I proudly admit to being a big NASCAR fan. When I lived in Gainesville I used to go to at least one of the Daytona races every year. Everyone that’s a NASCAR fan has a driver they love, mine is Dale Earnhardt Jr. Everyone also has a driver they hate, mine used to be Jeff Gordon until he became Dale’s teammate so now its become Tony Stewart. I say that everyone that hates on NASCAR obviously has never been to a race. The classic case of contempt prior to investigation. I can guarantee that if you go to a race, you will fall in love with NASCAR.

NASCAR has been inching its way into mainstream America for quite a long time now. Everyone enjoyed Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise back in the day and I think that was the real start of it. There’s still a long way to go though for NASCAR. That doesn’t mean its not hugely popular, as it is. That however is due to the fact that the people who are into it are extremely devout. Its still not mainstream America I don’t think. It still suffers from some geographically slanted demographics, even though there are races all over. I see people at the races in Delaware and Watkins Glen, but I still have never found someone from the Northeast that will, openly at least, admit to being a NASCAR fan.

That being said, I have heard some of the diehard NASCAR fans rumblings that it is selling out. They say that the boys are toning things down to appeal to corporate and mainstream America. Well thank god for Jeremy Mayfield then, because I don’t think anyone is gonna be thinking that NASCAR is not redneck enough for quite awhile.

For those unfamiliar with Mr. Mayfield’s saga, let me explain. Mayfield is I’d say a middle of the road NASCAR driver, he’s very competitive and has won a few races. He’s not a star, but he’s certainly no slouch either. In May of this year, Mayfield failed a NASCAR drug test for crystal meth. He was then suspended for substance abuse as per NASCAR rules. Mayfield however, adamantly denied ever using the drug claiming that the false positive must have been from a combination of Claritin and Adderall that he had taken. Mayfield then took the NASCAR brass to court. There he won an injunction in federal court that lifted the suspension. NASCAR has since countered with an appeal that brings a whole lot of other things to light.

According to NASCAR, Mayfield has also failed a July 6th test given to him at his home. Once again for crystal meth. This time though NASCAR took it up a notch by also bring to the table a sworn affidavit from Mayfield’s stepmother where she claims to have seen him use meth at least 30 times. She also claims that Mayfield used to cook meth in the shop by his house. Here’s what his stepmother had to say…

“I first saw Jeremy using methamphetamine in 1998 at Jeremy’s shop on Jackson Road in Mooresville, North Carolina. Jeremy 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.”

“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. Jeremy used methamphetamines not only in my presence, but also when we were both in the presence of others.

She also brought up some specific instances where she had seen him use the drug. Including before the NASCAR Awards ceremony and just before a race in Darlington.

Mayfield of course then countered with these courteous statement…

“Now they got this lying whore to tell lies about me, someone I am embarrassed even uses the Mayfield name. 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.”

Now as if that isn’t Jerry Springer enough for you. Mayfield has also come out and accussed his stepmother of killing his father. His father’s died in 2007 by what the Chapel Hill, NC medical examiner determined was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mayfield now says he plans on serving his stepmother with a wrongful death lawsuit as well. He also claims that Nascar can not be trusted and that they paid his stepmother to concoct this lies, which her gold-digging ass gratefully agreed to.

This shit just gets crazier and crazier by the day, and I fucking love it. Its like that crazy girl in Wedding Crashers that Vince Vaughn falls for. Now this is definitely not the kind of story that you see in a “mainstream” sport. Can you imagine something like this happening in baseball or football. No way. That’s kinda what makes NASCAR so great though. NASCAR was never meant to be a grandfather, its a crazy uncle and it should be proud to be that. Everyone loves a crazy uncle after all.

Either Jeremy Mayfield is right and NASCAR is just completely railroading him for some unknown reason, or he’s just a complete drug addict dumbass. I mean come on, if he had really failed the first test due to taking a combination of Claritin and Adderall, then how on earth would he take that again before the 2nd test. Now he’s coming out with all these conspiracies theories and accusations of covered up murders, it’s just classic tweaker behavior. I think the guy is a complete meth addict and needs some serious help. He’s not going to get it though, cause I think he’s in way too deep at this point to admit that this whole thing is a lie. His NASCAR career at this point is basically done, no team or sponsor is ever going to touch this guy with a ten foot pole. Part of me feels sorry for the guy, but part of me just hope he comes out with something crazier every day. How about tomorrow if he says that he was abducted by aliens who forced him to snort meth as a way of preparation for the anal probe. That would be classic! I’m keeping my fingers crossed.