the situation with the nascar driver (I think they said it was Jeremy Mayfield) testing positive for performance enhancing drugs?
What the hell do they test for and what might he have failed for? His suspension is indefinite.
I can see this with the pit crew but the driver is strange.
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Jackdragbean |
I have always thought that I needed steroids to take a left. | #1 | ||
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Posts: 1502 05/12/09 09:50 AM |
Rediculous
Oh No! We Suck Again! |
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 DesotoCountyDawg |
From what I gathered on ESPN it wasnt a steroid. | #2 | ||
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Posts: 8710 05/12/09 09:55 AM Sixpack's Official Farmer |
More like hard drugs.
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msudawg12 |
If thats the case | #3 | ||
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Posts: 640 05/12/09 10:02 AM |
I understand, I didnt watch my normal sportscenter this morning but heard it on Dan Patrick Show.
He acted as if it was roids not drugs |
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Bdog9090 |
Yeah, I heard | #4 | ||
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Posts: 241 05/12/09 10:03 AM |
that it wasn't a PED. More like a Narcotic. I don't really see the point in testing Nascar drivers for drugs. Seems like a waste of money
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TheBigBadDawg |
Not a natural ambiturner? | #5 | ||
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Optimus Prime 4 |
when you start talking about cold medicine combing with another over the counter drug | #6 | ||
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Posts: 6909 05/12/09 10:15 AM Cobra Kai Sensei |
I think of meth. Plus it's Nascar. I think they're sponsored by crystal meth.
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MagnoliaHunter |
One of my meds shows as a positive for cocaine | #7 | ||
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Posts: 8713 05/12/09 01:33 PM Sixpack's Official Farmer |
So NASCAR shouldnt be concerned about a driver being out there driving under the influence of a drug? We are talking about someone who is driving a car 100+
MPH on a track with 40 other drivers.
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Optimus Prime 4 |
No one has said he was high while driving | #9 | ||
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Posts: 6913 05/12/09 01:37 PM Cobra Kai Sensei |
I don't think that's even been implied.
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Posts: 8714 05/12/09 01:42 PM Sixpack's Official Farmer |
No but if there is no drug test it opens the door.
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Bdog9090 |
I doubt seriously that any driver | #11 | ||
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Posts: 243 05/12/09 02:15 PM |
would be dumb enough to drive under the influence of hard drugs. The races are only a few hours long. I'm sure even the hardcore addicts can probably
take a breather from heroine or meth for that long.
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Posts: 6425 05/12/09 02:21 PM Moderator |
Bdog9090 wrote:Really? Isn't addiction all about needing the high to feel "right?" Besides, it's not like the morning after a coke binge (or any other binge for that matter) your head is exactly on straight. And never underestimate the capacity for dumb people to do insanely stupid things.
Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers - can you see how incredible this is going to be? - hang gliding,
come on!
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Bdog9090 |
From what I understand | #13 | ||
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Posts: 244 05/12/09 02:27 PM |
Addiction isn't really about feeling "right". It's more about being physically addicted to a substance that you're body craves. But
you're right, hardcore addicts probably would still use during a race.
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Optimus Prime 4 |
I'd think a lot would use trying to match the high they get while driving | #14 | ||
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Posts: 6914 05/12/09 02:39 PM Cobra Kai Sensei |
something as good as that adrenaline rush. That's why a lot of people do anyway.
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Why wouldn't they want a rush during a race driving in a circle for hours and hours and hours?? | #15 | ||
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If there is anytime you need a rush it's when you're driving a long monotonous drive for hours upon hours. Not saying that driving 200+ mph is
monotonous, but after a few hours I am sure it gets pretty tiring.
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Boogity, Boogity, Boogity | #16 | ||
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LET'S BLOW SOME COKE BOYS!!! Yeehaw
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Sutterkane woya |
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lanceharbor7 |
Meth jokes | #18 | ||
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never fail to make me laugh.
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Posts: 340 05/12/09 09:32 PM |
One driver was suspended for using heroin on race day. Nascar won't say what he tested positive for, only that it was not booze.
So what exactly did Mayfield do? Did he take something to improve his strength, stave off fatigue or otherwise improve his performance? Or did he endanger the lives of his fellow competitors by operating a vehicle under the influence of an illegal street drug? Former Truck Series driver Aaron Fike certainly did, admitting last year to heroin use, even on race days. Fike's startling revelation led several of NASCAR's top drivers to call for a tougher drug policy. Fike wasn't the only one using. Lower-tier drivers Shane Hmiel received a lifetime ban in 2006 after a third failed test, and Kevin Grubb never raced again after a second suspension that same year. Grubb was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in a Richmond-area motel last week. |
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bulldogbaja |
what about speed? | #20 | ||
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Posts: 755 05/12/09 10:10 PM |
no that's not a joke, it keeps you alert and induces a "heightened sense of awareness."
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