Sprint Cup driver - failed drug test?

Press conference at 6. I've heard two names, but not confident posting them here.

Neither are top-line guys.

 

Do you know if it's gonna be carried live by ESPN or SPEED TV?

 

Speedvision [/oldschool], I would think; they have the satellite clearance at that time.

 

Oh, for the days when I had Speed as part of my cable package.

 

AP story says the driver failed last week at RIR but isn't racing tonight. That leaves four names: John Andretti, Scott Speed, Jeremy Mayfield and Mike Bliss. That's just running down the two lineups with a pen and paper, though. Not speculation, of course, I was just was curious on that point.

Edit: Andretti at Indy qualifying; and apparently Speed is in for Nemecheck.

Or so says the facebook thread forming in the minutes before it all becomes moot.

 

My facebook post was right!

http://www.thatsracin.com/140/story/8783.html

 

Speed Channel really screwed the pooch just now.

NASCAR.com says two crewmen as well.<blockquote> Suspended along with Mayfield were Tony Martin, a crewman on the No. 34 Sprint Cup team of driver Tony Raines, and Ben Williams, a crew member with the No. 16 Nationwide Series team of Roush Fenway Racing, which won Friday night's event with driver Matt Kenseth.

Hunter would not specify what substances were taken, but did say the violations were for more than merely alcohol use. The violations were found as a result of testing last week at Richmond.</blockquote>http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/05/09/jmayfield.violates.drug.policy/index.html

 

So by not telling the substance, they leave it open for guessing. That's stupid.

If they were smoking a joint at the RV, tell us. If it was PEDs, tell us.

 

It's obviously steroids. They're all bulking up for the big race now.[/bluefont]

 

In all seriousness, I can see why a crewman would use PEDs.

 

Well obviously. But a driver, especially one that hasn't done much in a while?