CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An independent drug test on Jeremy Mayfield was negative for methamphetamines,
contradicting the results of a NASCAR test taken 40 minutes earlier, the driver claimed in court
documents filed Tuesday.
In response to NASCAR’s claim that Mayfield again tested positive for methamphetamines on July 6,
Mayfield submitted an affidavit to the U.S. District Court that said he traveled to Frye Regional
Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., right after NASCAR collected a sample at his Catawba County home.
In a room he described as "very sterile," Mayfield said he emptied his pockets, washed his
hands and was ushered into a bathroom, where he provided another urine sample.
Mayfield said in the court filing he received confirmation from Laboratory Corporation of America in
Raleigh, N.C., that his sample was negative on July 10 — the same day NASCAR informed his counsel that
its sample was positive.
He said the results of his test are "consistent with my lifestyle as I have not and do not use or
abuse methamphetamines.
"It is impossible for methamphetamine to be in my body as I have never consumed that
substance."
Dr. Harold Schueler of the Broward County (Fla.) Medical Examiner’s Office, filed an affidavit on behalf
of Mayfield that claimed the levels of methamphetamine in NASCAR’s test are "astronomical" and
"could be remotely accurate, unless Mr. Mayfield was deceased or a chronic abuser."
The filing also denied accusations made last week by his estranged former stepmother, who said in her own
affidavit she witnessed Mayfield use methamphetamines at least 30 times and that the driver cooked it
himself until the ingredients became too hard to obtain. She also said she witnessed him use the drug at
Darlington Raceway in 1999.
"I deny Lisa Mayfield’s allegation that I used, cooked or purchased methamphetamines," Mayfield
wrote. "Lisa Mayfield’s assertion that I used methamphetamine just prior to the 1999 Darlington
race is a lie. I finished second in the 1999 Darlington race."
There were two races at Darlington in 1999, and Mayfield finished second and third. Lisa Mayfield’s
affidavit, submitted last week by NASCAR, did not specify before which race she witnessed him using
drugs.
Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test taken eight days earlier for what NASCAR has
said was a positive test for methamphetamines. The driver sued, and a federal judge issued an injunction
July 1 that lifted his suspension based on the argument that NASCAR’s testing system is flawed.
NASCAR asked U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen last week to reverse the injunction based on new
evidence — the failed July 6 test and Lisa Mayfield’s sworn testimony.
Mayfield’s attorneys on Tuesday argued in their response that the July 6 test results — positive or
negative — should not be taken into consideration because the case is about a failed May 1 test.
"This Court’s preliminary injunction lifted a suspension for a drug test performed on May 1, 2009,
the questionable circumstances surrounding which necessarily remain unchanged," they wrote.
Mayfield also disputed NASCAR’s chronology of the July 6 testing sequence, in which the sanctioning body
claims he delayed giving a sample for more than seven hours.
Although Mayfield attorney John Buric has said Mayfield submitted to an independent test during that
seven-hour span, the only test results mentioned in Tuesday’s filing are of the 9 p.m. trip to Frye
Medical Center.
Buric did not immediately respond to a call and an e-mail from The Associated Press.
Mayfield said in his affidavit that he was at a lab waiting to be tested around 5 p.m. when NASCAR
ordered him home to meet their collectors. His affidavit makes no mention of him actually giving a
sample — which Buric has said the driver was doing during the time NASCAR could not locate him for its
own test.