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CUP: Ex-Edwards Car Chief Sues Roush Fenway Racing
Carl Edwards’s former car chief said in a court filing that he attempted suicide three times...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted June 11, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Jason Myers is a former crew chief for the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford Fusion driven by Carl Edwards. (Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Jason Myers, who last year was car chief for the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford Fusion driven by Carl Edwards, has sued the team for allegedly firing him after he attempted suicide for a third time in February.

In a suit filed in Cabarrus County (N.C.) Superior Court, Myers claimed that Roush Fenway Racing violated the Family Medical Leave Act when it terminated him in February.

Myers claimed that he suffered from depression and on three separate occasions attempted suicide. Two of the those attempts came in 2008, when Myers worked as the car chief for Edwards, and the third came in February, shortly after being demoted to the position of mechanic.

Myers filed a formal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission June 1, one day before filing the suit.

Roush Fenway Racing President Geoff Smith told the Associated Press that the suit was filed because of the prevailing economic conditions.

“These meritless claims would not be made at all in times of full employment in our industry, but in tough economic times, lottery tickets and lawsuits become more attractive,” Smith told AP. “This is one of those times.”

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED,” and has appeared on television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association. Jensen is the 1997 National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year and has won numerous national and state awards for news reporting, columns and feature writing. The Answer Man is back at SPEEDtv.com. Tom Jensen answers your questions during every race week and looks forward to hearing from you - please e-mail it to

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