Mayfield drug named

The drug Jeremy Mayfield allegedly took has been named. According to ESPN.com, NASCAR believes he tested positive for methamphetamines.

Our View: This is certainly a serious drug that is extremely addictive. We hope the truth eventually is revealed and if Mayfield was indeed under the influence, he deserves the suspension and banishment.

We also understand NASCAR reluctance to name the drug immediately, as this would have done major damage to Mayfield's reputation.

Michigan Yahoo! preview

Michigan is one of NASCAR's perfect tracks with long sweeping corners and enough room to pass. It has also been very predictable ever since Jack Roush started fielding cars. Check out this week's Yahoo! Fantasy Preview (.pdf) for a sneak peak at who'll be their toughest competitors.

Carpentier to drive for Waltrip at Infineon

Patrick Carpentier will drive the No. 55 for Michael Waltrip at Infineon Raceway next week, according to a Tweet from @mw55.

Our View: Michael Waltrip Racing's cars are powerful as evidenced by the strong runs of David Reutimann and Marcos Ambrose. Carpentier could be one of the best road ringers at Infineon.

N'Wide: Kentucky's last five races

For the second straight week, the NASCAR Cup and Nationwide Series are at different tracks, making this one of the opportunity races for the Nationwide Regulars. Last week, only two Claim Jumpers made the long commute from Pocono Raceway to Nashville Superspeedway. And even though Kyle Busch won both the pole and the race with Carl Edwards finishing third in the Federated Auto Parts 300, that left eight spots remaining for the Regulars to score much needed top-10s for their resume.

The same thing often happens at Kentucky. Last year, Scott Wimmer took a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to a second-place finish behind teenage sensation Joey Logano and drivers without fulltime Cup rides swept the top five. Logano and Wimmer were followed across the line by Mike Wallace in third, Brad Keselowski in fourth and Bryan Clauson in fifth.

Marcos Ambrose was sixth and fantasy owners had to look as far back as seventh to find Claim Jumper David Ragan. The same thing could happen this week, and in any event owners would be able to theoretically fill their roster with the top drivers—if only they can identify them.

Average finish, last five races

Driver	Avg Finish	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Joey Logano	1.00	1
David Gilliland	1.00			1
Scott Wimmer	2.50	2	3
Brad Keselowski	4.00	4
Martin Truex Jr	4.00				2	6
Ron Hornaday Jr	4.00					4
Bryan Clauson	5.00	5
Shane Huffman	5.00		5
Stephen Leicht	5.50		1	10
Aric Almirola	6.00		6
Kevin Harvick	6.00			6
Sterling Marlin	6.00				6
Mike Bliss	6.67	8	9			3
Paul Menard	7.00			9	5
David Ragan	7.50	7	8
J J Yeley	8.00		12	2	7	11
Marcos Ambrose	8.50	6	11
Clint Bowyer	8.50	9		12	3	10
Brad Coleman	8.50	15	2
Denny Hamlin	9.00			3	15
Landon Cassill	11.00	11
Robby Gordon	12.00					12
Greg Biffle	12.25		10	7	30	2
David Reutimann	12.33	13	16	8
Ashton Lewis	12.67			5	25	8
Kelly Bires	13.00	19	7
James Buescher	14.00	14
Tony Raines	14.00				13	15
Boris Said	14.00			14
David Stremme	14.25	12	4		32	9
Kyle Busch	14.67	30		13		1
Dave Blaney	15.00		15
John Andretti	15.00			15
Cale Gale	15.50	18	13
Casey Atwood	15.50				9	22
Mike Wallace	15.75	3	25	4		31
Brandon Miller	16.00				16
Jon Wood	16.00			22	10
Robert Pressley	16.00					16
Jason Keller	16.50	10	20		31	5
Steve Wallace	16.67	17	22	11
Timothy Peters	17.00		17
Stacy Compton	17.00			24	8	19
Kasey Kahne	17.00					17
David Green	18.00		26	21	12	13
Tyler Walker	19.00				19
Jason Leffler	19.25	16	14	40		7
Todd Kluever	20.00		23	17
Justin Labonte	20.50				11	30
Michel Jourdain Jr	20.50			18	23
Kevin Hamlin	21.00		21
Hermie Sadler	21.00					21
Randy LaJoie	21.00				21
Reed Sorenson	21.50			39	4
Chad Blount	22.00				22
Carl Edwards	22.50	20	33	36	1
Josh Wise	23.00	23
Steve Grissom	23.50				27	20
Kevin Lepage	24.00	24
Kenny Wallace	24.00	29		20	14	33
Brent Sherman	24.00		24
Billy Parker	24.00					24
Tim Sauter	24.00			28	20
Rusty Wallace	24.00				24
Aaron Fike	24.50			31	18
Kevin Grubb	25.00			25
Burney Lamar	25.50	32		19
Mark Green	26.00	22			33	23
D J Kennington	26.00	26
Mark McFarland	26.00			26
Stanton Barrett	26.33	25			17	37
Regan Smith	27.00		19	16	41	32
Shelby Howard	27.00		27
Joel Kauffman	27.00			27
Jimmy Kitchens	27.00					27
Richard Johns	28.00		28
Ryan Hemphill	28.00				28
Michael Waltrip	28.00				42	14
Bobby Hamilton Jr	28.33	21	36			28
Chase Miller	28.50	39	18
Kyle Krisiloff	29.00		29
Wade Day	29.00				29
Johnny Benson Jr	29.00					29
Chris Cook	30.00			30
Derrike Cope	31.00	31
Kertus Davis	31.00	37	30		26
Johnny Sauter	31.67			32	38	25
Kenny Hendrick	32.00	34			44	18
Justin Diercks	32.00		31	33
Andy Ponstein	33.00	33
Robert Richardson	34.00		34
Auggie Vidovich	34.00			34
Eric McClure	34.33	28	32	43
Jamie Mosley	34.50		40	35	37	26
Jay Sauter	34.50			29		40
Brian Keselowski	35.00	35
Danny O'Quinn Jr	35.00	44	38	23
Gus Wasson	35.00					35
Johnny Chapman	36.00	36
Clint Vahsholtz	36.00					36
Wayne Edwards	36.00				36
A J Frank	37.00		37
Tim Fedewa	37.00				40	34
Blake Feese	37.50				34	41
Justin Hobgood	38.00	38
Shane Hall	38.00			38
Buckshot Jones	38.00					38
Brett Rowe	39.00		39
Eric Jones	39.00				39
Travis Geisler	39.00					39
Jeff Fuller	39.33			41	35	42
Brad Teague	39.67	27			48	44
Dwayne Leik	40.00	40
Chris Horn	40.75		35	37	43	48
Larry Gunselman	41.00	41
Mike Harmon	41.00		41
Danny Efland	42.00	42
Morgan Shepherd	42.33	43	42	42
Carlos Contreras	43.00		43
John Hayden	44.00			44
Stan Boyd	44.50			46		43
Johnny Borneman III	45.00				45
David Odell	45.00			45
Shawna Robinson	45.00					45
Stuart Kirby	46.00					46
Damon Lusk	46.00				46
Jerry Robertson	47.00				47
Justin Ashburn	47.00					47

More Nationwide Newsbreakers

Double-file restarts are a non issue at Pocono

NASCAR now has one race under its belt with double-file restarts, but that was enough to allow Carl Edwards to offer suggestions, according to NASCAR.com.

Our View: Edwards suggested that the leader should have his own row—something known as a Delaware restart in dirt racing circles—which protects some of the advantage he has worked so hard to get.

Kurt Busch on double-file restarts
Tony Stewart on double-file restarts
Kasey Kahne on double-file restarts