Jeremy Mayfield - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Mayfield turns down Benny:

NAPA Auto Parts 500 winner, Jeremy Mayfield has declined to appear on PRN's "Fast Talk with Benny Parsons" radio program on Monday May 1. The show traditionally interviews the winner of the weekends Winston Cup race. It is one of the few times in the seven year history...

Mo Money:

2nd place Bobby Labonte takes home over $9,000 more than winner Jeremy Mayfield. Think those Winners Circle and other contingency plans don't add up?(Rumblings-Henry Dubert)(5-1-2000)...

The Winston:

#12-Jeremy Mayfield's win, knocks out #28-Ricky Rudd and #4-Bobby Hamilton from the 2000 The Winston. See my The Winston 2000 page for rules and who is eligible(4-30-2000)...

Testing?

hearing that #94-Bill Elliott, #12-Jeremy Mayfield and #4-Bobby Hamilton were testing at Pocono today(4-25-2000)...

Talladega Speed:

Jeremy Mayfield's pole speed at Talladega was the fifth slowest pole speed in the history of Talladega and the first at less than 190 mph since 1976(NOL/ESPN2 Qualifying) and was the slowest pole-winning speed at Talladega since David Pearson drove his Mercury to the...

Petty Honored:

Look for a number of other cars in Sunday's Goody's 500 to join the seven teams that have already committed to running a sticker honoring the memory of Lee Petty, who died this week. Michael Waltrip, Jeremy Mayfield, Sterling Marlin, Kenny Irwin, Elliott Sadler, Kyle...

The Winston:

been asked this a few times this week, this story from That's Racin' should clear it up too: "Jeremy Mayfield, Ricky Rudd and Bobby Hamilton, who each won their last race in the 1998 season, are on the bubble to make the field for The Winston all-star race next month...

Tuesday Testing at Martinsville:

Test Speeds for on Tuesday, March 21 at Martinsville Speedway during test for Goodys Body Pain 500 on Sunday, April 9. #2-Rusty Wallace 95.013mph; #25-Jerry Nadeau 94.870; #12-Jeremy Mayfield 93.281. Mayfield did not work on qualifying setup. He worked solely on race...

Lowes Tire Test:

#5-Terry Labonte and #12-Jeremy Mayfield tested more than 15 Goodyeat tire combinations Tuesday and Wednesday night at the 1.5-mile Lowes Motor Speedway. Labonte was unofficially the fastest during the test, posting a speed of 181.818mph and Mayfield ran laps in the...

Update on Stewart’s crewman:

Michael Lingerfelt was released from Halifax Medical Center in Daytona, FL and flew home in Joe Gibbs' private jet. He was up and walking with a walker within fifteen hours after his surgery, the better to get things jump started. The Tire Changer for the #20 Home ...

Engine Shop Fire:

Engine Shop Fire: Noted engine builder Keith Roberts, owner of Roberts Racing Engines in Mooresville, NC suffered a devastating fire that destroyed his shop Thursday. Local firefighters were called to the shop about 11:30pm and declared the fire under control about...

Vegas Testing:

Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt will return to the driver's seat for the first time since December back surgery by heading a list of 36 drivers from the CUP and BGN series who have scheduled testing times Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway...

Snap-On News:

I hear Snap-On Tools announced at their annual kick-off that they will be associate sponsors for Rusty Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Skinner, Bill Elliot, and current teams of Dale Earnhardt Sr & Jr and Steve Park(1-11-2000)...

1998 winners who didn’t win in 1999:

Bobby Hamilton, Jeremy Mayfield and Ricky Rudd are the drivers who earned victories in 1998 who did not win in 1999. Rudd failed to keep his 16 straight seasons with at least a win streak intact and was not able to extend it to 17 seasons. #2-Rusty Wallace is now the...

Hasbro Signs Drivers:

Hasbro Sports announced today that it has reached agreements with 29 NASCAR drivers enabling the leading publisher to develop interactive games featuring the drivers, their vehicles and teams. Hasbro Sports plans to release several NASCAR titles for a range of gaming...

10th Clinched:

Both #22-Ward Burton and #31-Mike Skinner clinched their first career top 10 finish in the Winston Cup points. Burton is ninth in the points and Skinner is 10th. #12-Jeremy Mayfield, who is 11th in the standings, is 288 points behind Skinner which can't be made up ...

Tire Testing at Texas:

Three drivers - one from each car make - will take part in a Goodyear tire test Nov. 29 and 30 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner, in the No. 31 Chevrolet, Ward Burton in the No. 22 Pontiac and Jeremy Mayfield, in the No. 12 Ford, will participate in the test. At...

Atlanta Testing:

Stacy Compton had the fastest car Tuesday in the second of two days of testing at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Compton, a regular on the Craftsman Truck Series who will drive the #9 Ford of Melling Racing Enterprises in the final three Winston Cup races, was clocked at ...

Penske to buy out Kranefuss? UPDATE 2 Nope:

according to reports, Roger Penske is ready to buy out Michael Kranefuss, half owner of the #12 Mobil One team and driver Jeremy Mayfield. Supposedly Penske wants complete control so he can switch both teams to Dodge at the end of the 2000 season. Dodge would then ...

NASCAR and Newsweek:

I hear Newsweek is currently working on a story that will feature three NASCAR Winston Cup teams - #12 Mobil One Taurus, Jeremy Mayfield; #22 Caterpillar Pontiac, Ward Burton; and #40 Coors Light Chevrolet, Sterling Marlin. It will be the first time the magazine has...