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NY Times The suspension of Jeremy Mayfield, a 17-year veteran driver, for a positive drug test has led to a protracted legal drama highlighting the problems with Nascar’s testing policies. Read the full story
Fox Sports Drivers may not like the new double-file restart rule, but it has pumped new life into the 2009 Sprint Cup season, Jeff Owens says. Read the full story
AutoRacingSport.com Former NASCAR Champion and analyst Darrell Waltrip, joined Dave Despain and guest co-host Robin Miller Sunday on SPEED TV’s Wind Tunnel to review the latest news in NASCAR. Following is a transcript from Waltrip’s interview, including a discussion on Jeremy Mayfield, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup. [...]
AutoRacingSport.com Joie Chitwood resigned Monday as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Chitwood was elevated to the position in December 2004 after serving various roles with the Indy Racing League, Chicagoland Speedway and the Indy speedway. He was one of the IRL’s first employees. Chitwood’s last day will be Aug. 6. He said he began considering [...]
AutoRacingSport.com UPDATE 2: Jeremy Mayfield’s lawyer says additional testing has been done on a urine sample Mayfield gave within an hour of NASCAR’s sample July 6 and that the results remain negative for methamphetamines. The initial and additional testing done on the non-NASCAR sample was done by LabCorp, a Raleigh, N.C., laboratory certified by the [...]
Scenedaily.com Gateway International Raceway was the site of impressive performances by some younger NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers. Brad Coleman, 21, finished fifth for Joe Gibbs Racing in Saturday night’s race after losing his clutch about 50 laps in. Read the full story
Scenedaily.com The shops of CJM Racing and Rusty Wallace Racing are on the same street in Mooresville, N.C., but the teams were miles apart during Saturday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway. Read the full story