Judge denies Mayfield

A North Carolina Superior Court judge denied NASCAR driver/owner Jeremy Mayfield's request for a temporary restraining order against NASCAR to have his indefinite suspension for a positive drug test overturned Friday afternoon.

The judge issued a gag order to prevent NASCAR and Mayfield from talking about what drug was involved and set a hearing for a preliminary injunction for Wednesday.

During the hearing Friday, a Mayfield attorney disputed the results of the drug test administered May 1, which Mayfield’s attorney said was a positive test for amphetamines. NASCAR’s attorney said in court that it was a dangerous illegally banned substance, but did not specify what it was.

Mayfield’s legal team argued that Mayfield should have been allowed to have his second sample tested at a different lab than the first test and that the seal on the second sample had been broken prior to the test.