Jeremy Mayfield, over a decade and a half after his suspension from NASCAR, continues to race in no matter platforms may have him.
This previous week, the now 56-year-old celebrated his championship within the Grand Nationwide Tremendous Collection, a Mid-Atlantic touring collection that options previous Cup Collection, Xfinity Collection, ARCA and Professional Cup vehicles racing in opposition to one another underneath a mixed guidelines package deal.
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 collection that has additionally often seen contemporaries like Mike Wallace and Frank Kimmel additionally make begins.
Mayfield received 9 races this season at tracks all throughout the Virginias and Carolinas.
“Unbelievable season to say the least,” Mayfield stated in an internet assertion. “It wouldn’t be potential with out all of the individuals 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 care for all the things. She’s had a particularly exhausting yr together with her mother’s well being battles. Her help of me by way of all the things 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 crew 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 because the Penske days so it’s been so cool having a full circle second with him. We love having him as part of our crew now together with Ole Faculty Trucking.”
He thanked mechanic Ken Meroney and Yates Racing Engines.
“Our motor ran easy all season with no hassle. I recognize all of the followers that supported by way of the fan automotive, merchandise, or simply by way of the messages and fan mail you ship. Means greater than you realize.”
He additionally thanked the collection 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 Highway to Restoration program that will 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 stated. “This street hasn’t been simple ,not even shut. I’ve been by way of extra in racing and in life than most individuals will ever know. There have been instances I didn’t understand how I’d make it, however God all the time discovered a option to pull me by way 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, in case you hold 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 value it.”
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