I think so.

Yes he did. The same should have happened to Brian France too

Simple and to the point, Mr.Burns!! You are exactly right!!

What Mayfield said that "embarrassed" NASCAR? Genuine question as I was not around then

@@szymonkunda2197 He outed Everham having an affair with Erin Crocker who was driving for him in the Truck Series/Xfinity. Now they're married.

Iowa called him after this episode to be their offensive coordinator for how much he kept dodging these questions

Right...like we too dumb to notice. If this man runs Nascar im surprised its still around

@@knowledgeuntamed9177luckily he’s been gone for a while

@@knowledgeuntamed9177 he used to run nascar for several years and that’s why it’s in bad shape now 🤷‍♂️. He was forced to step down for driving around drunk all the time and enjoying other controlled substances, the same substances he banned drivers for using

I agree but I wonder his brain is not turning to mush from all that drinking. He looks super red alcoholic looking. But I could be wrong. But it seems like he is studdering a bit.

well he didnt mary teresa ...

It did

It kinda did though 😂

100% agree.

He does, but he doesn't push for a deeper answer that makes the interviewees squirm, at least in this case.

@@stratolestele7611 but... he made him squirm....

If he did push too hard then fewer people would be willing to come on. He even mentions this at the end of this episode. No need to push for things if someone isn't willing to talk about them. He's just trying to be respectful.

@@jdf.5302 good what’s the point of the interview if you’re just gonna use kid gloves on them. Better if they don’t show up and waste our time.

The whole Jeremy Mayfield situation gets me pissed. Anybody who knows even a little bit about chemistry knows Adderall is literally one carbonic bond away from being meth. If you test anybody on Adderall it will always say they are on meth but for some reason they didn't want to listen to any doctors

And his face turned a redder shade of orange that DJT...lol

Only the NASCAR contracted drug tester said Mayfield failed a test... No Court or Independent lab ever gave Mayfield a positive hit. Mayfield went and drug tested 40 minutes after a test given by NASCAR.. at an independent lab.. and the independent lab said clean .. While France's said dirty. I'd like to see the contract that France signed between him and his "drug tester" ... I would bet it gave France the option to be the sole actor in saying what the test said.. or didn't say.. and gave him legal recourse against the drug tester if he contradicted France.

@@arcdestriumph586 id bet it’s not a written Contract, but a verbal one that Has France as the almighty in final decision. To smart to have any paper trail on that one. Probably had dirt on drug testing Co.

Yep 👍 and like I also posted iit’s ironic that he mentioned WWE because him and Vince McMahon are two peas in a pod. I really saw nothing wrong with what MWR did then or to this day. Brian created a big gimmick of a points system, which is what actually made nascar look like WWE and MWR used tried to use it to their advantage and who wouldn’t? The reason they got penalized so hard wasn’t because they broke rules. They got penalized because Brian’s new point system made him personally look like a clown for creating such a stupid points system gimmick so he laid down the hammer because he was publicly embarrassed

Totally agree with your assessment of him. The Arrogance and High Minded attitude he seems to exhibits and speak of directly shows why NASCAR popularity and following diminished under his leadership. Glad that after his own run in with the Law (Drunk, Coked Up, Pills) driving impaired self the family decided to put someone else in charge.

@@thomaspritchard6571 anybody who can’t see that Brian was a huge disaster for nascar for many reasons including his personal life are obviously not long time race fans. I remember way back when Brian crashed his car into a tree, left the car there, and fled the scene because he was likely On drugs and or alcohol . That’s was I don’t know The exact year but I think 2005 or 2006 but no charges were pressed and it was kinda kept quiet. It was finally the most recent one that got him forced into stepping down. I’m sure there’s plenty of other incidents that were kept so quiet 🤫 they didn’t even make news or police blotters

His family is Nascar and like his father Bill once said my sandbox my rules if you don't like em go race someplace else. Brian France always did what he thought was best to move the sport forward and that was his right. Whether you agree with his choices or not they were his to make. Easier to second guess others then to actually be the one having to make the decisions.

@@jimsachtjen119 the main problem is that Brian didn’t listen to the fan base and did what his ego wanted to do and what he thought would get him notoriety for shaking things up and not what was best for nascar no matter what fans said or wanted and he even had, I would say he had a contempt towards the main fan base. Bill Sr and Bill Jr may not have always listened to the drivers but they damn sure listened to the fans. A good executive knows that ultimately it’s the consumer/fan who runs and controls the entity and whether it succeeds or fails. A bad executive like Brian France thinks he and himself runs the company and ignores what their consumers say

Or the car drunk another Paul Pelosi

It'd be a completely different sport and a better one at that

Good think he's not driving it anymore.

f1 with balls ...

I don NOT believe it was 100% in Mayfields head. But he did bring some of it on himself. I've been in similar positions with an employer..

Since there were lawsuits involved, it could be a thing were he's not supposed to say much about it.

@@MrJquintel probably because if he says the wrong thing it can reopen the can of worms and create a new lawsuit. If he ever admits it was personal mayfield would most certainly go back after him

Mayfield went and drug tested at an independent lab ..40 minutes after 1 of the suppossed positive NASCAR drug test. He tested negative at the Independent lab. Looks like a France/NASCAR jim bob billy jack Trailer kind of justice... which is not justice at all.

@@arcdestriumph586 yep and nascar has always been a good old boys club and it comes down to favoritism and personal grudges. That’s why 10 different drivers, teams or car owner could violate the EXACT SAME rule and depending on who you are they can come up with 10 different penalties for the same violation

Like me, I'm 40 and only now really getting into nascar. I can't believe what I've missed out on. I really like the late 80's and 90's races. I've just been watching as many races as I can here on KZfaq. I remember always liking Jeremy Mayfield in the early 2000's. I would on occasion watch a race, but never really got into it. However I do remember liking Jeremy and his style of racing. I've only just in the past few hrs learned about all this stuff. I didn't even realize Jeremy wasn't in nascar anymore. Either way, I've been non-stop hooked on nascar the past 2 weeks, and can't get enough!

What picture?

@@erikscherer22 Dale Jr and Jeremy talked about it during the Mayfield episode. Jeremy took a picture with Brian's wife as a joke but Brian did not find it funny

I thought was Ray Evernham's wife and he gave it to Ray as a Christmas present. So some such

@@jeff1176 You're conflating Jeremy's issues with Brian France and his issues with Evernham. Jeremy lost Dodge his ride with Evernham b/c he made a comment to a Chicago Tribune reporter that Evernham spent more time at the track with Erin Crocker, his Arca driver, than the NASCAR tracks where the company made their money

@@walkerking3875 you’re highly uneducated. I know this is a nascar podcast but it’s 2022, not every nascar fan is uneducated as yourself. You clearly have difficulty comprehending and retaining rudimentary English.

he couldn't make it to the interview sober 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I did the same. I can’t imagine going into work hungover at my age these days. I have a fellow coworker who is 44 and comes in hungover almost every single day, what a miserable existence.

That slime is alcohol sweats

And cocaine

It wasn't solely ESPN's fault, even Jr in his post-race interview suggested that something fishy was going on. Hell even when I was watching that race live I had a sneaky suspicion of what they were doing, it wasn't a conspiracy.

LoL, Espn made boywer’s arm itchy 😂

@@thomasrice9903 No he thought ESPN was making up a conspiracy theory of a storyline for the "drama".

ESPN is a sell out also! Haven’t watch that crap in years. Bunch of yoke brainwashed children.

Seems that was all he did. His existence in the sport was near embarrassing. He thought he was holier than thou, was fed enough rope that he hung himself and almost NASCAR with it. He wasn't truly vested in the sport with the blood, sweat and tears his family had in every aspect of growing and maintaining the sport.

Then NASCAR dies financially

@@johnhaas2523 How? People pay for tickets to the races. The Chase and all of that BS doesn't matter dumbass.

You don't understand what I said or why I said it. The money does not come from the fans. I was talking about TV and sponsorship money because that's where the money is TV

I mean NO disrespect whatsoever in saying it's still got a hell of a way's to go.......before it even becomes a remnant of the glorious motor sport it once was. Trust me. If you followed NASCAR cup racing as closely as many of us have back to the 70's & up through about 2006 ( + or - )...........you would totally understand where hundreds of thousands of us EX-fans are coming from. Dale Jr's podcast, and a few youtube channels such as "Stapleton 42" are the only things I love & follow in relation to cup car racing........and that's ONLY because much of their material is about the better days & people of NASCAR. I truly feel bad for the younger generation, and what they're left with pertaining to this sport. ( And no.........NONE of us liked Brian France.......for all of the obvious reasons. ) I can click on to watch ANY of the nascar cup races today, and it looks, sounds, and feels NOTHING like it once was. It's downright depressing, frustrating, and actually kind of eerie. Historic tracks GONE. Historic track/racing SCHEDULES totally upside down. "Play off's" and "racing periods"........the power greedy corporate freaks have turned it all into "the NFL/NBA on wheels". About the only thing they lack now, is having one of the Kardashian's as a race commentator. That's not meant as a joke either, I'm deadly serious.

It's much better?

Much better? Lol. It's much worse.

@@DerrickRG You got that right. These younger race fans simply don't know any better. But you would think that by simply watching all of the past races on the better quality video from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, would give them a huge clue as to just how much better nascar cup racing USED TO be. Today's cup racing bears no comparison whatsoever. Hell, most of the younger drivers today wouldn't even be tough enough to hang in there for a 500 mile race WITHOUT "RACING PERIODS". They've got "the play offs" and "racing segments" or "periods".........if that's not "the NFL on wheels"........... I'll eat this laptop.

@@howabouthetruth2157 preach it! Agree 100%

Drug policy and everything else. Dude ran off the core fan base trying to get the elite to be fans. I hope he's penniless.

Agree, he was a heck of a wheel man and I believe had a bright future!

I feel what they did to Tim Richmond was even worse....at least as far as ruining a man's good name....

that video about Richmond's last attempt to get in the Daytona 500 1988 is chilling. they knew he had AIDS and they were doing everything they could to keep him from racing.

Oh bullshit, Mayfield was doing meth. NASCAR handled it poorly but Mayfield isn't some innocent victim. Hell the dude had tons of stolen stuff on his property that he got busted for.

Ditto. Plus manufactured cautions. It is interesting to hear about the early days but I don't see myself becoming a fan again.

Me too. Grew up in Nascar and completely walked away. Brian France ruined our sport.

Right?! We've just wanted Jr. This whole time.

I live in Daytona and Brian got protected for things for way too long. They actually ruined his life by letting him skate. I was actually told his sister went to Duke but Brian is so brilliant college would have been a waste. Stupidest thing I had ever heard.

Things were better for NASCAR when France was running the show than they are now...

Some of that was just politicking. Can't throw NASCAR under the bus even now, he still has to see Jim France at Thanksgiving!

Agree 💯, been downhill ever since.

That's what happens when a small-time sport gets big too fast.

They may have been able to offer opinions,but NASCAR was ran in the early days with more of an iron fist than in recent times.Big Bill France didn't take any BS,he banned Tim Flock and Curtis Turner for life for just talking about forming a driver's union.France Jr.was just as strict as his father if the situation called for it,his biggest mistake was allowing Brian France to succeed him....

Yes it was a controversy but even bad press is still good press. It brought more eyes onto the sport, when if there was no chase it would have been just another race in a 36 race schedule.

@@erikscherer22 chase caused alot of traditional fans to bail including myself. Still the biggest roadblock for me investing serious time in watching nascar. Why watch the first 26 races when they matter very little.

@@erikscherer22you think the chase has brought more eyes to the sport? It’s made the long schedule mostly useless to watch

He pretty much did it single handedly. Ran off the core fans trying to get Hollywood to buy in.

I don't think he is still in charge of NASCAR, pretty sure his brother Jim France is

@@diychad7268 That's correct

He hasn't been involved in NASCAR for years now.

you are exactly right. This man was a poor leader.

Nascar is a business

Jr still has a team running in the Busch series.

We’ll said Cody

Only the NASCAR contracted drug tester ever found a positive/drug test on Mayfield... No independent lab, No court ordered lab. Hmmmmmm.

I agree, and that's why I think both Mayfield and France aren't giving us the whole story. I wish someone independent could give their recap of the whole ordeal and we could find out the truth.

I agree…big ⚾️⚾️

Did Dale ask him about his Watkins Glenn arrest?...lol

@@bryonkidder6199 or when he crashed into a tree in Daytona in someone’s front yard and left his car and fled the scene? 🤔

because Jr is the most powerful man in NASCAR atm

The DJD producers know how to get views, pretty much everyone hates Brian France. lol

I agree, say what you will about him but he had the guts to come on and defend some of his decisions.

I was also "born on third base". We aren't worried about how we got there, that was God's plan. We're just focused on winning and watching the envious people turn green with their jealousy

That ONLY the NASCAR approved Doctor was able to view the drug test/results tells you everything... Gave NASCAR complete control over the results.. and the ability to fudge the results.

He ain’t tho

@@caseymcfann4433 are you not going to elaborate and explain how he isn't?

He's asking, France dodging.

All Jeremy did was tell the truth on Ray Evesham messing around with Aaron crocker and that was true

@@davidburchfield2720 We agree.. but, doing that to your boss is not a good idea. They made him an example.

The France's business model came from watching Dukes of Hazard.... Boss Hogg Style. I haven't been able to find any independent lab or court linked lab that claimed Mayfield used drugs .... just NASCAR''s company/testing agent. For all the hoopla and charges and shxt cloud they threw at Mayfield.. next to nothing came of it. Sorry... but it just looks like a frame up job. The informant.. whose info led to Mayfield's house being searched.. Died in a chase fleeing from Police - had his own legal issues he was running from- Sounds like a botched "give us someone big or you're going to prison for life" deal. If Mayfield spoke candidly in his own defense.. I could care less if what he said ruffled feathers.

I agree. Do I think Jeremy was framed? To an extent, but he was clearly guilty of something in one way or another

@@arcdestriumph586 You wouldn't be able to find it even if it is true....

he's a business man first and a nascar traditionalist somewhere further down

Welcome to 2018. That's when he stepped down

He is a drug addict.

prob heart issues from all the substance abuse

This MF'er ruined my love for a sport I was raised on. He single-handedly ruined NASCAR.

Rusty or Bubba? If you are referring to Bubba, he was no longer in charge of NASCAR.

@@bc7013 Poor Kenny and Mike lol