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Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield plans to pursue legal action that he hopes will override his indefinite suspension by NASCAR for violating the substance abuse policy.
Mayfield, talking publicly for the first time since the governing body passed down the suspension last Saturday at Darlington, denied he took an illegal **** and maintained that his positive test came from combining over-the-counter Claritin D with a prescription ****.
The 39-year-old driver said he has no plans to go through the rehabilitation process that NASCAR says is necessary for reinstatement into the sport.
"Why would I?" Mayfield said before Saturday night's All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Mayfield was not allowed into the garage as part of his suspension, but he did attend the race as a spectator atop the National Guard hospitality hauler in the infield.
NASCAR chairman Brian France said on Friday that Mayfield's violation was for a "serious infraction," defining serious as a recreational or performance enhancing ****. Sources said it was not performance enhancing, leaving recreational as the only option.
Mayfield claimed he never was told by Dr. David Black, who runs NASCAR's testing program, what the **** was. A NASCAR official said Mayfield has a document that explains what he took.
"I'm doing as good as I can be," Mayfield said. "I know y'all will be mad at me, but there not a lot I can say. I just came to watch my car run."
Mayfield, talking publicly for the first time since the governing body passed down the suspension last Saturday at Darlington, denied he took an illegal **** and maintained that his positive test came from combining over-the-counter Claritin D with a prescription ****.
The 39-year-old driver said he has no plans to go through the rehabilitation process that NASCAR says is necessary for reinstatement into the sport.
"Why would I?" Mayfield said before Saturday night's All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Mayfield was not allowed into the garage as part of his suspension, but he did attend the race as a spectator atop the National Guard hospitality hauler in the infield.
NASCAR chairman Brian France said on Friday that Mayfield's violation was for a "serious infraction," defining serious as a recreational or performance enhancing ****. Sources said it was not performance enhancing, leaving recreational as the only option.
Mayfield claimed he never was told by Dr. David Black, who runs NASCAR's testing program, what the **** was. A NASCAR official said Mayfield has a document that explains what he took.
"I'm doing as good as I can be," Mayfield said. "I know y'all will be mad at me, but there not a lot I can say. I just came to watch my car run."
