The Mayfield chronicles. Just a little refresher course on the Mayfield saga.
• Mayfield failed a May 1, 2009 drug test that NASCAR said was positive for methamphetamine. He says it was for a mixture of Adderall, which he said he was prescribed, and Claritin-D. Mayfield sued NASCAR to try to get reinstated.
• In July 2009, after Mayfield won an injunction to race, NASCAR wanted to test him again. Mayfield said he couldn’t find the lab NASCAR instructed him to go to, so NASCAR sent drug testers to his home, where they watched him pee in a cup. Mayfield then went to LabCorp to get drug tested about one hour after he was tested by NASCAR. The NASCAR test was positive for meth, NASCAR said, while Mayfield produced a report that he said had a clean verdict from LabCorp.
• As part of its defense against a Mayfield lawsuit and in an attempt to have his suspension reinstated, NASCAR got Mayfield’s stepmother to sign an affidavit saying he used methamphetamine. Mayfield said it was his stepmother’s way of getting back at him and blamed her for contributing to the death of his father, which was ruled a suicide. Mayfield’s stepmother, in a deposition in a wrongful-death case Mayfield filed against her, said Mayfield supplied his father with methamphetamine until their relationship soured. Mayfield’s estranged stepmother, who at one point was arrested for trespassing on Mayfield’s property, sued him for slander. They settled, and Mayfield retracted his comments.
• Mayfield alleged that Brian France disliked him so much that France had him parked during the 2006 Brickyard 400. Mayfield’s car owner at the time, Ray Evernham, said he made the decision to park Mayfield.
• It was while Mayfield’s lawsuit against NASCAR was pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals that criminal charges were filed against him after his home was searched on Nov. 1, 2011 and he was arrested for possession of methamphetamine for having 1.3 grams on his property. On this charge, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug paraphernalia possession.
• Mayfield’s attorney argued that the stolen goods found on Mayfield’s property during that search were put there by John K. Franklin, who told police about him and Mayfield stealing from others when his own home was being searched. Based on Franklin’s information, police searched Mayfield’s property. Some of those goods found were from the same company that reported items stolen on the same day that Mayfield was seen there in the wee hours of the morning. Mayfield said he and his friend were just resting in the cab of a truck from a long trip. Franklin was later killed following a police chase, where he had methamphetamine in his possession.
