. he's just looking for a financial settlement at this point to make him "go away".
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He acts like my EX.
 
SlowNeasy said:
die, die, die. not mayfield, this ridiculous and frivolous campaign of his to get back at nascar for his screwups. he's just looking for a financial settlement at this point to make him "go away".
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Wish Brian would give him a few million just to shut him up. With that, Jeremy could start an ARCA team and race there.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
Wish Brian would give him a few million just to shut him up. With that, Jeremy could start an ARCA team and race there.
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Would ARCA even allow him in? I don't see them letting someone who tested positive for meth in to race.
 
SpeedPagan said:
Would ARCA even allow him in? I don't see them letting someone who tested positive for meth in to race.
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I do. Pfft, half the time, I think some of those drivers are stoned while they're on the track!:eek: 30 seconds after a crash and they still pile in to the carnage thinking of Days of Thunder "You can make it through Cole!"
 
mike honcho said:
He would be back by now if he would have done that.
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Who knows, but if what he said about our little friend Brian is right, he would still be on the outside.

Here's a thought. I find this very interesting to see how people react about two people they detest. On one had we have Jeremy, who was never anyone that garnered a big fan base, and who has been accused of being a methhead. On the other hand, we have Brian who has made such a mess of the sport we love and is doing everything he can to keep his private life private. It's hard to choose between the two egoists. Maybe most would be satisfied if Brian went down and took Jeremy with him.
 
maybe brian and jeremy once partied together. i can see how brian would want that kept quiet. <g> bad, bad, bad...slaps face.
 
Dammit, I have to agree with Buck although I don't really detest either one,,well maybe brain just a little.

I do find it interesting that his former in-laws signed sworn affidavits about Mayfields black flaging at Indy. That along with the divorce mess leads me to think there's another side to him kept hidden from the public.

In closing, you can detest your ex all you want but no man takes it out on his kids. Him not paying child support shows me he's a slimey scum bucket. Hmmm maybe he's got a career in politics with that qualification.:D
 
I'm sure Jeremy will be screaming about how bad he was treated all though his Wal-Mart greeter years. Oh that's right, it'll never happen Wal-Mart screens all future employees.
 
I say Jeremy Mayfield and Brian France need to settle this out on the track. Two cars, 200 lap event at Bristol.
 
kkfan91 said:
Heck Fike and Hmiel got into USAC
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Not sure how this will copy and paste from the USAC Rules, but....

http://www.usacracing.com/assets/files/allseries/forms/substanceabusepolicy.pdf

Listing of Prohibited Substances

Amphetamines
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
MDMA
MDEA
MDA
Phentermine
PMA
Ephedrine Class
Ephedrine
Psuedoephedrine
Phenylpropanolamine
Narcotics
Alfentanil
Codeine
Dihydrocodeine
Fentanyl
Hydromorphone
Hydrocodone
Meperidine
Methadone
Morphine
Oxycodone
Propoxyphene
Sufentanil
Benzodiazepines
Alprazolam
Diazepam
Lorazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam
Barbiturates
Amobarbital
Butabarbital
Butalbital
Pentobarbital
Phenobarbital
Secobarbital
Marijuana
Cocaine/Crack
Meprobamate/Carisoprodol
Methylphenidate
Zolpidem
Specimen Validity
Nitrites
Chromates
Specific Gravity
 
Lap3Forever said:
Not sure how this will copy and paste from the USAC Rules, but....

http://www.usacracing.com/assets/files/allseries/forms/substanceabusepolicy.pdf

Listing of Prohibited Substances

Amphetamines
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
MDMA
MDEA
MDA
Phentermine
PMA
Ephedrine Class
Ephedrine
Psuedoephedrine
Phenylpropanolamine
Narcotics
Alfentanil
Codeine
Dihydrocodeine
Fentanyl
Hydromorphone
Hydrocodone
Meperidine
Methadone
Morphine
Oxycodone
Propoxyphene
Sufentanil
Benzodiazepines
Alprazolam
Diazepam
Lorazepam
Oxazepam
Temazepam
Barbiturates
Amobarbital
Butabarbital
Butalbital
Pentobarbital
Phenobarbital
Secobarbital
Marijuana
Cocaine/Crack
Meprobamate/Carisoprodol
Methylphenidate
Zolpidem
Specimen Validity
Nitrites
Chromates
Specific Gravity
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I'm not an expert on drugs or what the big names mean but heroin isn't on there?
 
OK, so this took a while for a response.....

NASCAR and Ray Evernham respond to Mayfield's allegations.....

NASCAR says there is no evidence of a black flag issued to Jeremy Mayfield during the 2006 Brickyard 400 and that Ray Evernham, who owned the team Mayfield drove for at the time, was the one who ordered him to park his car during the race, according to a court filing Wednesday.

The filing came in response to Mayfled’s claim last week that NASCAR Chairman Brian France had him black-flagged in the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mayfield made that claim in asking U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen to reconsider a May 2010 ruling that dismissed his lawsuit against NASCAR over a May 1, 2009, drug test that NASCAR says was positive for methamphetamines.

The allegation surrounding the 2006 race at Indy comes in part from declarations of France’s former in-laws, whom France sued last year when trying to evict them from a home he owned.

“Mayfield has fabricated a story that in 2006 he was forced to exit the Brickyard 400 race because France, for no valid reason, had him ‘black-flagged,’” NASCAR wrote in its response. “There is, however, no record of any black flag that day, nor is there any record of a call during the race advising that Mayfield’s car was black-flagged. Mayfield knows full well that the black-flag story is false.”

NASCAR uses Mayfield’s 2006 lawsuit against then-team owner Evernham as corroborating evidence that the black-flag story is false. Mayfield filed suit in the days following the Indy race after Evernham fired him. In none of those documents does Mayfield say he was black-flagged by NASCAR.

Mayfield’s radio transmissions during the race, NASCAR said, show he was not happy with the car:

“I’m turning the wheel, and nothing happens,” Mayfield said, according to a NASCAR transcript of his radio communications. “It just goes straight now, and it ain’t a push. And then all of a sudden, it will try to come up under me. This ain’t about just tight or loose, there’s something [expletive] up up there.”

A couple of minutes later, Mayfield is told to park the car.

In affidavits filed with NASCAR’s response Wednesday, Evernham and then team director (crew chief) Chris Andrews said no one from NASCAR asked them to pull the car from the track.

“I was at that race, and at no time did anyone from NASCAR contact me during the race regarding Mayfield or the No. 19 Dodge or ask me to take Mayfield’s car off the track,” Evernham said in an affidavit filed by NASCAR. “I do not recall that NASCAR black-flagged Mayfield at any point during the race. I do not recall that anyone from NASCAR contacted me or anyone on the No. 19 Dodge crew during the race.”

Andrews said: “Ray Evernham directed me to pull the car from the race so that Mayfield did not tear up the car any more by wrecking it again.”

In affidavits filed by Mayfield, both of France’s former in-laws say that France, after drinking scotch while in California to be with his pregnant wife during the race, called NASCAR President Mike Helton in the control tower at Indy and asked that Mayfield be black-flagged. When Mayfield got to the pits no NASCAR official ever looked at the car, Mayfield alleges.

In its filing Wednesday, NASCAR produced travel records and hotel records indicating that France was in Orlando that day, not California.

The black flag allegations were the latest in the controversy surrounding Mayfield, who was indefinitely suspended from NASCAR on May 9, 2009. He sued NASCAR for breach of contract, discrimination and defamation in an attempt to return to racing and for financial damages. He won an injunction to participate in NASCAR in July 2009 but never returned to competition.

The injunction was later stayed, pending appeal, and Mayfield – the only driver suspended for violations of the substance-abuse policy since NASCAR implemented random drug testing in 2009 – eventually asked for the court to drop the injunction so the case could proceed more quickly toward trial. The judge dismissed Mayfield’s claims in May.

The 41-year-old Mayfield, who has 433 career starts with five Cup victories and two Chase championship appearances, has denied using methamphetamines and contends that the drug-test findings that prompted his suspension resulted from a combination of the prescription drug Adderall, which is used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and over-the-counter Claritin-D allergy medicine. He also argued that NASCAR must follow guidelines that regulate federal agencies.

NASCAR denied that Aegis Sciences Corp., which conducts the sanctioning body’s drug-testing program, must follow those regulations, and Mullen agreed in his ruling in May. Mullen also ruled in May that Mayfield had given up his right to sue on a variety of issues because of waivers he had signed with NASCAR in order to compete.
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From Scene Daily
 
They keep transcripts of the drivers radio communications from back in 2006.Talk about feeling the need to cover your arse.
 
mike honcho said:
They keep transcripts of the drivers radio communications from back in 2006.Talk about feeling the need to cover your arse.
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Wonder what caused them to start doing that? Other than CYA. They must keep the tapes too so the transcript can be authenticated.
 
kkfan91 said:
ah thanks then how is a guy busted heck drove a truck race under the influence of herion racing?
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I think Aaron fike is the one your thinking about and i do not believe he is racing anything.

AJ Fike is still racing in usac and a couple other divisions.



I might have it mixed up but Im pretty sure thats what it was. They are from my area so i hear different stories.
 
kkfan91 said:
ah thanks then how is a guy busted heck drove a truck race under the influence of herion racing?
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Fike's troubles came from getting busted in a parking lot somewhere other than the racetrack with heroin.He wasn't caught thru a urine test at the track.He may have raced under the influence.I don't know but just saying he got busted with it away from the track.
 
basscatcher89 said:
I think Aaron fike is the one your thinking about and i do not believe he is racing anything.

AJ Fike is still racing in usac and a couple other divisions.



I might have it mixed up but Im pretty sure thats what it was. They are from my area so i hear different stories.
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Ah right got the brothers mixed up

mike honcho said:
Fike's troubles came from getting busted in a parking lot somewhere other than the racetrack with heroin.He wasn't caught thru a urine test at the track.He may have raced under the influence.I don't know but just saying he got busted with it away from the track.
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Yeah at an amusement park but he admitted to using it on the mornings of races including the day of his best finish a 5th
 
So Mayfield is back in the news. He had his request denied to reopen his case against NASCAR based on his 'black flag' allegations.

Anyone know when he's going to release that video he was making? When this all started he had his film crew following him everywhere.

Jeremy Mayfield’s allegations that NASCAR Chairman Brian France had him black-flagged in the 2006 Brickyard 400 were not enough to sway U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen to reopen Mayfield’s lawsuit against the sanctioning body.

Mullen issued an order Monday that denied Mayfield’s request to reconsider a May ruling in favor of NASCAR that dismissed all of Mayfield’s claims.
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Full story here.
 
I'm still not sure how he passed and failed a test in the same day and his failed one was first :/ ...have none of you thought just maybe he was telling the truth and Nascar just doesn't wanna own up to it? There is that chance you know.


As for this he probably is just talking out his ass here.
 
Blaze88 said:
I'm still not sure how he passed and failed a test in the same day and his failed one was first :/ ...have none of you thought just maybe he was telling the truth and Nascar just doesn't wanna own up to it? There is that chance you know.


As for this he probably is just talking out his ass here.
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Something isn't right. I don't think it's all Jeremy either.
 
I've thought all along that Mayfield got the shaft here for spouting off, for saying something that was supposed to always remain unsaid. This is my take on it: Mayfield called out Nascar thinking he would have the support of others in the sport....drivers, crew members, and others involved in Cup, but no one stepped up to back him up. He was left on his own, made out to be a crazy, drug addict, who the media slammed every chance they could. Maybe ....just maybe there is some credence to Mayfields' stories and I think in the next few years this will slowly come out in the media. It is a high price to pay for losing your career and most of your money. I do think that Mayfield isn't just talking out his ass, there is some truth, maybe even more than just "some", to all of this.
 
I think he's nothing more than a driver that failed a drug test and decided to fight it rather than taking the road to being reinstated. I can't see any reason whatsoever that NASCAR had any reason to make an example out of him or any other driver in relation to a failed drug test. Even had Mayfield gone through the process, it would have been a 'black eye' on the sport so I'm not buying into the story that NASCAR had it out for Mayfield and that's why all of this has happened.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I think he's nothing more than a driver that failed a drug test and decided to fight it rather than taking the road to being reinstated. I can't see any reason whatsoever that NASCAR had any reason to make an example out of him or any other driver in relation to a failed drug test. Even had Mayfield gone through the process, it would have been a 'black eye' on the sport so I'm not buying into the story that NASCAR had it out for Mayfield and that's why all of this has happened.
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I'm not saying Nascar had it out for him from the begining, I'm saying he had something on Nascar and they in turn blackballed him so his credibility would be worthless.
 
Mopardh9 said:
I'm not saying Nascar had it out for him from the begining, I'm saying he had something on Nascar and they in turn blackballed him so his credibility would be worthless.
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He blackballed himself when he refused to go to a trreatment program and get himself cleaned up.
 
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