NASCAR chairman defends drug policy
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Brian France defended NASCAR's drug testing policy as the toughest in professional sports, despite a federal judge's ruling that overturned driver Jeremy Mayfield's suspension.
Mayfield was indefinitely suspended May 9 for what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamines. He sued to be reinstated, and a federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday that allowed Mayfield to return to competition based on Mayfield's argument that NASCAR's testing system is flawed.
U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen questioned the test results, saying the possibility of a false positive was "quite substantial" and ruled the harm to Mayfield significantly outweighed the harm to NASCAR.
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 | Double-file restarts debut in Nationwide at Daytona (Sporting News) - Kyle Busch endorses the Nationwide Series using double-file restarts for the first time Friday in the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway. "Daytona is a good place to do it since there is less chance of having trouble on the starts since it takes a little bit for us to get up to speed there and there are multiple grooves," Busch said. "It was good for NASCAR to wait until Cup and Nationwide were together on the same weekend again. (MORE) |
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| Sprint Cup SeriesCoke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola | Jul. 45:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: TNT |
| Nationwide SeriesSubway Jalapeno 250 Powered By Coca-Cola | Jul. 35:19 PM PT6:19 PM MT7:19 PM CT8:19 PM ET TV: ESPN |
| Camping World Truck SeriesBuilt Ford Tough 225 | Jul. 184:18 PM PT5:18 PM MT6:18 PM CT7:18 PM ET TV: SPEED |
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| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Tony Stewart | 2524 | 1 |
| 2 | Jeff Gordon | 2455 | 1 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 2355 | 2 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 2254 | 1 |
| 5 | Carl Edwards | 2157 | 0 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 2132 | 0 |
| 7 | Ryan Newman | 2127 | 0 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 2108 | 3 |
| 9 | Greg Biffle | 2106 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Kenseth | 2054 | 2 |
| 11 | Mark Martin | 2052 | 3 |
| 12 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2049 | 0 |
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