Long way from the track, suspended Mayfield holds large auction to help pay for court fight
By: MIKE CRANSTON
Associated Press
11/20/09 12:35 PM PST
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| Suspended NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield chats with attendees during a public auction Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at his Catawba, N.C. property. As NASCAR prepares to crown a champion in its final race weekend, Mayfield is about 800 miles away selling his stuff. Mayfield has been banned from the sport after testing positive for methamphetamines. (AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek) (AP) |
CATAWBA, N.C. — As NASCAR begins its season-ending weekend, suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield is about 800 miles away selling his stuff.
Mayfield put on a giant auction on Friday with about $5 million worth of items ranging from a home, cars, dirt bikes and bulldozers to weed-whackers, humidifiers and sunglasses.
Mayfield said the money will help him in his court fight to be reinstated from a suspension for what he claims are false positive tests for methamphetamines. But auctions have also become a hobby.
Mayfield walked around his land with a smile, but also determined to prove that he's not a drug user. His wife, selling clothes and shoes in another section of the facility, took a harder stand against how others in the sport have treated them.
