Mon, Nov 23 2009
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Judge lifts suspension, says Mayfield can race MIKE CRANSTONAP Sports Writer "We're disappointed, but we'll honor the court's wishes. That's where we stand," France said. "I'm not going to comment on what we're going to do yet on the next legal process." Mullen ruled the "harm to Mr. Mayfield significantly outweighs the harm to NASCAR" in issuing the injunction, which doesn't settle the larger civil suit filed by Mayfield or NASCAR's countersuit. While addressing NASCAR's concerns of allowing someone who tested positive for an illegal drug back on the track, Mullen said NASCAR can test Mayfield constantly and ask for a hair sample "to determine if he's been a meth-head or not." "If they want it, I cut it about once a week so we can do that," Mayfield said. "Whatever we've got to do." NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said if Mayfield attempts to qualify for the race, he will be required to undergo a drug test. Mayfield said he would gladly submit to tests. Mayfield attorney Bill Diehl argued in court that his client never had the opportunity to challenge the positive test and has never shown any characteristics of a meth abuser. If Mayfield used the drug at the levels NASCAR has suggested, Diehl suggested Mayfield would be "either a walking zombie or he's dead. "His teeth were never rotting out, his eyes were not sunken," Diehl said. "He never displayed any characteristics that are commonly seen by everyone among people who use meth." 
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