Jeremy Mayfield accused NASCAR of forcing the SPEED Channel to edit Mayfield’s one-on-one interview with Steve Byrnes. Mayfield said, ” I had a great interview with the SPEED Channel about a month ago with Steve Byrnes, the best one ever. It was going to be great! I couldn’t wait for them to air it. It was honest. From his point of view, he was asking me honest questions that I could answer, he wasn’t trying to set me up…everything was great – and then NASCAR gets wind of it. Paul Brooks (from NASCAR) calls the President of the SPEED Channel and says, “If you air this show with Mayfield on it, it’s going to jeopardize our relationship.” So, they took out everything I said, anything that amounted to anything at all – took it all out and basically made me look like an idiot on TV like I wasn’t saying anything.”(Captain Thunder)(4-13-2011)
