The NASCAR Week That Was: July 12-18

July 18, 2009 by Nascar Motor Racing
Filed under Nascar News

The Cup cars are off this weekend, but the news is still buzzing. On Wednesday NASCAR said in a court filing suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield again failed a drug test given by the sanctioning body. Included in the filing was an affadavit from Mayfield’s stepmother claiming she had seen the driver use methamphetimine at least 30 times over seven years. Mayfield again denied using the drug and accused NASCAR of “spiking” the test. In other news Richard Childress Racing said this week that driver K