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NASCAR Sprint-Cup Series
CUP: More Than 100 Banned Drugs Listed In 2010 Rule Book
NASCAR has now added a drug-testing policy to the official rule book...
Bob Pockrass  | http://www.scenedaily.com  |  Posted January 30, 2010   Charlotte, NC
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. (Photo: Getty Images)
Former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield claims he should be reinstated. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

NASCAR has an extensive list of banned substances in its 2010 rule book, which also states that the list is “non-exhaustive.”

One of the criticisms of the NASCAR random drug-testing policy implemented in 2009 was that there was no definitive list. NASCAR sent a list to the teams in December 2008 to use as a guideline in testing crewmen, but the policy itself had no definitive list. Not having a list is one of the reasons suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield claims he should be reinstated in a lawsuit against the sanctioning body and policy administrator Aegis Sciences Corporation.

The drug-testing policy is now part of the NASCAR rule book, while before it was a document signed by the driver, who acknowledged understanding the policy, when getting a NASCAR license.

“Prohibited substances are those substances that, in Aegis’s determination in consultation with NASCAR, may adversely affect the safety and well-being of the Competitors, Officials, and/or spectators, or the performance of a Competitor or Official in or at a NASCAR Event, including without limitation illegal drugs,” the rule book states. “Aegis, in consultation with NASCAR, may make this determination with respect to a particular substance at any time, including and without limitation at the time of discovery of the substance following a drug test.”

The rule states that competitors and officials are prohibited from using, possessing, purchasing, selling or participating in the distribution of any illegal drug, regardless of the amount. Illegal possession and distribution of prescription or over-the-counter medication is also prohibited.

The rule book lists banned drugs that might not fall under that category. It also notes that derivatives of the prohibited drugs are not allowed and that the list is not exhaustive.


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