Has the Jeremy Mayfield Saga Gone on Too Long?

Once upon a time, it was good to be a "Jeremy Mayfield" fan. Watching his No. 12 Mobil One Ford Taurus take to the track, we knew that one way or another that blue and white hot rod had a chance for the win. That came into fruition for the first time in June of 1998 at Pocono, when he turned a third-place qualifying effort into 122 laps led and his first career win. At long last, Mayfield was a top driver in NASCAR. The old adage "How the mighty have fallen" seems to work best in this situation. In 2013, Mayfield is nowhere near a stock car. He's nowhere near the race track. He has multiple legal issues that have been going on since 2009, and he is a pariah not only in the garage but to the millions of fans in the NASCAR Nation. In 2009 wh...

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