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NASCAR VS. MAYFIELD.(NEWS)

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In a saga that promises to get uglier, NASCAR countersued suspended owner-driver Jeremy Mayfield (Competition, May 18) on June 5, accusing him of violating its substance-abuse policy, breach of contract and defrauding competitors.

The suit says that Mayfield knowingly used drugs in violation of the sport's substance-abuse policy "and in doing so, violated his contract with NASCAR and the standards of care for other drivers, said NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston. "He competed in a number of races thathad we known he'd been on the medication he was on and had we known there were illegal substances involvedwe wouldn't have allowed him to compete.

NASCAR requires drivers to notify Dr. David Black, the substance-abuse program director, of any ...

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