The test was administered last weekend at Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR announced the indefinite suspension at a press conference on Saturday.
Mayfield is the first to receive the indefinite suspension under a tough new NASCAR guideline that does not permit for an appeal. The driver issued a statement saying the positive test was due to a combination of prescription and over-the-counter medications and saying he was working with his doctor and NASCAR officials to resolve the situation.
Mayfield owns his own team in NASCAR this year.
In 1988, NASCAR officials ordered controversial driver Tim Richmond to submit to drug testing. He failed the test, and never raced in NASCAR again.
Only last week, on May 6, probationary-status driver Kevin Grubb committed suicide. He had failed a drug test in 2004 and was suspended from racing in 2006 after refusing to submit to a drug test. Shane Hmiel was suspended for life in 2006 after failing his third drug test.
Inside Line says: NASCAR is making it very clear that it will not tolerate any drug use. — David Green, Correspondent
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