Jeremy Mayfield, over a decade and a half after his suspension from NASCAR, continues to race in no matter platforms could have him.
This previous week, the now 56-year-old celebrated his championship within the Grand Nationwide Tremendous Collection, a Mid-Atlantic touring sequence that options outdated Cup Collection, Xfinity Collection, ARCA and Professional Cup automobiles racing in opposition to one another beneath a mixed guidelines bundle.
That is the house that Mayfield has discovered himself in over the previous couple of years, in some ways changing into its most notable common competitor, a sequence that has additionally sometimes seen contemporaries like Mike Wallace and Frank Kimmel additionally make begins.
Mayfield gained 9 races this season at tracks all throughout the Virginias and Carolinas.
“Unbelievable season to say the least,” Mayfield mentioned in an internet assertion. “It wouldn’t be doable with out all of the folks concerned. Most significantly my spouse Shana who needed to put up with all of the late nights working and me being away from house fairly a bit. She’s been capable of keep house with Lucy on the weekends and maintain every little thing. She’s had a particularly exhausting 12 months along with her mother’s well being battles. Her help of me by means of every little thing has been second to none for all these years and I really like her greater than she is going to ever know.”
Mayfield thanked D2 Motorsports workforce house owners Donnie and Billie Jo Doster and a prolonged listing of companions that joined their program.
“Thanks to Darrell (Andrews) for getting our hauler safely to and from the racetrack each week. Darrell has been with me for the reason that Penske days so it’s been so cool having a full circle second with him. We love having him as part of our workforce now together with Ole College Trucking.”
He thanked mechanic Ken Meroney and Yates Racing Engines.
“Our motor ran easy all season with no bother. I respect all of the followers that supported by means of the fan automotive, merchandise, or simply by means of the messages and fan mail you ship. Means greater than you understand.”
He additionally thanked the sequence itself and everybody concerned with it for giving him a house. Mayfield has been suspended since 2009 over a drug failure (methamphetamine) that he has claimed innocence on ever since.
Mayfield has refused to participate in NASCAR’s Street to Restoration program that may have reinstated him as a result of he has not needed to make a present of guilt. It’s been a messy affair that’s properly chronicled anybody a Google search would possibly lead anybody.
“Most significantly I need to thank God, plain and easy,” Mayfield mentioned. “This highway hasn’t been simple ,not even shut. I’ve been by means of extra in racing and in life than most individuals will ever know. There have been instances I didn’t know the way I’d make it, however God at all times discovered a approach to pull me by means of. Each setback, each exhausting lesson, each time I acquired knocked down all of it led to this.
“This season means greater than phrases can ever say. It’s proof that regardless of how far you fall or how exhausting it will get, if you happen to maintain the religion, God’s acquired you. Thanks, Lord, for by no means giving up on me when the world did and I needed to surrender on myself. Each mile, each scar, each battle it was all price it.”
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