Judge denies Mayfield request to reverse decision

U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen, who in May dismissed Jeremy Mayfield's claims against NASCAR over a May 2009 drug test that NASCAR said was positive for methamphetamines, issued a ruling Thursday denying a request from Mayfield to vacate the decision. Mullen had ruled in May that Mayfield had waived most of his rights to sue NASCAR when he signed the NASCAR-driver agreement and NASCAR-owner agreement. He also indicated that Mayfield did not have enough evidence to support his claims. "Plaintiffs have repeatedly asserted that they can and will bring viable claims of tortious interference with contractual or business relations, but have yet to state a single example as to how they will do this or submit a proposed amended complaint," the judge wrote in his decision released Thursday. "Plaintiffs maintain in their motion they are 'confident' that they can bring valid claims for tortious interference unrelated to NASCAR's substance abuse policy, yet in their next sentence Plaintiffs state that these 'causes of action must involve implementation of the policy. The logical inconsistencies in Plaintiffs' arguments are further compounded by the fact that they propose no specific amendments to their prior claims and have not shown how any amended complaint would remedy the many other deficiencies that caused the Court to dismiss Plaintiffs' claims. As Plaintiffs have failed to hint at any additional allegations upon which relief could be granted, granting Plaintiffs' leave to amend will be an exercise in futility." Scene Daily